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February 25, 2008

Rihanna with new implants at Smile Jamaica/Africa Unite and guest appearance by lover Chris Brown

By: Joseph Cunningham
Photography By: Milton Raynor

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As far as performances were concerned at Smile Jamaica/Africa Unite, the concert was of a high standard. The promotional hype seems to have worked, because from as early as 10:30pm, a good size crowd had already crammed into the venue.

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When YardFlex arrived at about that time, Bunny Wailer was busy recapturing his vintage form. He volunteered with "Come Mek Mi Show Yuh How Fi Ram Dancehall". Jah B, as he is fondly known, gave an energetic set. Singing songs that many were not acquainted with, he still connected with his special ability for showmanship. The "Wailer" dug deep into the repertoire, which himself, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh combined for, and at the end of his one hour set, patrons were fulfilled.

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John Legend followed, and pandemonium broke out on James Bond Beach. He performed in customary fashion with his piano, and sang hits such as "Stay With You" and "Ordinary People." He interacted with the women very well, and actually called one young woman on stage, who he literally caressed, much to the amusement of the patrons.

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The Marley's then took to the stage after an extended break for a band change, and when Ziggy Marley began the set, it was immediately perceived that this would have been the performance to talk about. It seemed as of all the Marley children ascended the stage after Ziggy's opening, and the power this brought was awesome. During Ziggy's short stint alone, he performed "Tomorrow People" and other renditions which lyrical content brought back to mind, the great songwriter Ziggy is.

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Stephen Marley, Junior Gong, Kymani, Cedella, Kenyatta, Rohan, and a host of younger siblings were involved in the Marley's presentation. Every song delivered was received with loud cheers. In Jamaican terminology, the performance was "long but short"; nobody noticed the length of the performance because of its excellence.

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Hip Hop sensation, Chris Brown appeared during Elephant Man's set, and his cameo almost stole the show. His "snake-like" movement while dancing, and his shrilling voice could not have failed. Chris accompanied his new love interest, Rihanna to the concert. She had been officially billed for the concert, but she performed as if she did not belong. Her three song set was lethargic, and patrons breathed a shy of relief when she left the stage.

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Smile Jamaica/Africa Unite had its first time in Jamaica and it proved to be a worthy addition to the local entertainment calendar. Parking provision was "top notch" and so were all other arrangements.

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Posted by yardFlex at February 25, 2008 01:17 PM


Comments

Posted by: Karen on February 25, 2008 03:14 PM

Rihan looks like she is lost


Posted by: royce on February 25, 2008 04:08 PM

marley fi life,show dem how fi lock show.big king


Posted by: Star on February 25, 2008 04:19 PM

milk yuh sell offfffffffff


Posted by: Bélöökâ on February 25, 2008 04:50 PM

This show was wik'd!!!!!....Chris Brown was a very pleasant surprise.....The Marley brothers were wonderful***Stephen's son is the cutest lil thing*** and over all the show SELLL OFFF¡¡¡¡Why did Rihanna have to wear such a tiny dress.....wat if it fell of...lmao


Posted by: Wade Cameron on February 25, 2008 08:07 PM

Rihanna looking hot now a days.


Posted by: PinkCattie on February 25, 2008 09:34 PM

BIG UP JULIAN MARLEY. BIG UP JULIAN MARLEY. u a di real ting. dem not giving u enuff a di lime light but u excellent. JULIAN u large u a di REAL DEAL.


Can't stand EMPRESS she too extra. She need fi GROW some LOCKS Y di hell she call she self so & not even have a natty pan she head (except for har picky-picky headside). SI DUNG GAL.

MR RILEY. Tauruss a u in a di car a play all day long. my favorit pan di album "More dan a million reasons to split but we just cant quit"

@Amelia "MILK" Sewell. Drink some milk girl it does a body good.


Posted by: certified gudaz on February 25, 2008 10:34 PM

rihanna's dress is pretty but she couldnt cover up her chis chis gosh. it just made it look cheap, wear ur size. but i have to big up riri she nuh really inna the fake hair like most celebs, she gives it a break and thatz really good. big up the marleys i love the new jnr gong n stephen song "the mission" very positive.


Posted by: donde on February 26, 2008 04:47 AM

Too bad late Dube haffi miss pan dis event. Could haffi complete wid Dube in attendance.
Rihanna haffi identity crisis , grown but behave like likkle!


Posted by: Shelly Britishs on February 26, 2008 07:19 AM

Rihanna couldnt get the dress fitted properly?? she jus ruin the pretty frock....stupes!!


Posted by: co on February 26, 2008 07:38 AM

a true Karen but i wud luv to find her.


Posted by: slim d on February 26, 2008 08:54 AM

RIHANNA u go girl, keep doing ur thing, keep that figure in shape,and keep fucking chris brown until u get enuff of him, keep on doing wat u r doing, peace out


Posted by: Gail on February 26, 2008 10:26 AM

whats up with Rhi Rhi breast, My godness she must be uncomfortable. Always love the way she dresses, but that is way too much.


Posted by: marshall on February 26, 2008 10:34 AM

milk face big like portia


Posted by: aptw on February 26, 2008 04:50 PM

rhianna u look sexy man. big up taurus riley u gwaan do u ting. big up di whole a di marley family. milk a try theif portia hair style. big up bruce golding. JLP fi life.


Posted by: ignorant fi dem on February 26, 2008 05:02 PM

will MILK ever get it right?for a tv personality she just always look so regualar, you need a stylist milk


Posted by: certified gudaz on February 26, 2008 09:58 PM

dont bright, nuh bother mix up sister p and milk name. sister p is of a higher calibre


Posted by: jayden on February 27, 2008 10:57 AM

Rihana sweet like syrup wat a grl sexy mon


Posted by: FLAYMZ on February 27, 2008 12:33 PM

YOW UNNU LEAVE RIHANNA ALONE SHI LOOK GOOD, ALL WHO A HATE PON HAR IS BCUZ UNNU NUH LOOK AS GOOD AS HAR, WI DONT GIVE A F--K ABOUT WHO FA EVENT IT IS. THEY KNEW RIHANNA AND DI IMAGE SHI GUH BY SO WHY INVITE HER TO DI EVENT IF UNNU NUH WANT DEM KIND OF DRESSIN DEH UNNU SHOULD'NT INVITE HAR.

MI LOVE HAR DRESS AND HAR BREAST DEM

DI GIRL DEM WEH A HATE MUSSI HAVE SLIPPAS BREAST


Posted by: chisel on February 27, 2008 01:00 PM

a wha do unnuh people unnuh a chat bout rihanna and milk low d f**k..... gal dem.dem a go cut go thru and nah watch no face some a unnuh just badmind and chat too much dem coulda all look betta than some a unnuh. check unnuh self first b4 unnuh caan check out people. dema mek dem money a likkle change is good sometimes a no everybody a go like it but unnuh can keep it to unnuh self sometimes


Posted by: kamani on February 27, 2008 01:15 PM

milk u an portia related????????????


Posted by: XZIZ on February 27, 2008 06:21 PM

YUH SEE ALL A WUNNA DAT TALK CUNT BOUT RI RI S*CK WUNNA R*HSOLES WUNNA FROCKIN EDIOTS GET MONEY N STOP WATCH FACE FASSYHOLES


Posted by: babyface on February 27, 2008 06:44 PM

the show madlol```~~~~~~~ i fall when i saw chris brown it sell off still but chris brown dam lol rhinna should have covered her two frens still they were all over the place and she white lad god she white but it did mad all stven marly son him did mad


Posted by: Coral on February 28, 2008 04:43 AM

Greetings, I am now back in London and very unhappy about that fact.
I attended this show and Jah B..Lord what an entertainer...no matter what ever else happened Jah B tek de show..
I am not going to complain about anything on the show, as it was a privilege to pay such a small amount of money to be entertained by so many fantastic artists
Give thanks.....


Posted by: cooliebwoy on February 28, 2008 03:18 PM

mi love how all a Bob children dem come out and represent!! a serious things dem a talk bout Rihanna get implants? me did a say to me self how Ri dress look like it did a squeeze her breast, but mi nah complain ;)


Posted by: BE REAL on February 29, 2008 04:38 AM

PLEASE...MILK DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PORTIA. DI GIRL ALWAYS A DO HAR TING UNNO TOO GOOD. SHE ALWAYS SELL OFF BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS HERSELF NEVA A TRY TO BE TOO MUCH..MI WATCH HAR PON NUFF TINGS AND HAR STYLIST DEM DO A GOOD JOB ALWAYS. SUPPOSE DI GIRL WAS JUS A CHILL DA NITE DEH?. DONT HATE MOTIVATE.

AND SUPPOSE EMPRESS DONT WANT TO LOCKS? I ADMIT THAT SHE IS SOMETIMES TOO MUCH BUT SHE LOOKS NICE IN THE PICTURE. UNNO TOO BAD MIND DATS ALL. WAH UNNO NEED FI TALK BOUT IS HOW RIHANNA MEK DI PEOPLE DEM PICKNEY DEM WAIT 3 HOURS FI TEK PICTAH. FOR A GIRL FROM A SMALL ISLAND MI DID EXPECT HAR TO BE WARM AND HAVE A NICE PERSONALITY BUT I WAS SO SURPRISED AT HER DIVA ATTITUDE AN SHI JUS A COME. SHE NEVA EVN COME TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE AND MEK DI PEOPLE GET FI LIKE HAR. KISS TEET LATA FAH SHE. CHRIS BROWN FOR ME ANYDAY HIM WARM LIKE MINT TEA..LOVE U CHRIS U NEED A REAL WOMAN..LOLOLOL


Posted by: Talk Di Things on February 29, 2008 05:15 PM

Boy after reading this article it come to me the Marley's are EVIL and rita is the leading character
# Alice O'Keeffe, arts and media correspondent
# The Observer,
# Sunday March 12 2006

Would Bob Marley have made it without his distinctive bouncy basslines? The question will be put to a judge this week as a protracted legal wrangle between the Marley family and the bassist in his backing band, the Wailers, finally comes to the High Court.

Aston 'Family Man' Barrett is suing the Marleys and the Universal Island record label, claiming that neither he nor his deceased brother Carlton, the band's drummer, have received any royalties since Marley's death in 1981. If he is successful, Barrett, now in his sixties and father to 52 children, could receive a payout of up to £60 million.

Barrett claims that he and his brother signed a contract, alongside Marley, with Island in 1974, which entitled them to royalties as 'partners' in the group. Barrett also co-wrote several songs with Marley, for which he claims he was never paid publishing fees.

Lawyers for Universal Island and the Marley family, headed by the singer's widow Rita, are expected to argue that Barrett gave up his right to royalties when he signed a legal settlement for several hundred thousand dollars in 1994.

Barrett's fellow Wailers Junior Marvin, Tyrone Downie, Earl 'the wire' Lindo and Al Anderson are expected in London for the trial, which starts tomorrow. The British journalist Vivien Goldman, author of the forthcoming Marley biography The Book of Exodus, will also testify.

The business dealings surrounding Marley's legacy have been dogged by a series of legal disputes since his death. The singer, who died of cancer, refused to make a will because his Rastafarian religion prohibited him from believing in death. The settlement was further complicated by his domestic arrangements: he had 11 children by nine women.

During one of the legal cases in 1986, Rita Marley was accused of forging her husband's signature on two documents, which transferred interests worth tens of millions of pounds into her name. She blamed her husband's attorney and accountant who were ordered to pay damages.

Sources close to the Barrett case said his lawyers would try to prove that other Marley collaborators, including Vincent Ford who co-wrote 'No Woman No Cry', were owed money by Universal Island and the Marleys.

The Barrett brothers played with Marley from 1969, contributing a distinctive, rhythm-driven sound to the breakthrough album Natty Dread and 11 subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya and Babylon by Bus.

The Barretts were among the most outstanding artists to emerge from Jamaica's thriving music scene. They were both self-taught: Aston's first bass was home-made and had only one string, and his brother practised percussion using pots and tin cans. Following Marley's death Aston has continued to tour with the Wailers. Carlton was murdered in Jamaica in 1986.

'If you listen to Bob's early stuff it sounded good, but it only became brilliant when the Barrett brothers joined,' said Wayne Jobson, a musician who knew both Marley and Barrett during their early years. 'Bob delegated a lot of the arranging, so Aston and Carlton really created the Marley sound we recognise today.

'Aston is still travelling the world promoting Bob's music and he's making no money out of it. It's shocking how he has been treated, it's just total greed because there is enough money to go around. Bob would be turning in his grave to think they weren't getting any money.'

Other experts dispute the extent of the Barretts' influence. 'Aston is an exquisite bass player, but he was a session musician rather than a partner,' said Jeremy Collingwood, author of Bob Marley: his Musical Legacy. 'Marley was always the driving force, and if the Barretts hadn't been around he simply would have found other good musicians. I've a lot of sympathy with Aston, but he was offered a royalties-based contract while Marley was alive, and he turned it down in favour of a generous, regular salary. At the time, it must have seemed like a good deal.


Posted by: John on March 6, 2008 10:41 AM

Hello ni**ers. Please stop talking like stereotypical ni**ers, then you won't have people like me who visit the site and feel the need to comment on your ni**er-ness because of the retarded way you all type on the internet. Thanks.


Posted by: Honey on June 10, 2008 02:26 PM

A Milk who was on the video going around that she Star reported on, http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080610/news/news2.html click on the link or copy it. I know she was dating a radio personality & her son goes to a prominent high school in kingston. Milk a what kinda thing dat yuh nuh know sey yuh fi mek di man delete dem thing dey from him phone, me feel sey a him release it and claim sey him phone lost, bet you sey yuh soon hear sey him find it. How convenient him lose him phone


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