http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:04:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1266275064#3 03/20/10 23:53:44

If you want the low down on Gaza versus Gully, check out Reggae Street Wars and it's follow up, Babylon Culture from the same website. The first one features what seems like 40 minutes of video that cuts back and forth between Vibz Kartel and Movado as they dis each other lyrically ( accusations of skin bleaching and battyism abound-parents of small children might want to watch this when the kids are asleep ) . [youtube]8anfZ-q2Xas[/youtube]]]> David Pablo Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:53:44 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1266388788#5 02/24/10 08:25:32

I just looked at Ernie's new top seller list: http://www.myreggaespace.com/ranking.php?mode=blog&message_id=240&row_template=blog.tpl This release is Number Two ! I'd love to hear some thoughts from anyone else who bought this. ]]> David Pablo Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:25:32 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1266763456#3 03/06/10 10:55:12

I have an adapter to listen to my iPod thru my car stereo, so 90% of my listening time is spent on the road ( at full watts of course). I change my playlists nearly everyday depending on my mood .Two tunes I play on a regular basis is Anthony Johnson's " Gunshot" and Edi Fitzroy 's "The Gun".I usually follow the Johnson tune with Toyan and Jah Thomas " None of That " , Jah Thomas "Lyric's For Sale" , Singie Singie's "Willing and Able" and it's dub ( all tunes on "Gunshot riddim" ). Now thanks to Midnight Rock joining mRs, I also have Peter Metro's "7 Heroes of Jamaica" , Early B's "Take out yuh Bible " and Daville's "It's over Now " (the later two from the nearly impossible to find [i]Midnight Rock Presents Gunshot [/i] album. ]]> Silver Kamel Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:55:12 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1267216667#4 03/04/10 22:50:37

Sad to say, but the Jamaican singers/entertainers shot themselves in the foot and are now deminishing faster than they grew. I guess this is the fruit of the seed of the gun/murder/ganja and x rated lyrics that was planted in the fabric of the Jamaican society. It is a known fact that Non-Jamaicans has taken over Jamaican Reggae Music mainly because their lyrics does not contain voilence/drugs and sex in their songs. This is another of our national product that we lost to Non-Jamaicans.]]> JAHSOLIDROCK Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:50:37 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1268006507#2 03/08/10 00:02:09

[url] http://irawma.com/vote-2010-irawma.html[/url]]]> David Pablo Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:02:09 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1268868813#1 03/17/10 23:33:33

Reggae's Civil War Why Mavado and Vybz Kartel might be the Biggie and Tupac of Dancehall By Baz Dreisinger [img]http://media.villagevoice.com/4503661.87.jpg[/img] I traversed four Caribbean islands in the past two months and spied one common denominator: graffiti. Scrawled precipitously on a cliff suspended above the lush mountains of Saint Lucia, on the aluminum siding of a rum shop in French Saint Martin, on the concrete walls of a Trinidad office park, on accessible surfaces covering urban and rural landscapes across Jamaica, one of two words made its inevitable appearance: "Gully" or "Gaza." No island-hopping tagger is responsible—blame Jamaican music's latest, scariest personal feud. "Gaza" refers to a swath of the working-class town of Portmore, home of Vybz Kartel, the man voted, in a recent poll, the island's most popular dancehall artist. "Gully" is for the Kingston neighborhood (a line of shacks, really, along a stretch of gully known as Cassava Piece) where fellow dancehall star Mavado was born. Initially, the two were musical teammates, protégés of the artist Bounty Killer, but since 2006, they've engaged in near-constant lyrical warfare. In track after X-rated track, Kartel has called Mavado a pseudo-gangsta, dubbing him "Mafraudo" and claiming to have had sex with his mother. Mavado retorted that Kartel was, among many other things, a "battyman" (a **** slur, in a country that takes such accusations very seriously), a skin-bleacher, and an atheist. The feud came to a head at a major stage show in late 2008, when the two stood face to face before a rowdy crowd—Kartel decked out in full army gear, Mavado sporting a Lone Ranger–style black mask—and engaged in a heated clash, hurling insults at each other as Kartel carted out a coffin with "R.I.P. Mavado" printed on it. Soon thereafter, Mavado abruptly marched offstage. After this show—at which fights were said to have broken out between fans, who still argue passionately about whether Mavado or Kartel was the victor—the feud intensified to the point where much of the dancehall community, along with legions of fans, were compelled to decide: Are you with Gaza or Gully? In the Jamaica Gleaner, critic Ian Boyne lamented the fact that entire dance sessions and even neighborhoods were dangerously divided: "If your car is even passing one of these sessions, and you don't happen to know whether it is Gaza or Gully territory," he wrote, "you are in danger. You don't even have the right to play the opposing gangster in your own car or SUV. What a life!" Even the fastest man on earth took sides: At Usain Bolt's post-Olympic welcome-home party, the gold medalist allegedly marched into the DJ booth and decreed that only "Gaza" tunes should be played at his parties. "And anybody nuh like dat," he supposedly declared, "can jump inna gully." The feud generated such attention that in December 2009—a year cursed by Jamaica's highest-ever murder rate—the country's two most-high-profile men intervened. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who previously called the Gaza-Gully conflict "one example of the negative influences that destabilize us as a people," requested a meeting with the two artists. Before and after the powwow, which involved four government ministers and a bishop, Mavado and Kartel strutted through the prime minister's office providing myriad photo ops: shaking hands, laughing like old pals, and modeling shimmering jewels and designer shades. The real peace decree, though, came just before the meeting, when the two DJs took the stage together at a Kingston concert and Kartel called Mavado "my brother." The performance was, by all reliable accounts, coordinated by so-called community leader Christopher Coke, a/k/a "Dudus": current target of a U.S. extradition request on drug- and weapons-trafficking charges and the son of gangster icon Jim Brown, who was the founder of the legendary Shower Posse gang that ran much of Jamaica, New York, and Miami in the '80s. It has all the makings of a straight-to-DVD classic: one prime minister, one alleged "don," two "gangsta" dancehall artists, and a soundtrack of scathingly good diss tracks. In Jamaica, the same boundless, indigenous creativity that has produced a wealth of classic music and art has also produced, well, creative tactics both political and criminal. Gaza vs. Gully was thus perceived as supercharged hip-hop beef, pumped up by dint of arising in a country defined, for decades, by dire gang conflict and some of the highest murder rates in the world. But which has generated more undeserved hype: the angst provoked by the Gaza-Gully conflict, or the high hopes pinned to this official, uneasy truce? I flew to Kingston to find out. There, in a small bar called Medusa's, I ran into Reneto Adams, retired senior superintendent of the Jamaican police force and a man with quite a reputation: In 2004, he stood trial for the murder of four civilians; before his acquittal, he recorded a dancehall track entitled "To Protect and Serve," which named the so-called bad men he'd be coming for next. "Gaza vs. Gully is an extension of the gangs and criminal activity we have in Jamaica," Adams told me, setting down his Red Bull. The feud stands out from the many beefs in Jamaican musical history, he continued—citing Derrick Morgan vs. Prince Buster in the '60s, and Beenie Man vs. Bounty Killer in the '90s—because "earlier feuds did not incorporate violence. Furthermore, this one is also political: Gaza is predominantly PNP, and Gully is predominantly JLP." read more : [url]http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-02/music/reggae-s-civil-war/2[/url]]]> David Pablo Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:33:33 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1269096453#4 03/28/10 07:01:32

Someone has dealt with the fake Gregory as detailed in this video which was posted on March 23rd..after listening to this Gregroy impersonator (holding his nose no doubt ) I probably would have been more happy losing my money outright .. [youtube]gFI39oiJhNo[/youtube]]]> SpringlineRecords Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:01:32 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1270197172#21 06/17/10 01:17:12

Thanx Gibsy, Much appreciated... I watched a movie the other night.. 'The Ultimate Gift' , corny in parts, trite even, but of great essence.. Thats how I feel about this site... my REGGAE space.. The old school meets the fresh new talent... one respecting the other... Some great music, some just plain bad, and some so far out there I'm still waiting for my emotions to land back on this planet. I love it all, the rainbow of life, the color in the chords, all these Citizens of Reggae getting it together, in whatever style strikes their mood. And some of the Citizens comments have had me in stitches............ Jah Bless You All. Keep up the GREAT worx. And come back often! ]]> David Pablo Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:17:12 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1270281799#2 04/03/10 08:11:20

Rasta in Chile: [youtube]2GyTeMTXMX4[/youtube]]]> David Pablo Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:11:20 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1273641513#4 05/12/10 22:46:07

Thanks David, Gibsy & Lisa for your much appreciloved earthday greetings! Blessings to all, and the best of love, life and music to alla you!]]> David Pablo Wed, 12 May 2010 22:46:07 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1275753385#1 06/05/10 15:56:25

So many superb works coming out at myREGGAEspace and over at dubark .. I'd like to start this off however with a recent mp3 posting from artist Willie Steen with a track called "Planet Exile" not sure if he's posted it here yet? real classic 'chank in the mix just right' vibe with some nice warm brass throughout the tune ,an instrumental cut btw and wouldn't of been out of place on an old red label Dynamic Sounds (Trojan) B Side. Simply niceness. Willie Steen "Planet Exile"]]> SpringlineRecords Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:56:25 +0100 http://www.myreggaespace.com/forum.php?band_id=0&t=1277768395#1 06/28/10 23:39:55

Are there any Citizens out there that has anything that they would like to offer, share, or sell to other Citizens? Let me know. Bless........ Kamel]]> Silver Kamel Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:39:55 +0100