Feb 7, 2009

Ramping Shop Banned in Jamaica

They finally Ban ..the Rampin Shop song.. and all songs that has a bleep to cover violent or sexually explicit content ...this is according to gleaner media report.
If this is the case then chances are some artiste will have to go back to the studio and amend their songs with violent and explicit sexually suggestive content if they are interested in radio and television play. I dont know how far this ban will be extended ..but I assume that it will be for all genre of music  ..so the rap music or soca with their beeps will not be aired.
We can't come down too hard on the Broadcasting Commission still.. because they were left with little or no choice after the public outcry.. and justifiably so. This is nothing new in the dancehall arena.. a lot of songs were banned in the past and most artiste did not go back to do a refix after the ban. Some of the more recent ones that were banned included Bounty Killer Anytime, Chuck Fenda Gash Dem which is not all that bad and Twins of Twins How Come I dont see too much violent and sexual expletives in these..but stuck nerves and thus end up in file thirteen...
But the artiste could take an approach like this fan/artiste called tatta.. its not an attemptto  remove the expletive content but good example of how the artiste can approach the thing... this one mad funny check it out..


2 comments:

  1. Caribbean radio stations in the US did this years ago.

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  2. by the way. . .have you see the Mavado parody "shave them all and done"?

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