Daring to wear something different takes effort.
I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.
Dancehall music is perceived as party music, which it is because of the rhythm, but there are messages that do come through or a purpose of an artist saying something to the world. People usually don't get the messages because of the partying.
CAN'T TAN PON IT LONG. . . . . NAW EAT NO YAM. . . NO STEAM FISH. . . . NOR NO GREEN BANANA BUT DOWN IN JAMAICA WE GIVE IT TO YOU HOT LIKE A SAUNA.
Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.
I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to.
Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.
As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.
Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season a man
He got the crib, so for the first few months of my life I had to sleep in the top dresser drawer, which I'm pretty sure isn't even legal.