In this business called Dancehall only the fittest of the fittest shall survive. These lyrical wranglings are actually good as they keep Dancehall artistes on top of their game. As long as they keep it on wax its all good. The fans enjoy the rivalry but whenever its taken personally and ends up physical then they need to get back to basics.

As a foreign radio DJ, I CAN'T play that crap, it is not fitted for airwaves. And I DON'T WANT to play that crap, it is not interesting to listeners. It only concerns their followers/bowers. As it was mentioned by a popular artist, that stinking sh*t don't even pass the airport... Big Men made Jamaican music international; little Punks will make it return where it all started: inna de ghetto...

Dancehall and reggae are as different as hip hop and r and b. We have to stop comparing them. Right now there is a greater demand in the world to see Killer and Beenie then Ken Boothe or Tony Rebel, these are the facts. You want to clean up dancehall than clean up theghetto the first, educate the youth, open music schools, stop police violence, teach proper sexual education. Do these things and u will see dancehall step up a level, until them dont expect ghrtto youth to live sh*t conditions and not chat bout it.

i think reggae has always evolved in cycles where it goes from opening up completely to foreign, to becoming a completely jamaican phenomenon. i think all this war is a part of that. because u cant get anything thats going if u re not aware of the previous episodes, which involves a certain amount of following the news and the riddims.so it shuts people who ar not really involved out.
i believe these cycles are the way reggae ressources itself. in that, they re good. lets see what comes out of it, it might be really great. wasn t it amazing when bob marley buss? or when shabba buss? or when sean paul buss? it was magnificent musical periods.

you know, I check the comments that are made on yardflex regularly, I check them for mere entertainment, I never reply. But after reading all your comments, I just had to reply! I had to comment on how intelligent and insightful I am finding our generation of Jamaicans (20-32) to be. I was enlightened by each comment (except FED's), to me FED seemed more concerned about how the war hurts his business than anything else.

In any event this is what I propose. that each and everyone of us, play a valuable role in how we shape our country's destiny. there are soooo many issues to address (post colonial tramua, poverty, educating the youths, ARTISTES, industry....., shadism, we could go on and on). we are Jamaicans and I see it everyday, we have it in us to accomplish great things. it will take a while to accomplish but in the end, the benefits will be priceless.

Big up yardflex for taking a step in making information accessible...no say nutt'n.

Respec fx ..... mi share ur sentiments.

fed up, mi undastan weh yuh seh still, but do yuh really & truly tink dat ppl eena foreign lissen to radio fi get dem good fix pon dancehall music ? how yuh tink wi hear de tunes dem weh a dun de place now ? Yuh sound smart soh mi ah goh tek it dat yuh hear de tunes dem ahready (cause mi nuh tink seh yuh oulda mek dem tawk deh if yuh nevah hear de tunes dem ahready) ... Soh how did yuh hear de tunes dem ? ... Not pon radio, rite ? but yuh still hear dem ??? It's de same way wi hear dem tuh. Even dough dem nuh play pon radio, de demand is still dere. Once de demand is still dere, de artiste dem a goh mek dem tunes deh.

Dancehall/Reggae has NEVAH NEVAH NEVAH lef de garrisons. Furdamore, DJ's feuding has always been pawt of dancehall, soh internationally, this likkle word throwing back & forth caan destroy dancehall. Dancehall caan dead, tanks to de same set ah artiste weh yuh caan play pon de radio station.

No doom & gloom ting.

Who a deze ol laba mout people who up on dis board?
fx ave it inna pocket. Check yu history! Clash ting a de foundation fe dancehall music AN hip hop music - from way back when sound systems used to clash, an man get shot up - Soun bwoy killin business! Murdah some bwoy! Roots a different vibe mon! Peace, love, killin, war - is all natural - just look out inna de world
Fed fe goway - cau dancehall massive no care bout some bwoy who a push plastic - a wha Britney Spears yu a push? An yu claim seh you betta dan we? Goway! Once yu mix up white bizness people in music it get fake, rotted - heart an soul it lef, for they have none they are in touch with.

fed fi go siddung!like floyd seh he's jus concerned about how it affects his radio play.i've been playing dancehall/reggae for some 22 yrs now.feud has always been apart of the music.from bob marley/peter tosh,general echo/brigadere jerry,papa san/stitchie,tenor saw/nitty gritty,ninja man/shabba,bounty/beenie and now we have mavado/alltel,busy signal/aidonia.there is sssssoooooooo much beef inna dancehall.there's alot that isn't in the public eye.but i always find it funny when alot of artist try to portray themselves as righteous when they are some of the biggest hypocrites.nuff a dem don't give back to their respective communities only their hangers on get wear n lef.everyone have good and bad,but most choose to highlight ONLY the bad.like it or not they talk about what they've done or seen happen.so what ppl want them fi do? talk about things thats not relevant to them? jamaica have bigger problems than jus artists.polutitions f up jamaica.what we all see now is jus a by product of all the years of polutitions manipulating ppl.so now the same guns they bring in is turning our streets into bloddy streets.i say if we want to change jamaica,start with the polutitions.

as usual my mind is perplexed by common sense and it is this common sense that renders me superior to anyone whose is disgruntle. Can you just think for a moment and ask: why is it that jamaica is murder capital of the world? and who should be blame? one might answer that it is politics,citizen and poverty. those are all right, but i must say that i deeply belive that the artists in the music industry played a vital role in the escalating crime. How much murder happen in jamaica so far of this year? and how much Gun tunes has been. recorded by main stream artists? do you every listen completely to the words of songs from artist like movado. "murder yu likkle bredda pan yu furneral day, cut di new born throat". Yes th artists are role models and they should act like one. Killa i was watching a show that took place in montego bay. and killa was tell time dem the youth dem to wise up then after that he sings form spy yu fi di copper shot" come on killer yu need to wise up. artists look around you guys are important figures to the children of jamaica wise up.

Ey yo 'wise up jamaicans' you stupid or wha?- if an artist nah push wha de people wan hear - im cyan pass, im a guh fall off - people no listen dancehall for philanthropic reason alone. Roots, peace an love is good but after a time, you want to hear some rub a dub dancehall music! -

Music reflect life - if it no real de people can see through it an dem nah guh listen - Music reflects all parts of life -

You are clearly not a dancehall fan - dancehall artists express de world we live in - is de polytrick magicians who a tek de people dem money, live up in some big house, an nah do nuttin fe de people who need to change - do you undestand?

Music justs represents life, it cyan push one one message - de people wont buy it because dat is not real! Dat is what de bl**d cl**t polyticians try fe do when dem come up fe election.

A you a de one who need fe wise up!

wise up jamaicans have it clear.
Even though all thoughts posted are realities, everybody need to realize how much influence the music have on the youth... the artist have the capacity to embrace a revolutionary attitude without inciting murdering your neighboor.
wiseup and channel the energy towards the right target: the system not yur bredda.

Wise up ja, mi totally agree wid u brethen. Buoy sometime wen mi listen to man like mavado n busy signal u nuh affi wanda why jamaica so violent n wicked. Even tho u affi tek nuff tings inna consideration (pavaty, lack a appatunity etc) mi feel seh di dj dem weh promote gun violence contribute greatly to di violence inna wi society. N it ago get wus caw memba inna di 90s wen bounty use to come wid all im gun talk, u nuh c seh a now wi a reap di fruits a im campaign? Di bredda dem a get wickeda n wickeda. Mi memba a time wen oman, pickney n di elderly were spared from di brunt a violence, now everybaddy a dead. Mi shudder fi tink, when mi listen to mavado n busy, wha ja will be like five ten years down di line. Dem dj deh either nuh realise di influence dem have pan de unedycated getto yute dem weh naw nuh fadda fi guide dem annada way ar dem jus nuh r**s care. Dem av a unique appartunity fi influence di yute dem n look how dem a use it. Instead dem a help dem fi betta dem a teach dem fi bi gunman n a sing n a r**s gwaan like being a gunman is something BL***DCLATH cool. Mi wonda how all man like mavado sleep a nite knowin dat dem a contribute nat only to di demise a wi country but wi buoy pickney dem. No wonda jamaican ppl so aggressive caw di only conflict resolution wi kno is violence. Regardless tho, di safety a di nation n its citizens lies heavily pon di government who shoulda put a tap to di eep a F**KERY dem bredda deh a preach fra lang time.