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Ah know iz ah older crowd of yardies here on the forum, but allyuh should see this here, watch how Soca mashing up yard with the young generation Link Text ... 
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Jamaicans wha going on here?
2017-12-29 09:48:53
2017-12-29 10:01:42
Jamaican teeth has been falling out for years now...jamaican culture has 3 teeth left..one rotten and the other 2 are shaking
2017-12-29 10:06:31
Treeknees morale are now boosted 10 fold! U gwine see how much 'jump up & wave' coming to u rass very soon!
2017-12-29 10:10:00
In reply to BeatDball
morale boosted yuh say? Aye small man, anyone who knows how Trinis are proud of our vibrant and diverse culture will know this is nothing to boost our morale
2017-12-29 10:21:28
In reply to problemjay
yes problem joker ah suh di ting set hevery now and then we like to palance to some retro music and do a little feteing
2017-12-29 10:44:36
In reply to ponderiver
Be nice to PJ nah.
Rowley gave him citizenship
2017-12-29 12:17:33
In reply to problemjay
Ain't a damn ting "going on here".
Granted I haven't lived in Jamaica for decades now I can still say that due to one of the hats I wear, I keep my finger on the music pulse of J'cans, within and without the Yard. I'm not sure where you've been, my youth, or perhaps you're just 20 years old; but Jamaicans have ALWAYS listened and danced to calypso/soca. It may never have had the penetration that reggae has had on the T&T scene, but from me a likkle bwoy a country in the 1960's through when I worked in Kingston in the 1970's and beyond, calypso was always played on the radio and at 'sessions' (parties). Why do you think Lord Creator (Kentrick Patrick of Sando) moved to Montego Bay in the 1960's and have been there ever since? Lord Laro? (I won't mention Lynn Taitt since he is known for Rocksteady/Reggae and not calypso.) Kitch and Sparrow have been household names in Jamaica and have had many hits there.
Read this page and see that "2016 marks the 28th anniversary of carnival in Jamaica". In the late 1990's Denyse Plummer held a commanding presence there. Kes of your link is always there; this must be his third or fourth time performing in Ja. Bunji Garlin and Machel Montano are also popular with the younger crowd (Bunji is a close friend of Chris Gayle). I don't know where you live but I suggest you go to a Yardie house party in NYC or elsewhere among the diaspora. You'll be surprised.
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2017-12-29 12:26:35
Trini and Yard fusion continues...these two will blowup internationally soon..
Nailah's pushing for her new Caribbean Folk fusion which includes a lil dancehall,R&B/hip hop.. she bring Shenseea in on dis one..
2017-12-29 17:39:03
In reply to JayMor
Ain't a damn ting "going on here".
Granted I haven't lived in Jamaica for decades now I can still say that due to one of the hats I wear, I keep my finger on music the pulse of J'cans, within and without the Yard. I'm not sure where you've been, my youth, or perhaps you're just 20 years old; but Jamaicans have ALWAYS listened and danced to calypso/soca. It may never have had the penetration that reggae has had on the T&T scene, but from me a likkle bwoy a country in the 1960's through when I worked in Kingston in the 1970's and beyond, calypso was always played on the radio and at 'sessions' (parties). Why do you think Lord Creator (Kentrick Patrick of Sando) moved to Montego Bay in the 1960's and have been there ever since? Lord Laro? (I won't mention Lynn Taitt since he is known for Rocksteady/Reggae and not calypso.) Kitch and Sparrow have been household names in Jamaica and have had many hits there.
Read this page and see that "2016 marks the 28th anniversary of carnival in Jamaica". In the late 1990's Denyse Plummer held a commanding presence there. Kes of your link is always there; this must be his third or fourth time performing in Ja. Bunji Garlin and Machel Montano are also popular with the younger crowd (Bunji is a close friend of Chris Gayle). I don't know where you live but I suggest you go to a Yardie house party in NYC or elsewhere among the diaspora. You'll be surprised.
Granted I haven't lived in Jamaica for decades now I can still say that due to one of the hats I wear, I keep my finger on music the pulse of J'cans, within and without the Yard. I'm not sure where you've been, my youth, or perhaps you're just 20 years old; but Jamaicans have ALWAYS listened and danced to calypso/soca. It may never have had the penetration that reggae has had on the T&T scene, but from me a likkle bwoy a country in the 1960's through when I worked in Kingston in the 1970's and beyond, calypso was always played on the radio and at 'sessions' (parties). Why do you think Lord Creator (Kentrick Patrick of Sando) moved to Montego Bay in the 1960's and have been there ever since? Lord Laro? (I won't mention Lynn Taitt since he is known for Rocksteady/Reggae and not calypso.) Kitch and Sparrow have been household names in Jamaica and have had many hits there.
Read this page and see that "2016 marks the 28th anniversary of carnival in Jamaica". In the late 1990's Denyse Plummer held a commanding presence there. Kes of your link is always there; this must be his third or fourth time performing in Ja. Bunji Garlin and Machel Montano are also popular with the younger crowd (Bunji is a close friend of Chris Gayle). I don't know where you live but I suggest you go to a Yardie house party in NYC or elsewhere among the diaspora. You'll be surprised.
Ok so lets be serious young Jamaicans are probably now getting into the music and the culture that surround the music. Not because they have known Machel and Bunji for years mean they actually took an interest in Soca music. In recent years most Jamaicans ( mostly the young) see Soca/Calypso as inferior type of music and not worth the time. Thanks to the Trinis and other Caribbean students at UWI in Jamaica the music has re-emerged in recent times in the public domain, because these students push Soca fetes in Jamaica and help promote Jamaica Carnival (and I am sure you know once Carnival is being promoted in a country/city then Soca music will automatically get promoted). For example the link in the original post is a fete pushed by 'I Love Soca Jamaica', which is a group in Jamaica made of UWI students from other Caribbean islands who love Soca going to school at Mona. So these small groups are helping promote the music and the culture that surround Soca music in Jamaica.
Now as for me being 20 years old, yes that's how I feel sometimes
2017-12-30 11:55:07
In reply to problemjay
UWI, the sport of cricket, CARICOM, the regional armed forces, and music have each lent its contribution to some sort of commonness/integration. Nothing new.
May it continue!
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