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May 01, 2008
A suh mi sey
By: Joan Wilson
Artiste fi stand by dem one anadda
Now hear what, mi a nuh big big fan a Mavado cause personally a tink him have too much gun lyrics and tings, and when it come to di Killer mi check fi some a him song. But dat a nuh mi contention right now, mi a sey dat di artistes dem too divided star.
Yuh tink if any country dis one a fi mi fellow entertainment writer den dem can get mi fi come up deh come cover anyting, yuh mussi mad!
Now how come Guyana ban Bounty Killer and Mavada from entering dem country, yet dem get one next artiste.... Beenie Man fi fill di slot. Big and serious him shoulda tell dem whey dem can get off and sey if dem nuh waan Bounty nor Mavado, den him nuh waan deh deh either. Now mi know dat everybody waan eat a food and dat tings expensive so when yuh get di chance fi meck a buck, yuh a guh waan teck it, but a time fi di artistes dem come together and start fight back.
A wonda if dem know dat there is strength in numbers. If it nuh meck nuh sense unno try capitalize on each other misfortune cause at the end of the day, if dem can teck whey two artiste freedom a speech, dem wi try teck whey fi unno tuh.
A time fi artiste stop bickering wid dem one anodda and figure out how dem a guh put a stop to all a di sabotage whey a dem face. Before yuh know it, odda countries a guh waan put ban pan dem tuh. If eva there is a time fi unity inna di biz...it is now...suh artistes unno done wid di passa passa and come together...time fi a change...a suh mi sey!
Posted by yardFlex at May 1, 2008 10:29 AM
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Posted by: vexxxxx
on May 1, 2008 10:55 AM
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SI I LEFT THAT SAME COMMENT BOUT DI ARTIST DEM FEW DAYS AGO,DEM COULDN'T ASK ME FI REPLACE NO ARTIST,BUT NO JOKE OR DISRESPECTED TO BEENIE STILL,I NU SUPPORT HIM MOVE BUT I KNOW HIM HAVE HIM PROBS SO I NAH TOO HOLD IT AGIANST HIM,MI STOP BUY RED STRIPE AND JOHNNY NU FI RENT DEM NO STALL A FEST,
I see nothing wrong with beenie going Killa a veteran inna the business he has not perform in guyana in years and u tell me seh a suh his catalog weak where he cannot put on a show without glorifying gays and him and his manager agreed to this before they went onstage,a dem level deh him have to stoop to fi get forward..
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Posted by: ezra
on May 1, 2008 11:14 AM
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How dem fi change is stop sing SH*T,u cant blame a place like Guyana that already is a violent place to ban artist promoting violence.
ANd this excuse bout "is dat we live" nuh mek.U don't hear African musicians in sing about what there artists sing about murder in a good way.AND DEN THEM CLAIM SEH JEHOVAH A GUIDE DEM
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Posted by: Realistically
on May 1, 2008 11:16 AM
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I really have to disagree with you. The Guyanese have a problem with a certain type of lyrics and they have a right to decide which lyrics is suitable or not. As long as its not a standard thing against dancehall music as it is not because Lady Saw is also on the show I have no problem with a country taking a stance based on its personal idealogy.I am sure that if Beenie goes to Guyana and does the same things that caused Bounty and Movado to be banned, then he would be banned as well.We are guests in someone elses country so if we want to go there we have to abide by their rules, simple. Its not about Beenie standing up for dancehall music , its about the artistes learning to adapt to various situations and that is where these dancehall artistes need to get the proper ppl around them to guide them.Every country will look for scapegoats to blame for the problems they hare having and the artistes should realise that, so once we continue to do violent lyrics, we will be an ideal candidate for blamed for the inefficiency of country leaders. Cleean up the music, let them find something other than dancehall to blame, stop bashing the gays in these country that protect this imoral practice, all it does is give them publicity anyway but do not sign any documents accepting their lifestyle because thats a sell out, so please be smart and make some money in the business ppl.
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Posted by: goodaz
on May 1, 2008 11:21 AM
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gwaan beenie if movado an bounty did hear seh u and dem ago work the show dem woulda fight u cause dem nuh like u y u must give up money fi dem.tek every cent u have u troubles dem alright.
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Posted by: PinkCattie
on May 1, 2008 11:58 AM
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If Beenie did say him a try TEK A STAND u would a hear say him a coward & a try join alliance so either way it would still be a problem
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Posted by: nychick23
on May 1, 2008 11:59 AM
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I completely disagree with you there. The violence that Movado and Bounty are promoted is not appreciated in others countrys, and Guyana has the right to ban these people. Artist need fi clean up them lyrics. Beenie man is in the business of promoting himself and making money, why should he tek up Killer ans Mavado issues and them could't careless about him.
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Posted by: Tashey eva Bashy
on May 1, 2008 12:18 PM
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You hit the nail right on the head i am so agreeing with you the artiste need to come together but wen ppl weh neva have money start hold money or see little better life them switch so each one is against the other showing who have more money than who it sad but a unity a the orda a the day.
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Posted by: Seriously
on May 1, 2008 12:24 PM
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I know you are entitled to your opinion, but you really expect someone to pass up a date especially when Beenie need the money. He has baby on the way, a bag a kids, child support home and abroad plus tax evasion charges............. come on now. tap chat fawt!!!!!
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Posted by: zagga zow
on May 1, 2008 01:25 PM
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listen now when unu a talk about unity in dancehall music an beenie man should not do show 2004 2005 when beenie man show them a cancel all over the world who stand up fi beenie man an did bounty ele an sizzla a travel america an england still why them never say them naw go do show america an england an europe so wht should beenie man not go beenie man get international fight an worldwide from gay in 2004 2005 not this little fight that movado an killa a get now who stand up for beenie man so when killa an ele them did a travel in them time an still a do show did there sell out are not are his just beenie man unu a talk about leave the man alone haters a no beenie man fault make them ban them his them own fault why beenie man a get the blame the promoter call beenie man because beenie man draw the biggest crowd them part of world the man did just a give movado a shine because beenie man done a worldwide product aready leave the man alone haters
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Posted by: Rebs
on May 1, 2008 02:37 PM
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Are you (the writer) as a person with influence really saing that. I would have thought you would have been more responsible in your statement. I may not disagree with the overall meaning of your comments, but it seem as if yor here to continue the "pasa pasa" instead of tryin to create commentary to validate some answers.
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Posted by: FabulousJamaican
on May 1, 2008 02:43 PM
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Why should he stand by them, I f he does not agree with their lyrics, especially since there is the so called beef between the artist, However that is not the issue, the problem is right now Guyana is in a state of turmoil when it comes to violence, so I can understand why they may want calmer artist to perform. Now had it been an issue where they had something to say about Jamaican artists on a whole, him should tell to go dem mother you know what. But you know Beenie need the money any way.
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Posted by: southy
on May 1, 2008 03:14 PM
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den like how dem did turn back movado wen him did a go a new york de rest a artiste dem fi stop go america to?
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Posted by: madman
on May 1, 2008 04:00 PM
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Jamaicans are definetly divided not just in entertainment but in everything. They are badminded people that don't like to see the next person get along in life. I see it everyday. Not all of them are like that but it seems most of them are like that especially in the entertainment field. Jamaicans get jealous when they see the next man progressing. I know Beenie don't like Movado and Bounty but has an elder and an ICON in the business you would have exptected he would have made a stand but that just goes to show you Jamaicans are for themselves.
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Posted by: zagga
on May 1, 2008 04:52 PM
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well i agree with you saying they should cut out the bickering however, Bounty and Mavado do not like Beenie man and if they heard that Beenie got banned thy would rejoice...
next thing Beenie cannot get banned form entering a country that Jamaica have ties with or are friends with b/c he has a diplomatice passport and he has an honarary doctorate in the reggae music...so i thnk he should go and build a good name for jamaica and come back to let the pple dem know seh jamaica cant fail...Mavado need to sort out mavado...
zagga
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Posted by: Kerri
on May 1, 2008 05:15 PM
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I am totally in disagreement with you. I am happy that Guyana is taking a stand, next time when Movado and his cronies want to glorify guns and violence they will think twice about the message it is sending about them and there country. That is how it should be, hit the artiste where they feel it most, in their pockets. I have never heard Beenie Man singing about guns and things maybe they should take a leaf from Beenie's book. Go Beenie!!!!
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Posted by: Rebs
on May 1, 2008 06:34 PM
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which group or artist a jamaica a stand up fe anything if it does not directly benefit them? lets see how well the "reggae and dance hall" fans stick together to make any form of impact on Red Stripe abd their products.
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Posted by: Ann
on May 1, 2008 08:11 PM
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That was such a dumb comment of course Beenie should do the show....,,.. he knows there is a time and place for everything
I am sick of hearing all these artists talking about gay this gay that .....that's y movado and bounty will never get int'l stardom....they are backwards and all who think people with sense must stand up for them unno just as dumb.
ITS ABOUT PROGRESS PEOPLE
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Posted by: chappychuma
on May 1, 2008 08:12 PM
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You know u r talking crap! Movado was recently prevented by US authorities from entering the United States. Should all Jamaican artistes stop performing in the US too? And r u saying that if any of ur journalist colleagues are guilty
of any immoral behaviour, you are going to support them. Your article makes absolutely no sense! You are very limited in your thinking. In this day and age when you can obtain countless tips from numerous sources on the internet as to how to write a sensible article you come with this BS. I am really disappointed
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Posted by: Hustler
on May 1, 2008 10:06 PM
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Zagga mek me ask u something, a beenie man show alone did a cancel dem time deh. Buju, TOK just to name a few did a get r*ss fight as well
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Posted by: Jamaicanlady
on May 1, 2008 10:22 PM
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What's different about Beenie? he's done gun lyrics, and homophobic songs too!! I think this is just an excuse for this country to ban artists they just don't like, or who are most controversial. If it was just the lyrics, or "danger", as they say, then Beenie would fit in the same category. We are not America, we can't run what others do in thier country, so if they don't want our artists there, what can we do, but either ban togther and protest, or just move on to another country with a less strict code on musical lyrics.
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Posted by: monsta
on May 1, 2008 11:00 PM
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Some ppl r really strayin from the point here y run down guyana is guyana the only place where these artists r banned?NO and they sure won't b the only.these artist need to clean up certain lyrics weh dem a spit and the ppl of guyana has nothing to do with what their government does cause everytime there's a dancehall concert in guyana its well attended cause d ppl dem support d artist dem.now back to d issue with the person dat wrote this nonsence about beenie not performin in guyana if this should b the action of all dancehall artist then dancehall music will go no where because everyday its bein an issue.DEM NEED FI CLEAN UP THEIR LYRICS and what I want the topic to b next week on dis sah me sehh or wateva the topic should b WHAT WILL DANCEHALL MUSIC B IF ALL ARTISTS START SINGING ABOUT GUNS WAR and BATTY MEN what would dancehall music b then come on ppl we got kids thousands of them who want better life everything is nah bout war and guns.leh dem sing about educatin d youths and dem ting nah gun ting come on think and deal with the real issue here
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Posted by: sexyleci
on May 1, 2008 11:13 PM
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Leave Beenieman alone, if the shoe was on the other foot Bounty dem would go cause every man want to make their own money number one, number 2 if you'll read and listen to the news it is not the guyanese gov. who used Beenie as the replacement it is the promotor. The promotor planned his show with Bounty and Mavado but the government said they don't want them in the country even the promotor was upset because he said it is not the first time that they are coming to guyana performing the same songs so he was surprised at their decesion that is why he got another top artist so him show wouldn't flop. SO LEAVE THE DOCTA ALONE YOU'LL LOVE RIDE HIM LIKE HIM A DONKEY TOO MUCH. LEFF HIM
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Posted by: JA
on May 1, 2008 11:19 PM
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People come on so wat if all artists stop go to guyana and a next country ban dem and a next and a next cuz we all no sehh it nat dun deh wat ago happen then all awe know seh ah d lil dancehall music put jamaica bac on d map ova d years cuz wen ppl ah hear bout JA dem all a tink a bare violence a gwan ova ya sah so d ting is dat d artist dem fee leh go a sum a d violent lyrics man it a mash dem up ya affi look on d positive side bob marley nah set d trend fa we f*ck it up sah him neva did a sing nun bout guns and war and b*tty man and dem ting dah and him did welcome anywhere and all kind ppl did listen to him young old everybody but can everybody listen to some of the music these dayz no man even meh granny a sehh how d music gon bad.****** me sehh beenie fee go do him ting atleast dem will sehh a nah only violent lyrics a come from JA ya undastand so beenie go on mad dem and mek ya money
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Posted by: gt
on May 1, 2008 11:34 PM
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So do u think if all d artist stick together and don't go to guyana guyanese will b lack of music we don't crave to c dem so much well listen to their music and even if they stop us from dat there's hip hop r&b soca so much more so music can f*ckin done who will benefit and who won't.let dem come together and stop goin to every country cuz guyana isn't the first to ban them and we sure won't b the last what will happen then u tell me address the real issue here they should clean up certain lyrics and dats no lie.bless
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Posted by: amedat
on May 1, 2008 11:38 PM
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Unity behind foolishness? Now yuh talking crazy! As much as I like mavada..at some point he's going to have to make an economic decision.
Don't blame Beenie for being a versatile entertainer and business man. Him have him tax fi pay. If all artiste stand behind the foolishness of one or two, it look nice fi hood/ghetto philosophy but it does nothing for the advancement of reggae music in other countries.
Reggae music is not all about bussing gun shot and killing batty man and if some people have more than that in them portfolio of music, why should their talents be supressed ova hard ears bountikilla and movado? fine suppen else fi talk bout!
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Posted by: jamtownfelife
on May 2, 2008 12:01 AM
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We jamaicans affi clean up wi lyrics dem d ppl have a right to decide what they want to promote in their own country and is nah sehh dat d ppl ah support gays cuz me nah no sehh dem have gay faternity and dem tings deh but dem jus nah want dat fee b a topic like how jamaicans a highlight it gay ago deh fa eva whether we like it or not dem naggo disappear so how long will we make dem a issue.but back to d real ting y shouldn't beenie go to guyana what's the purpose of dat d ppl dem won't dead if dem nah go dem country is we jamaicans will feel the squeeze when we're blacklisted all crass d world
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Posted by: cassave
on May 2, 2008 12:27 AM
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Joan wilson get a grip of ya self r u illiterate whamm to u really let dem stick together and stand by 1 anotha many otha countries ago ban dem guyana nah d first and last so wat ago happen to dancehall music then u tell d ppl dem how d artistes dem ago survive uno should stop talk bullsh*t it nah mek sence uno nah c d ppl dem ban dem fa a positive reason. singin about killin someone and if ya nah get fee kill dem ya ago kill d whole a dem family includin dem likkle pikney should that b something ppl should b enjoyin comin out of dancehall artistes.please
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Posted by: mizztikle
on May 2, 2008 06:11 AM
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this is the same thing i was sitting at home thinking about the otha day imagine if busy kartel aidonnia movado munga and killa, some of the biggest artist in jamaica, put their heads togetha in a positive way instead of tha baga mix up dem a gwan wid @ da moment they could change jamaica. how can dey be makin tunes about how corrupt jamaica is when they aint doin nutn to help the situation with all the influence they have. im not saying they shud become best buddz but they need to put p their egos asside and relise that this is bigga than them, its about the welfare of their country and their people stop the foolishness and the fake war cos we all kno 'dem nah shot a soul' and do sumn worthwhile, lead by example your counrty needs you.
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Posted by: Ricky Rudy
on May 2, 2008 08:17 AM
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Beenie owe lawyer fees, child support, taxes, wedding bill an all rent. How yuh must tell di man nuh fi try mek money. A long time the bredren a try sellout, suh unuh mek him gwaan star.
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Posted by: Nici Knox
on May 2, 2008 09:10 AM
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If Beenie wants to do the show then he should do the show, it's strictly business and him and Mavado are not friends so what does it matter.
Money has to be made.
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Posted by: fyah n ice
on May 2, 2008 12:26 PM
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I tend to agree with the move that Guyana has made in banning Bounty Killa and Movado and wish that other countries will follow. It is about time that these artists are held accountable for their actions and lyrical content. Artists such as Bounty Killa, Mavado, Elephant man and many others have facilitated dancehall music to be stigmatized as a form of music that advocates violence, hate crime and degredation of women etc. It is absolutely RIDICULOUS that consumers spend their money to go to a show and all u can hear is poorly writtten bad man and slack lyrics.The consumers are the ones that have the power to make changes. If we as consumers stop buying their cds and going to their shows and demand better quality lyrics and entertainment then we have a chance to see some change.
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Posted by: slim d
on May 2, 2008 04:07 PM
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BEENIE IS REBOUND HE WASNT ON THE SHOW FR BEGINNING, SO I DONT SEE ANY OF UR POINT, THEY PUT HIM ON THE SHOW, BCUZ HE IS A ENTERTAINER NOT A DJ, WHEN VADO WILL DJ AGAINST GAY, BEENIE WILL SING HAPPY SONG THAT EVERBODY LUVS, SO THAT WAY E WILL ALWAYS B IN FAVOUR, THAT HOW I SEE IT,
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Posted by: Incognito
on May 2, 2008 04:25 PM
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Wah mi say tap chat f*wt, u fool fool and backawull. You nuh see di financial crisis wah Beenie inna, him nuh hab no time fi refuise work, him hab BILLS to pay suh low di man meck him work himself outta him debt and eat. When unno a jump fi meck unno comments bout people, *ssess dem situations appropiately before unno start chat f*wt.
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Posted by: bigman
on May 3, 2008 06:02 PM
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joan wilson you are a f*cking fool
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Posted by: Trevor Sax
on May 3, 2008 07:05 PM
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Pliz when Shabba said gay guys should die on a British Television interview and lost his career. Did any of these so called artistes boycott UK and America. Beenie gwaan mih Deejay eat your food.
Gun lyrics have no place in this time we are living today. Too much lifes is lost recklesly because artiste like Bounti Killer and Movado endorse Gangsta life style. Music is suppossed to entertainment, not encouraging man and man to kill one another.
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Posted by: fan4life
on May 4, 2008 11:05 PM
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@ Joan Wilson
Try again
Real artiste please any audience.
Bounty and de Aliance too one track mind and lack talent that dem can't lay off the violence lyrics fe even one show.
Dem claim say dem a artiste..if the country say dem don't want certain tings ina dem country..dem fe change the lyrical content fe give people weh dem want and go through.
How much country dem ago stop go..dem soon run out a option.
Some pu**yhole, if dem no sing bout shot man ina head, dem can't work well pon show...thats all dem have.
Dem fe go learn fe sing some culture, reality, and girl tunes too....mix up de ting...simple
Who is Badmind Bounty and mofrado fe Beenie man nuh tek show fe please dem.
When Beenie get ban, dem a turn down show?..ah bounty fuss a laugh.
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Posted by: zagga zow
on May 6, 2008 12:34 PM
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listen now when unu a talk about unity in dancehall music an beenie man should not do show 2004 2005 when beenie man show them a cancel all over the world who stand up fi beenie man an did bounty ele an sizzla a travel america an england still why them never say them naw go do show america an england an europe so wht should beenie man not go beenie man get international fight an worldwide from gay in 2004 2005 not this little fight that movado an killa a get now who stand up for beenie man so when killa an ele them did a travel in them time an still a do show did there sell out are not are his just beenie man unu a talk about leave the man alone haters a no beenie man fault make them ban them his them own fault why beenie man a get the blame the promoter call beenie man because beenie man draw the biggest crowd them part of world the man did just a give movado a shine because beenie man done a worldwide product aready leave the man alone haters
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Posted by: Queen B
on May 6, 2008 01:18 PM
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DEM DIVIDED YES!
IT BAFFLE MI STILL. IF MI PUT MISELF INNA BEENIEMAN SHOES, MI PROBABLY WOULD GO PAN DI SHOW JUST TO DENOUNCE WHAT DEM A KEEP UP PAN MI FELLOW ARTIST,
BUT IF BEENIEMAN GO PAN DI SHOW AND NO SAY NOTHING PERTAINING TO THIS, DEM WI WOULDA HAVE FI LICK OUT PAN HIM BIG TIME.
CAUSE A FU--KRY DEM A KEEP UP PAN GHETTO PEOPLE.
DEM WANT DEM FI KEEP DEM MOUTH SHOT WHEN IT COME TO INJUSTICE AND WRONG DOING. IT NO FEAR AND BECAUSE OF THIS BULL S--T.
MAVARDO AGO GET SO BIG DEM NAH GO CAN STOP HIM. CAUSE BOTTOM LINE DI MAN LYRICS NICE AND HIM MUSIC A SELL.
IT SEEMS AS IF GUYANA PEOPLE DEM NO HAVE NO SAY. IF DEM CAN TELL DEM WHO FI LISTEN TO, DEM SOON TELL DEM WHO FI WATCH, WHAT TO EAT, WHERE TO WALK. BOY DEM NO HAVE NO FREEDOM AS FAR AS I SEE IT.
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Posted by: hittis
on May 6, 2008 05:18 PM
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fishsheenie man will sell is soul 4 goal so y unnu surprize say him ago do d show, n to mek things worst him no wid d alliance. killa n movado jst gwaan do unnu thing caz who god bless no man curse. caz all weh a gwaan a d fish dem deh behind d thing, but dem betta stay behind caz a fe dem thing dt n dont cum up front r else dem ago get bullet bullet hol dem heh hol dem deh connect dead dead dead.
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