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[rhyll]

*cries*

just looked up more stuff on buju banton and shabba ranks, since they were singing a song i was listening to. came to the unavoidable decision that they were just too nastily homophobic to be on my listening-list...not that i'd know, since the song was in rather fast patois and i couldn't understand any of it. still. deleted.

i want to find some feminist (or otherwise nifty) dub/dancehall. i suspect i shall have no luck.

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[tiny-monster.livejournal.com]

Lady Sovereign has some pretty dancehall roots I think!

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

I shall attempt to check it out!

[souldelay.livejournal.com]

hahaha! i think i can safely predict that no, you shall have no luck. i suggest you start looking for female artists instead and pick out the least heterosexist ones? also there's a lot of dub records with hardly any lyrics, or just incoherent druggy ramblings sampled into them, these are usually the best ones.

[souldelay.livejournal.com]

hey, i just googled "feminist dub dancehall" and that search does lead to some interesting people. i really think it'll take an effort to find entirely non-offending music in that genre, you need to search the underground and definitely stay away from mainstream horrors like shabba ranks. : )

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

yeah, I tried it a while ago. I found some stuff by Dawn Penn, which was okay, and there was another woman (who's name I've forgotten) who I meant to check out too, but didn't get around to.

[boxer-the-horse.livejournal.com]

What's the deal with Jamaicans and homophobia? Does Jah hate Fags?

I'll take my dub in the form of inflections thank you!

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

According to Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks, Jah does hate fags!

(Apparently Jah is a jerk.)

[profundamente.livejournal.com]

i don't *know* if lady sovereign will be what you are looking for.
female dancehall reggae types (but very heterosexual) who i enjoy are tanya stephens and lady saw.

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

thanks! (lady saw is the one i mentioned whose name i'd forgotten)

[boxer-the-horse.livejournal.com]

Lady Sov is definitely more hip-hop/grime so I'm inclined to agree she probably isn't what Sky is looking for. Also, I already lent her MIA's Arular, so she's got the best record from the above genre anyway.

[profundamente.livejournal.com]

yeah, i mean having lady sov and MIA isn't going to compromise her collection! more music is more good!