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RELEASE PARTIES

2009-11-11T05:41:00.001+12:00

COME AND CELEBRATE 2 OF 4 RELEASE PARTIES FOR WWW.SHALLISINGS.COM.HER VIDEO "SHALLI SINGS/ALL ABOUT LOVE" WAS SHOT BY DIRECTOR DAVID F.MEWA, WHOM ALSO SHOT HER 2ND VIDEO "SHOW MY LOVE" WHICH WILL DEBUT FEB.2010. SHALLI IS CANADA'S NEWEST R&B SENSATION WITH PLENTY MORE RELEASES TO COME IN THE NEW YEAR GLOBALLY. "SHALLI SINGS" VIDEO IS ALREADY IN ROTATION IN MANY COUNTRIES WORLWIDE AND DOING WELL. THESE 2 RELEASE PARTIES ARE TO CELEBRATE HER NEW SUCCESS AT HOME WITH NEW FANS AND FRIENDS!

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chuck fenda official press

2009-09-13T04:58:00.000+12:00

Roots reggae artist Chuck Fenda has the living fire. His voice and music are on fire with passion from the heartbeat of Jamaica. His songs present reality, hope and love for the people. Inspired by the ‘Conscious dancehall’ movement of late 90’s and artists Luciano and Sizzla, Chuck’s breakthrough came in 2004 with the hit ‘I Swear’ which, was featured on the VP Records compilation Universal Message Vol. 3 (VP1697) and on his debut album Better Days. Better Days did follow with the 2006 smash ‘Gash Dem’ which brought Chuck to the attention of Greensleeves Records and anchored his bestselling album ‘The Living Fire’. Fulfillment brings Chuck Fenda full circle; showcasing his lyrical wisdom on a variety of one drop and roots riddims produced by Kemar ‘Flava’ McGregor, including the new ‘Ghetto Riddim’ and hitting a note that resonates with reggae fans everywhere.

Feature tracks include; first single I Am for the Poor, and the retro flavored Bad Boy featuring Sammy Dread and Getting Serious produced by Shane Brown.

MARKETING & PROMOTION
PUBLICITY: Long lead press serviced for features and reviews. Targets include core Caribbean & mainstream music & lifestyle outlets.
RADIO: First single “I Am for the Poor” (Ghetto Riddim) serviced to core radio in September. Aggressively targeting non-commercial & college radio for album play to support new release period
VIDEO: TBC
ONLINE/ DIGITAL:
http://www.myspace.com/chuckfendapoorpeopledefenda
Banners & web tools serviced to core reggae websites Giveaway promotions: TBC
Chuck Fenda's Management Team
Living Fire Records
Website: www.chuckfendaonline.com
Tel: (876) 390-7875

Gyptian Serious Times Kenya Tour Oct 09

2009-08-28T06:41:00.002+12:00

Smothie and the Red X

2009-08-03T05:43:00.001+12:00

Smothie and the Red X Performing Live @ the Wicked Garden 8.14.09 by catalystone

Smothie and the Red X

DEEJAY LASTBORN LIVE IN DUBAI

2009-07-20T20:19:00.000+12:00

LASTBORN WILL BE @ CHI LODGE ON 25TH JULY 2009.

BLACKSUPREMARCY ENTERTAINMENT

2009-07-08T06:28:00.000+12:00

DUBAI TOUR

JANISA PROMO

2009-07-05T05:33:00.001+12:00

Sweetness In Excess: A Review of Riddim Driven: Sweet by Various Artists

2009-07-03T05:49:00.000+12:00

As much as I will continue to make the case for the current modern era of Reggae music being arguably just as strong as any other, I do have to admit that there are certain limitations to it. Even the staunchest and most modern-partial researcher (like yours truly) would have to admit that eras of our music gone have had aspects to them which are either COMPLETELY gone, or, as in this case, calibrated to a far lesser degree than they previously were. One of these aspects in my opinion would DEFINITELY be the love song. The love song in Reggae and specifically in Jamaican Reggae once enjoyed a very lofty status as you had full on acts which concentrated on the advancement of the love song and, by extension, an entire Reggae subgenre by the name of Lover’s Rock Reggae. Artists like legendaries John Holt and Gregory Isaacs would spend rather large amounts of time concentrating on the genre in their heydays and even past that, when they would turn their attentions to other types of music (specifically of the socially conscious nature) they were never too far from dropping a HUGE, yet expected love song. Even besides that, you had artists like Bob Marley, Horace Andy and others (like Dennis Brown) who, although they didn’t reach the love tune in the way of a Holt of Isaacs, they could also turn such a tune into a hit and do so on a consistent basis which was (at least in my opinion) an indication of their SKILL in the genre and not just a sort of a VERY BROAD indication of their (undeniable) popularities at the time. Of course there were others like Sugar Minott and especially Ken Boothe who would take Jamaican Lover’s Rock to heights it hadn’t previously seen and definitely not seen since. Since then? Things have changed. Apart from the kind of one off album and kind of ‘one off’ artist like Glen Washington, George Nooks and of course Sanchez and Beres Hammond (all of whom, incidentally, are in their forties and fifties and I mention them because they WONDERFULLY have enjoyed arguably their greatest peaks in terms of popularity either now or within the last decade or so) there haven’t been very many artists who have CONSISTENTLY committed to making GOOD love tunes. Thankfully, like most rules, this one too has an exception. And no, I definitely don’t mean Sizzla’s rather odd howling based love numbers (although occasionally they are good, though you’ll do yourself a favour in avoiding his love tune album, 2008’s BAD Addictive) or Turbulence’s CONSISTENTLY uninspired efforts (and some of them are good also, although RARELY). So for those of you seeking the modern Reggae love song who have abandoned Jamaica in favour of the much more lover’s friendly UK with people like (the WICKED) Bitty McLean, Peter Hunnigale, Peter Spence and others; perhaps its time to come back to Jamaica (did you see what I did there???).

When you do come back, I’ll introduce you someone like Alaine who rather quietly has become the FACE of modern love tunes from out of Jamaica with HITS like No Ordinary Love, Heavenly, Rise In Love, Sacrifice and the list goes on and on. Alaine, leads a list of solid artist who show GOOD consistent efforts on the love song like Jah Cure, Da’Ville to an even greater degree, LUST and Tarrus Riley and she also perhaps is owed a credit for turning SUPER producer Don Corleone’s ears and attentions to the love tune as well, evident by the fact that MOST of her big hits have been produced by Corleone and he has done the same thing for others. Now, ANY time you can get a CERTIFIED BIG producer in the game to turn his/her attention to ANYTHING musically speaking, whatever it is, will undoubtedly receive a great big jolt in terms of activity and popularity. Well, welcome the jolt. My choice as the best damn Reggae producer in the world altogether, the WICKED Kemar ‘Flava’ McGregor now brings forth his latest masterpiece, the Sweet riddim on VP Records’ famed Riddim Driven series. If I recall correctly, the Sweet becomes McGregor’s first full blown lover’s rock composition but, in my opinion, its not something which so greatly steps outside of what he has been doing previously. McGregor’s inherent style is making these rather LARGE sounding, yet SIMPLE and straight forward one-drop riddims which so EASILY lend themselves to love songs as opposed to Corleone (even though its become more and more expected from him these days) whose background includes riddims like the Krazy, the French Vanilla and the Mad Guitar which DEFINITELY don’t sound like anything you’d ever catch someone like Beres Hammond voicing. And that’s why, in my opinion, you’ll find McGregor’s catalogue literally saturated with STRONG love tunes here and there like Norris Man’s very well done tune Love You from the Trumpet riddim (big riddim which backed Nesbeth’s MASSIVE tune Board House), Prestige’s solid Feelings Inside from the Flute, a whole heap of tunes from the Key Riddim (which was probably the closest to the Sweet as it had quite a few love songs) and I could definitely go on and on, probably peaking with Beres Hammond’s MASSIVE tune I Surrender over McGregor’s ‘edgy’ Drop It riddim from. Now, Kemar McGregor comes with his (by my count) third effort for Riddim Driven, following the VERY GOOD Rock Steady and the HUGE Rub-A-Dub, probably his best piece to date (which is saying quite a bit in the face of the MONSTER that was the Triumphant riddim), with the Sweet riddim. Again, I’ll stress it because I think its important to those who haven’t heard it who may look at the Sweet as some type of ‘experiment’ or such. It isn’t. I don’t think McGregor is capable, frankly, of making a bad riddim and while the Sweet is definitely unique, like I said it isn’t SO FAR away from his previously BRILLIANT range so fans of McGregor and his No Doubt label will definitely want to tune in. And, if you’re the type of casual Reggae or even R&B fan just looking for something SWEET on the Reggae side to listen with your special someone, I think you may have just found it.

Besides the riddim itself, which is LOVELY, the big attraction with the Sweet riddim album is, of course, the rather varied group of vocalists Kemar McGregor chooses to voice it. There is a VERY healthy mix of elder artists and veterans with newer names and up and comers who all give the vibes a very nice blend in full. Beginning No Doubt’s Sweet Riddim Driven album is four of those elder and LEGENDARY artists surrounding a future queen. The man himself, Beres Hammond’s gets the first strike on the riddim which he uses, as you would imagine, to COMPLETE PERFECTION on one of the best tunes on the riddim, See You Again. Were Hammond to not have voiced the Sweet riddim, it would have been almost criminal and I’m loving him all across No Doubt’s riddims as, to my count, he makes his second appearance following the aforementioned MIGHTY I Surrender on the Drop It. BIG opening. A case could be made, however, that Hammond and his two other peers as the top of the Sweet Riddim Driven album are outdone by a youth as what the DIVINE Etana delivers on her OUTSTANDING tune Happy Heart, pushes the Sweet to its boundaries as it similarly pushes her to use more of the ranges of her well underrated vocal abilities. Arguably an even BIGGER tune than the opening (but See You Again is SERIOUS!) (oh and we‘ll forgive Etana for her one note of autotune). Continuing the simple overabundance of talent at the beginning of the this album is the incomparable Freddie McGregor (no relation to Kemar as far as I know) who delivers one of the better tunes I’ve heard from him as of late with Keeps On Coming. This is typical Freddie McGregor and he sounds on point throughout and I also really like the not so typical nature of the tune as it kind of breaks things down to a bare necessity level in terms of the type of love its talking about. ANOTHER big tune. And lastly, I have to mention in this same streak another artist coming back from the Drop It riddim, the LEGENDARY Marcia Griffiths who comes forth with When You Giving Your Heart. Griffiths always sounds nice and this one is no different. I think this tune will kind of sneak up on people as you kind of really need to spin it more than once to get it in full but when you do, you’ll see its real power indeed. All in all, one of the strongest openings for a riddim album I’ve maybe ever heard.

Its interesting that I took this review as an opportunity to talk about the current landscape of Lover’s Rock Reggae in Jamaica and it just so happens that the CLASS of the riddim comes in the form of three tunes near the middle of the album which, of course, aren’t love songs. The first of them is, in my opinion, the best and the best you’ll find on the riddim also (but did I mention that Beres’ tune was SWEET!) as Chuck Fenda checks in with Oh Lord Forgive Them. In case you should ever forget the talent Fenda has, he gives you tunes like this every once in awhile to remind you. Oh Lord Forgive Them is does major damage on the Sweet, exemplifying what I mean about Flava’s production style as the Sweet riddim, CLEARLY a lover’s vibes, so easily translates into a straight Roots riddim in the hands of a talented enough artist like Fenda. LARGE tune and the riddim’s and album’s finest. Although if you wanted to say the uniquely vibed Ginjah had the Sweet’s best tune with his effort, Prayer, I wouldn’t put up too much of a fight. I REALLY like Ginjah’s vocal style and it definitely stands out on the Sweet riddim (as it did on the Rub-A-Dub and the Rocksteady same way). Lastly, with this style of tune, ending the matter is Stevie Face who is apparently becoming a favourite of McGregor’s (and justly so) and he also delivers one of the best tunes on his Sweet riddim with his Proverbs 6. The tune has a very nice vibes and message as it tells everyone to focus less on the material things and more His Majesty and righteousness in general. Definitely a big vibes and I’m looking forward to work from Face, Ginjah and Fenda on No Doubt riddims in the future as well. Speaking of an artist who has apparently gained McGregor’s attentions, check the aforementioned Glen Washington who makes a return from the Rocksteady with the UNDILUTED lover’s piece No One Else But You. Washington, like Hammond but on less popular frame, has MASTERED the art of the love song from the last two or three generations and, again just like Hammond, you don’t too much have to worry for the quality level of his efforts and No One Else But You is certainly no different. SHOCKINGLY, I also was rather fond of Richie Stephens’ offering on the Sweet, Hey Joe. I’m NOT AT ALL a fan of Stephens’ and rarely do I find a tune of his which I appreciate as much as Hey Joe as Stephens (very interestingly) finds himself competing for another gentleman (Joe) for the affections of a special lady (now if we could get him to ONLY voice for McGregor). And in that similar vein I’ve never really been too fond of the Morgans either as a unit but apparently things have changed as they’ve gone solo in for a bit and I’m liking most of their efforts. Both Gramps and Peetah check in on the Sweet with Still The Same and One In A Million, respectively. To my ears, Gramps’ VERY understated One In A Million is the better of the two, although both are definitely worth several spins. The closing stretch of tunes is left to the up and comers (fittingly) with Duane Stephenson’s MOVING 24 Hours being the highlight of the bunch, although Prophecy’s Life With You isn’t VERY far behind at all. And young Bridgez’ combination tune with Lukie D (the ‘L’ in the previously mentioned L.U.S.T.) Coming Home rather easily becomes the best thing I’ve heard from her to date. WONDERFULLY ending the Riddim Driven album for Kemar McGregor’s Sweet riddim is a clean version of the riddim sans vocals which is always a very nice touch and one which I believe has been missing from his two McGregor’s two previous VP releases (and I complained about it, so I’m taking at least partial credit for it!).

Overall, what more can you say? I think I run out of superlatives for explaining the lyrical genius which is Sizzla Kalonji or Tanya Stephens, or the UNIQUENESS which dominates the style of Vaughn Benjamin and I think I may be reaching that point with Kemar McGregor. Simply put, if you like Reggae music, you will LOVE EVERYTHING he has ever done. The Sweet, although it goes in a far more specific direction than probably anything he’s done to date, he does it just as well as it can be done. And because of that, even if you don’t like Reggae but are a fan of the cool side of R&B or pop music, you’ll probably LOVE this one too (and to such a fan, as I can’t imagine that you’d just pick up the entire album, you might SERIOUSLY want to think of doing just that). The Sweet riddim is near the top of what McGregor and company have done to date and should he keep it up he may single-handedly pump some well needed life into Lover’s Rock Reggae. More top notch material from the best Reggae producer on earth.

Rated 4.25/5 stars
VP Records
2009

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2Nyce

2009-07-03T05:41:00.002+12:00

2Nyce
Remember to catch '2Nice' performing @ 'SUMMER EVENT' This Saturday July 4th 1pm at 46 Gafton Road Kentish Town nw5 3du. 2NICE-REGGAE/DUBSTEP/JUNGLE:For all bookings and info can you please contact (www.myspace.com/worldclassmanagement07)
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BLACKSUPREMARCY 6 TH ANNIVERSARY/SEYCHELLES TOUR

2009-07-02T05:36:00.002+12:00

VISIT -http://www.blacksupremacysounds.com/

2009-06-30T04:43:00.000+12:00

ROMAIN VIRGO

2009-06-29T20:10:00.000+12:00

CLICK TO VISIT ROMAIN VIRGO OFFICIAL MYSPACE MUSIC PAGE

BOB MARLEY RELAESED A NEW ALBUM FOR THE KIDS

2009-06-26T06:14:00.000+12:00

Screechy Dan Signing Party

2009-06-23T05:57:00.000+12:00

One of reggae music’s most multifaceted stars, Screechy Dan, aims to put Brooklyn, NY, back on the dancehall music map and Ashea Management & Entertainment invites you to witness this story as it unfolds.
Please join us for Screechy Dan’s official management signing party hosted by Ashea Management and Entertainment on:

Date: June, 23 2009
Place: Negril Village, 70 West 3rd St., New York, New York
Time: 5:30 p.m. until midnight.

Click on the following link to listen to Screechy's new hot single, I Am, featuring Terry Felicia, and some of his other hits: http://www.box.net/shared/l3ylx0h6g9
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Ashton Robertson at (804) 304-8646 : e-mail ashtonrobertson@aim.com or, James Frazier at (347) 968-1746; e-mail james@asheaent.com.

BUJU BANTON

2009-06-06T04:55:00.001+12:00

Buju Banton - Magic City

2009-06-05T06:30:00.000+12:00

Cherine Anderson

2009-05-29T04:36:00.001+12:00

BLACKSUPREMACY

2009-05-28T04:45:00.000+12:00

DANCEHALL VIDEO MIX AND CLINARK PROMO

2009-05-27T04:56:00.002+12:00

jah cure

2009-05-27T04:30:00.001+12:00

clinark

2009-05-27T04:27:00.000+12:00

MOLO INFERNO { Graphical }

2009-02-21T06:05:00.002+12:00

This picture of the recent accident in Molo

BOB MAREY BIRTH DAY

2009-02-11T06:03:00.002+12:00

Tribute to BOB mArleY day has we celebrate is life and his times.long live king.

The Broadcasting Commision’s Official Statement on Daggering Songs

2009-02-11T06:00:00.000+12:00

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 07:02 PM CST

Below is the Broadcasting Commission’s complete official statement on “daggering songs” which was released yesterday, February 6.

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STATEMENT BY THE BROADCASTING COMMISSION ON ACTIONS AND RECENT DIRECTIVES RELATING TO BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT
The Commission assures the public that it continues to actively work with broadcast licensees, the Minister of Information, the Media Association of Jamaica, the Jamaica Association of Community Cable Operators, the Entertainment Fraternity and other stakeholders to bring a halt to the deluge of inappropriate content on the airwaves. The public will have already seen and should continue to expect strong disciplinary action against those who fail to cooperate and comply with the broadcasting regulations.

The Commission has examined a number of songs, popularly referred to as “daggering songs”. “Daggering” is a colloquial term or phrase used in dancehall culture as a reference to hardcore sex or what is popularly referred to as “dry” sex, or the activities of persons engaged in the public simulation of various sexual acts and positions. The Commission has found these recordings to be explicitly sexual and violent, contrary to the provisions of Regulation 30(d) and Regulation 30(l) of the Television and Sound Broadcasting Regulations which state:

30. No licensee shall permit to be transmitted –

(d) any indecent or profane matter, so, however, that any broadcast to which regulation 26 relates shall be deemed not to be indecent; Reg. 30(d)
(l) any portrayal of violence which offends against good taste, decency or public morality. Reg. 30(l)

This content also offends against the tenets of the Children’s Code for Programming. Consequently, the following directive has been issued to Broadcasters:

DIRECTIVE TO LICENCEES
1. There shall not be transmitted through radio or television or cable services, any recording, live song or music video which promotes the act of ‘daggering’, or which makes reference to, or is otherwise suggestive of ‘daggering’.
2. There shall not be transmitted through radio or television or cable services, any audio recording, song or music video which employs editing
techniques of ‘bleeping’ or ‘beeping’ of its original lyrical content.
3. Programme managers and station owners or operators are hereby required to take immediate steps to prevent transmission of any recorded material relating to ‘daggering’ or which fall into the category of edited musical content using techniques of ‘bleeping’ or ‘beeping’.

CHANGES TO THE BROADCASTING REGULATIONS
The Commission has already recommended to government important changes to the law governing broadcasting and which are intended to be tabled in Parliament soon. The changes include:

• The introduction of financial sanctions for breaches of the regulations. Ensuring that the compilation of music charts is in accordance with an
approved methodology.
• Maintaining playlists and programme logs of music played for examination by the Commission and accredited rights agencies.
• Evidence of approval of music sheets and playlists by station management before any song or video is transmitted.
• The arrangements for inclusion of local cable channels within the group of directly regulated operators, further to recent changes in the Broadcasting and Radio Re-Diffusion Act.

EXPANDED CITIZEN-BASED MONITORING
The Commission recognizes the critical role that citizens can and should play in monitoring the numerous radio and television channels that exist. In this regard, the Commission encourages continued submission of complaints about problematic content on electronic media. As a response to the increase in broadcasting and cable outlets, the Commission itself will be establishing islandwide Citizen based Media Monitors to assist in more comprehensive and effective monitoring of radio and television output. The media monitors will be drawn from diverse age groups, communities and organizations across the country. The Commission is also accepting volunteers.

CONTACTING THE COMMISSION
Members of the public are encouraged to support the Commission in monitoring the airwaves and reporting any breach of the directive or otherwise transmission of inappropriate content.

The Broadcasting Commission may be contacted at 1-888-99-CABLE (22253). Email messages can also be sent to info@broadcom.org to report complaints or to seek additional information.

SIGNED: BROADCASTING COMMISSION

This is a Dancehall.Mobi special update. What’s your take on the Broadcasting Commission’s decision? Please post your views below.

AFRICAN TEACHER

2009-02-11T05:54:00.001+12:00

above’ve featured pictures of foundation reggae artiste Burning Spear (real name - Winston Rodney) as he accepts the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for the album “Jah is Real” at the 51st annual Grammy Awards held last night in Los Angeles. This is a Dancehall.Mobi special update; pictures below are courtesy of Reuters/Corbis.

KENYAN LOVE FA MOVADO

2009-01-19T05:00:00.002+12:00

check mavado page for info.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-04T03:54:00.000+12:00

Wishing everyone a blessed and a prosperous.new year

THIS MAN BARACK OBAMA

2008-11-11T05:28:00.001+12:00

We need great leaders like Obama.you have made a new chapter in human histroy.blessed have strenght.ang Jah Will guide you......

big ship mix 1,2

2008-11-11T05:24:00.002+12:00

big up massive blackstarliner entertainment mix are now available.look out fa ya copy.and the video mix will be out soon....

CALLING THE WORLD TO STAND AND SUPPORT BARRACK OBAMA

2008-10-31T04:23:00.002+12:00

Rise up Obama Our Time As Come To Rule and paint white house black.Africa loves you and wish you all the best and lots of love......

Delroy Wilson’s Birthday

2008-10-08T06:13:00.001+12:00

Ska, rocksteady and reggae singer Delroy Wilson, would have been 60 years old today. He was born on October 5, 1948 and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Jamaican music. He died (of complications from cirrhosis of the liver) on March 6, 1995 at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston. He was just 46 years old at the time. Learn more about this stalwart of Jamaican music

2008-10-08T06:10:00.001+12:00

Blackstarliner entertainment And Operation Dread will pay tribute to Lucky Dube on Friday @Club CHEER makuti On Friday 10/10/08/Sarto11/10/08.The D.Js will The Untounchable D.J Izreal From Metro fm 101.9/D.J Prince/D.j Stone.Mc Smart Bwoy.Big up all Massive Athi River/Kitengela/Mulolongo/Machakos

EId Mubarak

2008-10-03T05:40:00.000+12:00

I Wish all the Muslim bros and sisters a happy EId Mubarak may mighty guide you all thro this time.

Welcome To Motherlands

2008-10-03T05:26:00.002+12:00

calling all rastafarian Luciano and The General Mickey are in Town Alongside Ragga rox fa there annual PEACE CONCERT to be held at SPalsh Water world. The host soundsystems KING LION/LIVITY SOUNDS.
Luciano and the entire crew will be the first reggea artist to visit al reggea clubs in Nairobi.blessed rasta.

Richie Spice Turns 37 Today

2008-09-10T04:47:00.002+12:00

Jamaica dancehall star spice celebrates is 37th birth day today.
happy birth spice

Mavado In Trouble Again

2008-08-07T05:46:00.000+12:00

Dancehall artiste Mavado is in hot water once again, as the police in Negril have charged him with assault and using indecent language, following an incident at the Jungle nightclub early yesterday morning. It is alleged that Mavado had an altercation with a male patron at the nightclub, and that the man was assaulted in full view of police officers. The police attempted to reprimand Mavado who reportedly cursed them using indecent language. He is booked to appear in the Savanna-la-mar Resident Magistrate’s Court later this month.

Barrington Levy Being Investigated?

2008-08-07T05:40:00.000+12:00

Veteran reggae singer Barrington Levy is said to be under investigation by the Frankfield Police in Clarendon. It’s alleged that Levy was among a group of men who attacked and beat a man in Carty Hill, Clarendon, on Friday night (August 1). The man is reportedly the father of a child with Levy’s sister

salute to dem massive

2008-07-30T05:49:00.000+12:00

thanks to al dem massive who represented there massive on 27th/07.
every sundy there will be reggea jam session and we will be giving presents very soon.welcome
the clun is located in the heart of the city..blessed all.Prince

Early History of Humanity

2008-07-26T05:07:00.000+12:00

CHAPTER XIII
Early History of Humanity

Evolution of the Black World Insofar as the known facts permit, we shall try in this chapter to retrace the major stages in the evolution of the Black world since Homo sapiens appeared on the scene. In addition to providing a reference system for the young African researcher, the picture thus presented, with its inevitable gaps, its uncertainties, but also its areas of clarity, will give him an idea of the seriousness and magnitude of his task. I have directed my efforts to the period of the African past ranging from- prehistory to the appearance of modern States at the end of the Middle Ages, for this is the span that poses the greatest number of problems for understanding the history of mankind. Priority of the Negro Factor in the History of Humanity The results of archeological finds,1 especially those of Dr. Louis Leakey in East Africa, enable us every six months or so to penetrate more deeply into the obscurity of the first rough outlines of humanity. Thanks to dating methods based on the dosage of potassium 40/Argon, we can go back 1,700,000 years. Nevertheless, there is continued agreement that Homo sapiens, modern man, appeared about 40,000 years ago, during the Upper Paleolithic.

This first humanity, belonging to the lower layers of the Aurignacian, was probably related morphologically to the current Black type of humanity. The characteristics of that Grimaldi race have been summarized as follows by Marcellin Boule and Henri Vallois in Fossil Men, translated into English by Michael Bullock: When we compare the dimensions of the bones of their limbs, we see that the leg was very long in proportion to the thigh, the fore- 260 Evolution of the Black World 261 arm very long in proportion to the whole arm; and that the lower limb was exceedingly long relative to the upper limb. Now these proportions reproduce, but in greatly exaggerated degree, the characters presented by the modern Negro. Here we have one of the chief reasons for regarding those fossils as Negroid, if not actually Negro. The Negroid affinities are likewise indicated by the characters of the skull. These are large; the crania are very elongated, hyper-dolichocephalic (indices 68 and 69) and, seen from above, they present a regular elliptically shaped contour, with flattened parietal bosses. The skulls are also very high, so that their capacity is at least equal to that of the average Parisian of our day: 1,580 cubic centimeters in the case of the young man, 1,375 cubic centimeters in the case of the old woman. The mastoid apophyses are small. The face is broad but not high, while the skull is excessively elongated from the front backwards; so that the head might be called unbalanced or dysharmonic. The forehead is well developed and straight; the orbital ridges project only slightly. The orbits are large, deep and sub-rectangular; their lower border is everted toward the front. The nose, depressed at the root, is very broad (platyrrhinian). The floor of the nasal fossae is joined to the anterior surface of the maxillary by a groove on each side of the nasal spine, as in Negroes, instead of being bordered by a sharp edge, as in the white races. The canine fossae are deep. The upper maxillary projects forward in very marked fashion. This prognathism especially affects the subnasal or alveolar region. The palatal arch, though only slightly developed in breadth, is very deep. The jaw is strong, its body very thick; the ascending branches are broad and low. The chin is not greatly developed; a strongly marked alveolar prognathism, correlated with the upper prognathism, gives it a pronouncedly receding appearance. The majority of these characters of the skull and face are, if not Negritic, at least Negroid.2 . . The other types found in Europe probably belonged to the Cro-Magnon race: the Predmost man (in Moravia) and the Brunn man (near Vienna) were perhaps Cro-Magnoids with "Ethiopian" characteristics. . .. Such are the facts revealed by archeology. On the strength of this evidence, we must recognize in all objectivity that the first Homo sapiens was a "Negroid" and that the other races, white and yellow, appeared later, following differentiations whose physical causes still escape science. Refusing to accept these facts,

Speech by Marcus Garvey - 28 August 1924

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Speech by Marcus Garvey

New York, 28 August 1924

MARCUS GARVEY IN CLEAR SPEECH REVEALED THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE RAPE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE CONVENTION INFORMED OF THE TRICKS OF DIPLOMACY IN DEPRIVING LIBERIA OF HER FREEDOM · . .

The order of the day is discussing the report of the delegates from Liberia bearing on the arrangements with the Liberian Government and people to colonize that country.

You heard the report yesterday from the secretary and from Lady Davis, a member of the delegation, as well as the report of the President-General and the statements of the Hon. Van Richards, chaplain to I the Senate of Liberia· Now we are going to discuss it this morning ....

The present government consists of a family arrangement. The President is brother-in-law to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State is brother-in-law to the Attorney-General, the Attorney-General is brother-in-law to the other heads of depa~unents, and so it is a family ring.

While the common people of Liberia have been suffering for over one hundred years, nothing has done to bring the great bulk of the native people, two millions of them, the pale of Westem civilization, which we are seeking to do through the of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

And the position is when we publish, as we published in The Negro World some time in intention of building the first American city on the Cavalla River, saw we were in earnest, because the program that we laid out building on the Cavalla River was on a modem American plan, and they well that when American Negroes and West Indian Negroes had gone Liberia it would be a question of about 25 years when we would have a first-class nation on the West Coast of Africa, proving the Negro's ability for self-government, a thing the great powers do not want.

THE ANGLE OF SELFISHNESS

That is the whole sum and substance of the situation from the intema- angle. Then from the angle of selfishness. After we had incurred expense, so the delegates from Liberia explained, after we had two arrangements with the Liberian officials, one in I92I welcoming the association Liberia and signing the document of welcome, the other in I923, the of Liberia himself outlining the manner, the method in which we proceed, appointing his Vice-President as Chairman of the committee was to perfect the arrangements, the Chief Justice of the country, and of Customs, a member of his own cabinet, with some of the prominent men in the country, after they had outlined the plan under k we should work, they suggested the first group should reach in October, prior to reaching there we should send out a group of expert men to homes so that when the people get there they would have homes to live We sent away from here in June the first group of experts, six engineers the direction of a licensed civil engineer of z5 years' experience, work-for one of the biggest companies in this country out West. We sent out two shipments of materials, one on the 25th of June and the last on z;ch of July. They accepted the landing of the materials, and then, after all that, without an official word to us, they decided to send through Consul-General

Black Star Liner

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The Black Star Line was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus garvey, who organized the UNIA (United Negro Improvement Association). The Black Star Line derived its name from the White Star Line, a line whose success Garvey felt he could duplicate, which would become a standard of his Back-to-Africa movement. It was one among many businesses which the UNIA originated such as the Universal Printing House, Negro Factories Corporation, and the widely distributed and highly successful Negro World newspaper. The Black Star Line and its successor, the Black Cross Navigation and Trading Company, operated between 1919 and 1922. The Black Star Line stands today as a major symbol for Garvey followers and African Americans in search of a way to get back to their homeland. The shipping line was supposed to involve the transportation of goods and eventually African Americans throughout the African global economy. The Black Star Line started in Delaware on June 23, 1919. Having a maximum capitalization of $500,000, BSL stocks were sold at UNIA conventions at five dollars each. The company's losses were estimated to be between $630,000 and $1.25 million. The Black Star Line did surprise all its critics when, only three months after being incorporated, the first of four ships, the SS Yarmouth was purchased with the intention of it being rechristened the "Frederick Douglass." The Yarmouth was a coal boat during the First World War, and was in poor condition when purchased by the Black Star Line. Once reconditioned, the Yarmouth proceeded to sail for three years between the U.S. and the West Indies as the first Black Star Line ship with an all-black crew and a black captain. Later Joshua Cockburn, the captain of the Yarmouth, was accused of receiving a "kick back from the purchase price". The SS Yarmouth was not the only ship to be purchased in poor condition and to be completely oversold. Garvey spent another $200,000 for more ships[citation needed]. One, the SS Shadyside, sailed the "cruise to nowhere" on the Hudson River one summer and sank the next fall because of a leak many thought to be sabotage. Another was a steam yacht once owned by Henry Huttleston Rogers. Booker T. Washington had been an honored guest aboard the ship when it was owned by his friend and confidant, Rogers, and was known as the Kanawha. However, Rogers had died in 1909, and the once well-maintained yacht had also served in the first World War. Renamed by the Black Star Line the SS Antonio Maceo, it blew a boiler and killed a man off the Virginia coast on its first voyage from New York to Cuba, and had to be towed back to New York[citation needed]. Besides oversold, poorly conditioned ships, Black Star Line was beset by corruption of management[citation needed] and infiltration by agents of J. Edgar Hoover's Bureau of Investigation (the forerunner to the FBI), who - according to historian Winston James - sabotaged it by throwing foreign matter into the fuel, damaging the engines[1]. The first commission for the Yarmouth was to haul whiskey from the U.S. to Cuba before Prohibition. Although the ship made it in record time, it did not have docking arrangements, so it lost money sitting in the docks of Cuba while longshoremen had a strike.[citation needed] A cargo-load of coconuts rotted in the hull of a ship on another voyage because Garvey insisted on having the ships make ceremonial stops at politically important ports.[citation needed] The Black Star Line ceased sailing in February 1922. It is regarded as a considerable accomplishment for African Americans of the time, despite the thievery by employees[citation needed], engineers who overcharged, and the Bureau of Investigation's acts of infiltration and sabotage. Reggae singer Fred Locks, an adherent of the Rastafari faith, re-introduced it to a Jamaican audience with his 1976 hit Black Star liners (which has been called one of "the most important songs in reggae music of the 1970s"), portraying Garvey as a Moses-like prophet:[2][3] Seven miles of Black Star Liners coming in the harbour / [...] I can hear the elders saying / These are the days for which we've been praying / ... [Marcus Garvey] told us that the Black Star Liners are coming one day for us. The Black Star Line was also commemorated in song by blues singers Hazel Meyers and Rosa Henderson,[citation needed] reggae singer Burning Spear[citation needed], and the musical group Brand Nubian (on their 1993 album In God We Trust).

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UNITY SPLASH 19/4/08

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the unity splash show at club simba Makuti kitengela was great.
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REGGEA CONCERT IN KENYA

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i salute all the massive crew for the peaceful and colourful attendance during Turbulence,Burning spear,Ritchie Spice.And the recent Black Uhuru.
let the world know kenya is peacefull.

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FOUNDATION TIME!!!

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!JAVAA CELEBRATING DENNIS BROWN in Kingston, JA 2/22/2008feat. Bob Andy, Ken Boothe, George Nooks, Bunny Brown, Suzanne Couch, Boris Gardiner, Llyod Parks & The Tamlins, Sugar Minott, Derrick Harriott, Dwight Pickney & John Holt!MONA MOONLIGHTING - A TRIBUTE TO MIKEY SMITH in Kingston, JA 2/21/2008feat. Oku Onoura, Yasus Afari, Tarrus Riley, Duane Stephenson, Dean Fraser, Mutabaruka, Cherry Natural and many more...GLOBAL REGGAE CONFERENCE - SHOWCASE in Kignston, JA 2/20/2008feat. Big Youth, Sugar Minott, Lloyd Lovindeer, History ManFashion Show by Earl 'Biggy' Turner

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HAPPY BIRTH DAY MANDELA

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happy birth day mr mandela.you are a true stateman .may you continue to celebrate a thousand year and a health life .my jah guide you in everthing you do.

TRIBUTE TO OUR GREAT HEROS

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Has we go thro this tough times we salute our great heroes.may there sols rest in enternal peace.
you made kenya proud.

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HARAMBEE STAR KEEP THE KENYAN DREAM

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BLACKSTARLINER ENTERTAINMENT wish all harambee stars a big shout out for that great job they have done kenya.apart from tear gas part of the show the perfomance was great.keep the fire burning. kenya IS proud of you..PRINCE

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i salute al yoh in the name of most high. blessed love.