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This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music ReviewIt's a shame that the publishers deemed it fit to release this book with a new , bland , user friendly title to cater for the American market , rather than to stick with the far more appropriate British title of - Bass Culture . When Reggae Was King - , but the biggest disappointment for me is replacing the great cover on the British edition ( it says as much about dub as a thousand words ) with the almost Jamaican holiday brochure photo .
The book itself is a great read . Lloyd Bradley traces the evolution of Jamaican music from the wild soundsystem days of the Fifties up to the digital reggae of the Nineties , the biggest chunk of the book revolving around the two most important decades in the development of reggae , the Sixties and Seventies . He also traces the often violent political evolution of the island after independence , and the consequences this has had on its people . These two subjects are easily entwined as the development of reggae has always been inextricably linked with the political climate in Jamaica . Some of the main players add their enlightening anecdotes , to give the reader a much more vivid picture of who or what was pushing the envelope back at crucial times in the development of this vital music . There is also a chapter dealing with the history and philosophies of the Rastafarian that is crucial if you want a better understanding of reggae .
Lloyd Bradley then follows the Jamaican diaspora across the atlantic ocean , and chronicles the bad race relations it encountered in England that would ultimately herald in the rise of British reggae . This part of the book is entertaining enough , although I think the author has wildly overestimated the importance and influence of British reggae in general .
Considering that this story has its fair share of suffering and violence , it's a nice touch to have two contemporary reggae stars ( Luciano and Bobby Digital ) ending this book with optimistic and positive views on the future of reggae .This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music Overview

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