Summary:
For the first 88 pages of the book, it was very good and interesting. I think its because i love the type of music, but also it was very educational. Its a book on Jamaican music well reggae music, because there is diufferent other types of genres. The first couple of chapters talked about types of music that I never heard of such as " ska ". Up till now I still don't understand what type of music it is, if i've ever heard of it. They were talking about the sound system, and the first one that was made and played in Kingston. They were saying that because of the music it brought out the beer industry, and it was founded to be said that the people who created the sound systems had very big connections to the rum companies. They were say that it was a better way to promote jamaica's famous beer and rum, appleton,, and red stripe. Back in them times though they didn't know a thing called dancehall yet, it was just straight reggae " ska" and all the other types.
Quote:
" Sales were made door to door, at commercial establishments and people's houses with the vendor talking up the record as Downbeat's latest killer tune - Yuh know, the one 'im mash up the dance wid last night- and the punters taking this on trust as there was no information printed on the label "
- I picked this quote because it had a little mixture of patois which so happened to be the title of the song. We as jamaicans type the way we talk. In translation its says you know the one that did the dance with him last night. We exaggerate and make things seem bad, but realistically that chune title is nice.
Reaction:
My reaction on the book is that i learned alot that i never really knew about my own cultures music. They explained to me the upbringing. I also thought that there was only two types of music and all that there was to have, but come to find out there was more, i was actually very shocked.
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