does dancehall music encourages violence in jamaica?
480924
False.\n\nChildren are violent for the same reasons adults are violent.  Rage, Anger, Hatred, Ignorance, Fear etc...
730638
Yes I hate it. Mainly because the sound quality is always terrible. Really tinny, hardly any bass at all.\nIts as if they are saying "look at me! I like jungle music and truly cheap audio equipment! Aren't I great?"\n\nAlso they are obviously scum. Usually smelly teenage boys or girls with a 'classy' curl of hair superglued to their foreheads. Always wearing at least one item of tracksuit clothing.\n\nIf I'm with a big group of people I laugh and point, sometime I do a derisory dance. If I'm on my own I shrink into the special hidden place in my mind where I have the power to make people's heads explode.
289185
Calypso is not Haitian music.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_music
790183
Uhm, there's no such thing as a 'reggae music code'.  Sorry.  There just isn't.  Either you made it up or you've just awaken from a confusing dream involving computers and cruise ships.  Meanwhile, feel free to send us all the 'pop music codes' and 'death metal codes' you can send!  lol     Do you mean HTML code for reggae songs?  If so, then first you have to know the location of the song's file.  It doesn't matter if it's reggae, country, disco or a nursery rhyme.  good luck to ya and them there RMCs ;-)
1156825
I know that you have the African rhythm. Have a rivalry with Nigerians in London, England. I am a Nigerian and i hate the stereotypes people give and I think people think Jamaicans all have dread locks
305895
Absolutely. Rivalries are one thing but when people start getting shot over music, you have crossed the line.
223909
The criminal justice system in Jamaica is very corrupt and it has lost the war on illict drugs. When police officers sell dope to put their kids through school you know the system is in deep trouble. They are attempting to make reforms and throwing a lot of money behind it but somehow I feel they still lack the political will to do anything of note that will result in significant change.
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I like your argument, you're not biased about anything and show both sides.\n\nI agree, and rap/hiphop/r&b is my favorite (usually because it's so much more fun to dance to). I like rock or punk sometimes but I can't listen to anything that's constant screaming. To me, I don't consider it really music. But if that's what you like, then hey, I'm not stopping you.\n\nI guess what I'm trying to say is that people have very different tastes in music sometimes. The world is incredibly diverse, everyone's so different in their own personal ways. This is just one of them.\n\nWhat do they see in this music? Maybe they prefer hardcore, angry music, or maybe it gives them a rush. I don't know, and probably never will. But again, if that's what they prefer than I see nothing wrong with it.
376705
Are you talking about the commercial where there is a guy singing in the rap song and someone is dancing on the commercial? If so, does the guy sing in a Reggae/Jamaican type voice? Let me know if this is the commercial your talking about and if so, I just might be able to help ya ;)
714162
Yes!\n\nA 'Google' search.\n\n"Who is battered?  By race and other factors \n   There was not a significant difference between whites and blacks in the rate of violent victimizations that were committed by relatives..."\n\nhttp://www.actabuse.com/dvstats_3.html#3
1185913
There's a mixture, mostly African but there is more white blood in Jamaica
209606
I am a Jamaican girl, so yes, I love the people of Jamaica. Our girls are beautiful, and though I'm not gay I like them.
648551
I think because they see it as Puerto Rico copying Jamaica.  Kinda like how Vanilla Ice and Eminem are being hated. \n\nHowever, "Reggaeton's roots are from Panama with the music evolving and coming to prominence in Puerto Rico. Some people believe that reggaeton beats were originally started by Panamanian rappers and were later adopted by Puerto Ricans, while others think that it was an adaption of Jamaican dancehall and reggae beats.\n\nA possible explanation is that reggaeton is actually a hybrid of many different musical genres from various countries in the Caribbean and the United States; this new musical style later became more famous when it was highly popularized as a new musical genre in Puerto Rico."
707339
I'm not sure I've heard it.  Is it a mixture of Reggae and Rap?
726664
I believe she may have been a friend of his who was killed:\n\nREGGAE star Sean Paul has revealed how the brutal murder of a close friend inspired him to write new album The Trinity. \n\nIn an exclusive interview the 32-year-old singer confessed he is alarmed by the level of gun violence in his home town of Kingston, Jamaica, and is using his record to make his opinion heard.\n\nHe told us: "I’m very scared about the level of gun violence in Jamaica. People are being killed and the country is getting poorer.\n\n"As a singer I have a voice and feel a sense of responsibility to make my opinions heard."
83064
Unfortunately, the above answer is incorrect. It is the social context of the group and the socioeconomics of each group. Not the violence or the crime.
782629
No.  Our country is becoming full of illiterate, violent morons and rap music has some culpability in that.\n\nI know lots will disagree but I can't see the sense in much of what's out there.  It's sad that so many get rich by contributing nothing but sorrow to the world.\n\nFor the artists that are responsible, sorry to throw you under the bus.  Generally this medium is exploiting kids that can't yet--and sadly probably never will be--think for themselves.