Talk:Music of Jamaica

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This article is a #4 Google hit, which can be great publicity for Wikipedia because this is a major subject. I will try and do some expanding soon, and maybe add some pics. Tuf-Kat 05:16, Nov 27, 2003 (UTC)

Marley as a messianic figure

in the article, it says

 "Marley himself was viewed as a Rastafarian messianic figure by some fans, particularly throughout the Caribbean, Africa, and among Native Americans and Australian Aborigines."

i'd like to know the source for this, specially regarding native americans and australian aborigenes. thank you. Rogeriobwp 14:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The Rough Guide to World Music confirms that he was/is extremely popular and revered among Australian Aborigines. Doesn't use the word messianic though. Tuf-Kat 02:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Good Article nomination has failed

The Good article nomination for Music of Jamaica has failed. The article has a good amount of content, but it is just not there yet.

1. There are just not enough citations. The first paragraph alone needs about three. Each section afterwards needs at least one.
2. The article itself seems very poorly organized. There are just too many sections. Sections such as "DJs", "Rastafari, rocksteady, and foundation", and "Island Records" don't deserve the own sections. I would say to just list them as sub headers under ska but they seem to incorperate other things as well. These three categories in particular should probably be removed and the information they contain incorperated into the other sections of the article.
3. There are a few grammatical and sentence structure related issues throughout the article (specifically the opening paragraph is very awkwardly phrased).
4. A picture or too would be a good addition to this otherwise image-less article.

Overall this article has the content, it just needs a lot of fine-tuneing. Good luck writing! --SomeStranger (T | C) 15:42, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baccra

As a result of the above AfD discussion, the Baccra article has been redirected to this article.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  21:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ska Punk

So there is an article on Ska punk - I was wondering if anyone thinks it should be added to the Music of Jamaica template? Ozzykhan 22:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• No, because it's not music that came from Jamaica. Ska punk is very different from real ska.Spylab 00:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ska

In 1964 Ska was already declining and the Skatalites dissolved the same year. The first Ska record was published between 1959 and 1961.

Sombody add sean paul in here

sean paul isnt' even mentioned in here!

Sean Paul? SqueakBox 19:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

The Jamaican Music is very well known and loved around the world.

 4/16/07 added the Jamaican Music is both known and loved all around the world.

Bloodclat

I started a page on Bloodclat. Wot I intended to do was do a series on patois. Before I even got to lines down some guy called Busch is down my throat telling me it is "patent nonsense" and is gonna be delete. Lol!!!! I mean, they a page for cunt and all, so may be it is just a racist thing.

This woz him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelbusch

Anyway I could do with some help if anyone has references to its and the other words use in music and poetry.

Tara!!!! Shortskirtlonglegs 23:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I think "jamrock" should be redicted to this page, instead of the main jamaica article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.141.250.234 (talk) 07:48, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

THE REAL ORIGIN OF JAMAICAN MUSIC

The reason for the mojor conflicts from other islanders is the fact that the Mento is actually from the Igbo culture. Trinidad music comes from another type of Nigerian cultured music. I noticed Suger Belly is not even mentioned in this article. Jamaicans developed their OWN culture. For others to take credit from the ghetto people of that island is wrong.--Realwords101 (talk) 11:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)