adminAs the Jamaican government seeks to criminalise elements of dancehall music, it is fitting that it’s most notorious personality takes centre stage to defend the genre even whilst incarcerated for nearly two years.
Ironically, if there is any validity to the claim that Jamaican politicians and the Broadcast Commissions want positive music for youngsters, then they will endorse this CD from Kartel.
Vybz Kartel’s latest CD compilation “Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto” will serve to curtail all efforts by the powers that be to dismiss the genre as merely a perpetuator of violence as this shows that the genre at its best is simply an artistic expression of life in the ghettos of Jamaica.
As Kartel’s co-author Michael Dawson explained about their book that the CD is based on: “Jamaican Ghetto life is not a pretty story so I don’t understand why certain people want dancehall artistes to sing about niceties. Doing that would be hypocritical and I think we should leave hypocrisy to the politicians.
This CD is straight reality, as real as you can get about Jamaica’s true roots and its modern day culture.”
Kartel shows that he is still one of dancehall’s leading innovators as this is the first popular dancehall album that will have independent commentary before each song in a series of interludes.
This is certain to do well in Europe, Asia and other areas where listeners are challenged by the dialect as the commentator clearly explains Kartel’s thought process in making each song. — Urban Islandz.
Online Reporter