In some sense, their rage can be understood because rastafarians had to endure their own share of burden in the onset of the declaration of Rastafarianism. Many individuals considered them the scums of society because of their culture and everything they stood for. However, during that period the music was never that vile and harsh, quite frankly, the music around that period expressed their views and opinions in the calmest and most modest way you can imagine.
Jamaican reggae singer Chronixx sat down with Rolling Stone earlier this year for The First Time, our video series in which artists look back on milestones in their career and their most formative creative inspirations.
It is a statement that has been made by the most promising artists to ever emerge in reggae: The Wailers made it with Catch A Fire, Black Uhuru with Showcase, Barrington Levy with Englishman, Yellowman with Mister Yellowman, Ziggy Marley with Conscious Party, Shaggy with Pure Pleasure, Midnite with Unpolished, Damian Marley with Halfway Tree.
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