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February 21, 2009
What do artist think about payola in the business?
 Question: What do you think about the payola in the business?
Super Cat
Answer: Payola is illegal, it's embezzling the funds in the business. Hundreds of thousands of artistes don't have it to pay for payola. Why don't they just buy some regular commercial air time, it is cheaper than payola. Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh never paid payola. These disc jockeys are trying to break the artiste. Once the strength of the people is behind the music. i.e. disc jockeys playing the music in dancehall, in the clubs and the street venues it's not about what the artiste can afford but what they (the people) want. Artistes and their management don't want to feel like they are being "sticked up."
Gramps Morgan
Answer: Well it happens every where around the world it's been going on since the 60's in the music business, PERIOD. However, in Jamaica it makes it hard for an upcoming talent that is more than qualified to have a music career and doesn't have the money, so that artiste doesn't get the chance to be heard, so it sucks in that way.
Donovan Germaine
Answer: It's a taboo subject
Marcia Griffiths
Answer: I have never supported Payola in the business, because the way I see it, if you have a God given talent to do a work, we should all work together. We are one family. There should be someone to take it from there to another level. Also, if someone is employed to do a job, why should we pay them again to do the same job. It reaches a stage where artistes are paying more than they are receiving from their music.
Mr. Prefect
Answer: I Think payola is doing more harm than good to the business. Sometimes it helps to a certain level, but when the politics of it 'kicks in' it's not good. You might have a new artiste who may not the have the right connections, payola can help him to a level, but when you have an artiste a pay the disc jockeys to not play your songs that's when the politics of it is harming the business.
Also some promoters are using payola to get themselves much further in the business. I remember back then when a young artiste would be given a small fee to perform on a big stage show, nowadays the artiste have to be paying the promoters instead. Some of them don't even have a 'chune' that anybody know.
Lady G
Answer: I don't agree with it because an individual might have a good song but because they don't have the cash, their music might get bypassed.
Dr. Dre
Answer: I hate it, it's disgusting, it is the reason why our music it at this distraught stage. The artistes and their people have to do all the work, engineers spend their time building the rhythms, record the artiste and still turn around paying the disc jocks to play the song. In the end they play whatever they feel to play. We need some strong measure set in place to eradicate payola. I know its everywhere, but its forefront in Jamaica.
Tony 'Mentally Ill' Matterhorn
Answer: Me nah pay no bwoy fi play my songs. Me never pay a disc jock fi play my songs. Me a the # 1 selector so why me should a pay a bwoy fi play my songs.
Twin of Twins
Answer: We think its a pernicious act that is leading to the detriment of our dancehall and reggae music.
Bugle
Answer: I personally don't like it. At the end of the day, you have an artiste who believe say him have a hot tunes, so him pay a few disc jocks to rinse it out. Its definitely stupidity. Disc jockies who are collecting money don't love the business, they are just in it to hustle. A lot of them do this because they are bad minded and red eye. People like them make the business look stagnant.
Mikey Spice
Answer: Where I am concerned, I don't believe in it. Them nah get my money so them no affi play my songs. Good music is good music and will always play.
Posted by yardFlex at February 21, 2009 03:02 PM
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Posted by: Toni
on February 21, 2009 08:42 PM
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Disc Jockeys, chart makers, award show creators and the industry itself need to stop collecting from artistes both secular and gospel because true talents cannot come to the forefront. It is a shame.
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Posted by: tony santana
on February 22, 2009 08:57 AM
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d whole ting is base on artist/radio dj/sound system operator/promoter.......most artist not giving up any great favors to any above,so from in d 60"s this was a way of getting @artist,its just a chain if one link weak de whole ting no good.we all should look in a we self and check de levels,try to build a better relationship between the above mention and see if payola doh pop down!
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Posted by: jax
on February 22, 2009 11:38 AM
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REGGAE ARTISTS SHOULD NOT BE HYPOCRITES AT THE SAME TIME. PAYOLA IS WRONG IN EVERY SENSE YES, HOWEVER THESE ARTISTS DO NOT MENTION THE "REVERSE PAYOLA" MOST IF NOT ALL SELECTORS AND SOUND OWNERS HAVE TO PAY THEM TO VOICE A DUBPLATE(SPECIAL). WHICH MOST TIMES ISNT LONGER THAN 2 MINS AND BECOMES USELESS WHEN THE ARTIST RELEASES A NEW SONG NEXT WEEK. GOD HELP YOU IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN SOUNSYSTEM (japanese, european or ameerican). YOUR DUBPLATE COST DOUBLES and sometimes triples.
show some kind of fairness.
everyman should be equally compensated for their work............. BUT ASK MENTAL, CAT, BUGLE, LADY G, GRAMPS AND EVEN MS GRIFFITHS IF THEY WERE TO REDUCE THEIR HIGH DUBPLATE COSTS & RIDICULOUS APPEARANCE FEE, WOULDN'T "PAYOLA" STOP ALL TOGETHER?
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Posted by: Dallio Star
on February 22, 2009 11:50 AM
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PAYOLA A TEK OVER REGGAE THE MOST.....PEOPLE WITH NAME AND MONEY GET PLAYED MORE THAN OTHER ARTIST WEH HAVE BETTA CHUNE......YOW MI LOSE MI RESPECT FI REGGAE AND DANCEHALL CUZ A JAMAICA SET THE TREND FI GOOD MUSIC...SUH HOW CUM SUH MUCH FOOLISHNESS FULL WI RADIO STATION.....ONE ARTIST A SEH A GOD HIM APPROVE NEXT WEEK HIM MEK A SONG BOUT HOW HIM WANT SHOT A MAN.....DOES THAT MAKE SENSE...PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH....GI DI YOUNG ARTIST THEM SHINE....DEM CAN'T STOP MINE......
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Posted by: Gee
on February 22, 2009 05:18 PM
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Bob marley put reggae an top with clean and conscious lyrics. There were no cuss word, or degrading woman in any of his songs. Why cant this set of artist do the same.
The songs on the radio is getting fron bad to worse, so I definately agree with the ban. However, they should have set the ban for just certain music or genre it should have been all. The artist really need fi mek music that is edit for the radio.... Come on mon an stop being ignorant.
The crime rate is so high rape unemployment poverty and all the government can see is to do is ban daggering songs Lady Saw , Kartel ,Ninja man a lot of others have slack songs they are good people love them they never ban none of them why all of a sudden ?
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Posted by: daclansh
on February 23, 2009 01:09 PM
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everyone's opinion was well said but there is definately a time and place for all music.
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Posted by: TALK DI TINGS DEM
on February 24, 2009 12:40 PM
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MOST A DI TOP ARTIST LIKE ELE WHO NUH STOP PAY FI MEK HIM TUNE DEM NUMBER 1 GET FROCK YAH NOW.
DJ LIQUID,RICHIE B,IRIE FM,HOT 102 A WHEY UNUH A GO GET MONEY FROM WHEN PAYOLA GET BAN.
MI SORRY FI UNUH,EVERYTING A GET BAN.BAN DI POLICE DEM WHEY A COLLECT BRIBE WHILE YOU ARE AT IT.BAN DI PRIME MINISTER AS WELL CAUSE HIM HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVE.YOU NUH SEE WHO DEM ATTACK 1ST,DI POOR PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY DI RICH WILL ALWAYS BE RICHER.BAN ALL SLACKNESS PON RADIO AND TV BUT LEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE DI STREET DANCE DEM ALONE, MI A TELL YOU.
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Posted by: xavier
on February 28, 2009 02:01 PM
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Beenie Man support this system to fight against Bounty Killer's music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Him and Richard Burgess, who will not put a Bounty Killer song on his chart. Also Fame djs like Kurt Riley who influencin other disc jocks at d station dont play Bounty Killer music. Because d man bun out payola system.
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