International Hip Hop: The Jamaican edition

You know I had to do a follow up…you’re thinking hip hop/Jamaica…yes! The two are intertwined, Dancehall is hip hop and hip hop is dancehall. Hip hop has its roots to the very core on the Island of Jamaica, which of course all stems from the continent of Africa but Jamaica is definitely the place. I have to say nuff respect to this woman, I first heard about her when I was in college, my roommate at the time was Jamaican and I was on my Jamaican ish heavy. By the end of that year I had a firm grasp in understanding and even speaking a little a patois(it has faded a lot but I still got a little bit with me). So I picked up Reggae Gold 2001(yeah I’m takin’ it back a little bit) and I heard this joint ‘Changez’…I heard that ‘riddim’(rhythm) and the way she was flowing on that joint. I was look oooohhhh who is this! Mind you she was getting on just about ALL the major dancehall artists out. So I asked my roommate, she was like ‘That’s Ce’Cile ‘ I even had the pleasure of seeing her when I took a vacation to the Bahamas last year around Christmas. My opinion she shut that joint down, I’m not just saying that. I’m not even going to lie, I try to stay up on reggae/dancehall but it’s hard because most people don’t get into it like that, it’s not on the radio in my area like that. People are like ‘I don’t understand what they saying’ it don’t matter, learn…everybody feels the beat. Of course I have video…

This is my joint! ‘I’m waiting’

Interview

Peace

Jamaica, Jamaica!

I’m still on my olympic ish, sorry for the delay, I work nahmean lol… but if you’ve been under a rock, without cable, unable to read a newspaper and do not know about about this. I have to say nuff Respect to the Jamaican Sprinters this year. Two names…USAIN BOLT! That dude is doing it. Shelly-Ann Fraser who won the 100m on the women’s side; I loved her celebration, just pure energy. Not only the 100m but Usain, you know how we do, he’s just Usain, he won the 200m. I used to run track in high school I was did the 4×100m relay…well actually I did a little of everything but I’ve always loved the track events especially the sprint events. Not to down play the U.S. efforts but props are due no matter what, me being the Pan-Africanist I am it doesn’t matter anyway, peace to all my African people. Yeah props to Dayron Robles on 110m hurdles from El Pais de Cuba(the country of Cuba) The U.S. just needs to re-group(there will be another blog on the U.S.) go get em in 2012 in London, I’m trying to be there by the way! I found some video on youtube you definitely ain’t seeing on NBC, NBC has a lock on the olympics here in the U.S. but I got some other footage, show you what’s going on in Jamaica, West Indies!

Ladies First, see some footage on Shelly-Ann Frasers win

From the beginning…Usain at the Jamaican Olympic Trials

Peace yall