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<span style="font-size: 11pt">Yes, NPR ketch di Jamaican bug...
Please listen to the story and let me know your opinions, thanks.
Non-Jamaican Reggae: Who's Making It And Who's Buying It
MP3 Audio Link: http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/w...2_wesat_21.mp3
Article Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/...-whos-buying-it
An excerpt of part I found interesting just listening...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The globalization of reggae stirs up a familiar debate around cultural politics. From jazz to rock to hip-hop, white artists have negotiated the thorny boundaries of performing in a genre they didn't invent. Sicily-born Alborosie says he needed to go to Jamaica and talk the talk. "When I reach there I said [he adopts a cheesy Italian accent], 'Hi, my name is Alberto.' So I learned patois. I don't speak English. Right now it's very difficult talking to you and make it sound proper," he says. "So that is my language besides Italian."</div></div></span>
Please listen to the story and let me know your opinions, thanks.
Non-Jamaican Reggae: Who's Making It And Who's Buying It
MP3 Audio Link: http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/w...2_wesat_21.mp3
Article Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/...-whos-buying-it
An excerpt of part I found interesting just listening...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The globalization of reggae stirs up a familiar debate around cultural politics. From jazz to rock to hip-hop, white artists have negotiated the thorny boundaries of performing in a genre they didn't invent. Sicily-born Alborosie says he needed to go to Jamaica and talk the talk. "When I reach there I said [he adopts a cheesy Italian accent], 'Hi, my name is Alberto.' So I learned patois. I don't speak English. Right now it's very difficult talking to you and make it sound proper," he says. "So that is my language besides Italian."</div></div></span>