Japanese Reggae Getting More Japanese
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Here’s an interesting article from The New York Times on Japanese Reggae and how it’s becoming more Japanese…
Recently I had a discussion with someone who was arguing that consumers don’t care where reggae comes from anymore, that is, people don’t care whether reggae is Jamaican, they just care that it’s good.
I found this to be disturbing – you mean given a choice between going to a reggae concert of a Jamaican band versus an American or Canadian or Japanese reggae band the average consumer doesn’t care anymore, I protested? Apparently this is so, as long as the music is good of course.
Perhaps our reggae producers out there need to sit up and take notice…if they haven’t already….
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This Article may be on point. I am in Detroit and the featured act that is performing tonight is Calli Buddz with Cyprus Hill. The crowd draw is unreal for a non-Jamaican.
It would appear that the creativity in Jamaican born reggae is too few and far between. I am sure that it may stem from education (or the lack there of).
Jamaica will always be the Reggae Capital of the world. However Jamaican producers need to start becoming more creative and put out solid Roots & Culture tunes. Enough of the same rehashed music, get creative for god sake. Bands like Midnite who hail from St Croix conctantly put out quality music. The scene in JA is becoming too R&B influence.
while I found that NY times article to be an eye opener and interesting I still believe that Jamaica will always be the mecca of reggae.