Big Problem!

I touched the road last weekend to catch a VIBE.  And mannn I tell you!  Dancehall is in a lot of trouble.  I'm starting to worry but the future of the whole sound system industry.  For one!!!! Big sounds are getting too carried away with juggling 45's.  Why the FUCK should a promoter pay a big sound $2000 - $3000 plus all the other shit, just for them to play what all the local sounds are playing.  It's straight fuckery!  Sounds are getting lazy and cheap.

Yea…. dubs are expensive, but so is GAS!  Nevertheless, drivers don't park their rides.  Instead they balance their expensive to afford what is necessary.  I'm not saying one has to play dubs all night but... damn give the people something different. Suppen fi dem money!

International sounds and selectors must go back to the time when patrons came to dance to hear rear selections.  Ones that could only be played by a certain sound for instance Stone Love.  Back in the day when the vibe was nice and people supported events solely based on the sound systems that were playing and not who the promoter was, Stone Love was among the names of sound systems that brought flavor to both juggling and clash arena.

In a Stone Love dance patrons could hear a specific juggling that could not be duplicated by any other sound systems.  Signatory juggling!  Selections of top artistes on choice rhythms that left the place in a frenzy.  Some of these dub plates were not even on 45, yet everywhere Stone Love travelled the patrons knew the dubs word for word.  This also held true for sounds like Afrique, Gemini, Metro Media etc.  Therefore sound systems were able to attract large fan bases and hold a decent financial value.

Nowadays such values don’t exist.  Sounds both clash and juggling are lacking excitement: selections are boring, and patrons are showing no interest in seeing them perform.  It is evident that if the preparations for sound system performances do not improve, the demand to book international sound systems would become obsolete.