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Bob Marley's In Music Against Racism

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In the late 1950s, a new genre of music took the Jamaican culture by storm. This new style of music, ska, veered away from the Jamaican dance music that was prevalent at the time. “The most popular form of Jamaican music is reggae, which has a sound is so easy to enjoy that it has gained popularity throughout the world” (linwic). Ska is a blend of traditional Caribbean musical samples paired with American inspired jazz and blues. Some of the Jamaican artist who made this type of music are the Skatalites, Prince Buster, Toots and the Maytals, Derrick Morgan, and the most well known of today’s century, Bob Marley. HOW DOES IT INTERSECT WITH ISSUE OF CLASS OR RACE. This Jamaican music quickly picked up a cultish following in Great Britain, where …show more content…

There is still repetition in the style of music that is being produced, but now, the music strongly appeals towards racism and peace. The advertisement of Ska and it’s musical mark on the world is now at the click of a button. There are now movements dedicated to “Ska Against Racism”. In the article, “In Music We Trust”, it talks about a tour that is now being devised to fight against racism using Ska to bring people together. The tour started in the July of 1997 and is still going on today. The tour is “Conceived by Mike Park (Asian Man Records founder/former lead singer of Skankin' Pickle), the tour will consist of seven touring ska bands, a local opener at each tour stop, as well as a few organizations aimed at stopping hate in America.” Through this type of iteration, Ska gains more followers to the movement of stopping race and hate. By having these type of tour rallies and websites promotions, Ska is easily at your fingertips. It would be hard not to gain millions of listeners to the movement when there is such easy access to publicity. The only thing ska loses through iteration is the true meaning behind. Through the media, meanings behind Ska can get twisted. Ign.com has an article dedicated to bashing the Ska genre. On the board, “Ska music is so terrible”, people are allowed to post and conversate with each other on a communication board on whether or not they like Ska. Although this board may not be a credible source, when seeing the comments such as Ska is “terrible” or “meaningless” listeners are turned off from even wanting to give the music a

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Bob Marley was a fantastic singer and songwriter who had a massive influence on the 1960’s and all throughout the 70’s. Not only did he influence the music industry around the globe, but also acted as a catalyst for change in the political landscape. During Marley’s time as a prominent artist, a civil war had been raged on in his homeland Jamaica. Not only did this shape his music, but in return his music helped shape the politics of Jamaica. Bob Marley’s message was often one of love and peace.

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