Here is the video off of Major Lazer’s album “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do”, Pon De Floor. The video is pretty interesting has a lot of daggering in it so it’s probably NSFW. It also features deejay/dancer Skerrit Bwoy.
This is chapter 2 from the series Jamaica Originates by director Jamil GS. He interviews Natural Mystic a dancer from Jamaica’s dancehall scene about dancing “daggering” controversy…
via seen-site.com
Vybz Kartel responds to the ban on explicit content in dancehall music with his track “My Music”. Additionally Vybz has also written a letter to the Jamaica Star in response to a what a local Jamaican school principal said about Vybz Kartel’s “Ramping Shop” and daggering music affecting the psyche of children.
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This post is full of stuff… check inside for downloads, the Vybz Kartel letter and the new Ramping Shop Radio version video.
I thought I would post some of the type of dancing that has caused the ban on sexual music in Jamaica.
This story made the rounds on the net yesterday, but I figured some may not have yet heard about it. Check out the details below…
…The ban, which became official earlier this week, is targeted at quelling the growing dancehall trend called “daggering,” where participants stimulate sexual intercourse on the dance floor.The style was popularized by dancehall star Mr. Vegas, who released a song and video of the same name last June.
Under the new regulation, all music with lyrics detailing murder, arson, rape, and gun violence cannot be heard over Jamaica’s TV and radio broadcast systems.
Furthermore, DJ’s are not even allowed to be play censored versions of songs, as the intent and suggestive nature of the tracks would still be discernible.
As the country’s most popular music genre, dancehall stands to be the most affected by the new ruling….
To me at least, this is kind of a crazy story, especially given the amount of sexuality and violence in all types of music, besides dancehall. It all seems a bit extreme and definitely It makes me wonder how the radio in JA will sound going forward.
There’s always pirate radio though, right? What are your thoughts on this? Post them in the comments.
Check out the full story here: Jamaica Eliminates Sex and Violence From Airwaves.
Check out the Mr. Vegas that made the whole thing pop after the jump…
Image via G-r-e-G on Flickr.