Bob Marley’s Legend Hits 1200 Weeks + Beres Hammond, Sunsplash Memories & Lee Scratch Perry Tributes | Reggae Hour Podcast - Reggae-Hour

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Cause no, no, damn can't get too weird. Cause in
I fire that my spread damn bad. Cause if you're
Biteman's note feed you you're just like, Oh I can
that it's nothing no reggae. Oh I'm mad, damn not
to the world. I'm not misset to you representing jumping
by them.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
No mine be your words, your listen, love, family, Welcome
inside the reggae hourum, where the roots run deep and
the rhythms never sleep.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Now listen good. This week, the world is still talking
about Bob Marley and the Whaler's Legend. Eighty years sister
Gong was born in that album is still smashing records,
over twelve hundred weeks in the UK charts and nearly
a thousand in the US. Every single day, hundreds of
people are still buying Bob like it just dropped yesterday.

(00:55):
That's not just music, that's immortality. We're not stopped up
in there. Today we dive under the reggae tree. While
fifty year old classic like Catch a Fire is back
on the charts again. Whose birthday we celebrating in the
Reggae Hall of Fame. And by today mark say freedom
anniversary that shaped the very soil you'll reggae roof from

(01:17):
and of course we have to held up the Matt
scientists of dub Least Scratch Perry Gone but still echoing
in the sound system. So stick with me because these
stories go spark, debaate, raise goose pumps and maybe ruffle
some feathers. They say, just a playlist. It's reggae history,
reggae future and reggae controversy live in direct Baby, you

(01:40):
know what it.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
Is, your.

Speaker 5 (01:51):
Flying Rubbia powerhouse band, doune dut up, Lie y'all, Bro
from the jungle, you can't hear my car or the
batto grounds with each years fark.

Speaker 4 (02:05):
Do you remember the day Lie Years said he been
in the city. He lie, yeah, Bro, from the jungle.

Speaker 6 (02:11):
You can't hear my car or the backtop brounds with
the jays far to you rumbled, he lie yas Bro said,
been into what most I protect us to walk by
my shoulders annointed them plesas but the first that we know,
the sirist know about them to no man.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
Now we start out woman, as I walked in the
pod that was laid down by Jo only.

Speaker 7 (02:30):
Look on my mind here my heart say like it
is a blessing, and there is a lesson this run
on the session, say ja my protection here.

Speaker 8 (02:37):
In my.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
In the city.

Speaker 6 (02:40):
Healy, lie y'all, bro from the jungle. You can't hear
my car or the battogrounds with eji yas far do
you numbered the day? Lie yas Bro said he been
in the city. Lie yeah, bro from the jungle. You
can't hear my car or it's batto brounds with each
I yous far to you humblow you lie your I'm
walking like climb to sam, I see fearless to set

(03:00):
up from the stars like befinible some pyramids.

Speaker 9 (03:03):
Jad is signing a harder man attached, a harder fire.
Give them time a man attell you when it you
give them one. But I'm a line sitting at the
foot of the throne. Then go saying, oh, by the
gain of my goal, y' know.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
What's the loan?

Speaker 6 (03:14):
Bro, I got love with my people, le us see
my son.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
Now let's go in the city head.

Speaker 6 (03:19):
He lie, y'all bra from bejungle, you can't hear my
car or the black to browns with each yea's far
you you rumbled? They lie, yeas Bra said, he win
joke in the city hed he lie y'all bra from
be Jungle. You can't hear my car or the Blacktop
Browns with Eachi You as far as Free rumbled, they lie,
y'all draw City wen't glow as the sun said, Slow

(03:39):
on the life that you know, said the night Time five,
as the bursting Sound said, the kings are wrong and
you're feeling my raw Lister Champion sound brust. That man
of be Crowned said he win't blow you as the
sun said, slow on the life that you know. You
know in the City hed he lie, y'all bra from
be Jungle. You hear Mike call on Pap Brons with

(04:02):
e Jaiyan's faut from City ban joyng Bra from Benjo.
You can't hear Mike call on Brons with e jai
Jan's fat from City Joke.

Speaker 10 (04:20):
Already, yes, Sir, that there was Dodda with Lion you
can hear my raws. Gandaa was the first artist to
be signed to Bob Marley's Tough Gong International, so it
just was fitting to bring him out because he is
a multi platinum reggae hip hop artist who has been
dealing with reggae with Boss Radio Reggae Oul for a

(04:41):
few years. I have been blessed to be able to
watch his journey, watch his venture, and not only be
able to enjoy his music, but also his efforts in
the streets, his efforts in his community to keep South
Africa from falling into the pits of disease and turmoil
by making sure that he he uplifts the youth by

(05:01):
breaking them opportunities that they would have never been able
to see other than what he is brand.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
So it's just beautiful. I have a beautiful relationship with him,
and I'm hoping we're gonna get him. Ain't no hoping.
We are going to get him to Texas this year,
So y'all make sure y'all tune in, turn up, and
zone out for that. We got artists that's gonna be
working with them, and we're gonna be doing some cross promotions.
So y're definitely gonna hear more from Don Dada. Yeah
feel me, And hopefully he will continue creating a legacy

(05:32):
that Bob Marley wanted to actually establish for the youth.
You know, he Bob Marley opened up all of these
opportunities for all of the youth to actually get into
the studio. His studio was for the most part, not
even you didn't have to pay for it. You just
went in there with your talent and you just showcased
it and you saw where you went from there, and

(05:53):
with Don Dada putting on that same spirit upholding the
Mendela Foundation and it's just doing great things for South
Africa and Africa and as a whole. We had an
interview Jeff. Definitely go check out our past interviews. You'll
be able to find them more on the Spotify, I
heart whatever you know. I say, go to your favorite

(06:15):
stream of service and just look up Reggae Hour. But yeah,
definitely go check out his interviews because he has a
lot of initiatives that he's and that he has started.
And if you have been paying attention to Africa, you
see Bekin of Farsul, Mileni jer and all these countries
fighting for their freedom and actually starting to win. Now,
peace and love to my brethren over there, always gonna

(06:38):
have peace of love from us. But uh, yeah, they
are doing the thing over there and watching it's like
watching his lyrics come to life. So definitely we definitely
questioned him about that and how he feels and what
he thinks will whether this would go from here. So
check out his interview with us that like follow with
subscribe button because I'm telling you it is going down.

(07:00):
But he does continue to push Toughgung International and Rough
Cut Studios. And we already know how Bob Marley was
and now Bob Marley reaching over nine hundred weeks on
the Billboard two hundred and over twelve hundred and this
is his twelve hundred week on the UK charts, twelve
hundred weeks. That is twenty three years. That is over

(07:25):
two decades. I got nothing but applause for that man.
His legacy. He passed away twenty years before this album
even hit. You know, his greatest hits, Bob Marley and
the Wayla's Greatest Hits album, And he passed away twenty
years before this album was compilated and put together and

(07:46):
pushed out there. And look at his legend. That is
immortality right now. That is the first time I got
introduced to an artist reaching for immortality was with Tupac,
and thankfully he has been still keeping that going. But
Bob Marley has reached immortality. He is not going anywhere.

(08:08):
He will be in the next two hundred years a
fictional character, or not even a fictional let me take that,
a mythological character, not even fictional, because myths start from
true legends, so he's gonna be a mythological character. I
wouldn't be surprised people be worshiping, you know. I wouldn't
be surprised to see people worshiping Bob Marley. I wouldn't
be surprised people worshiping Michael Jackson or Tupac, you know.

(08:32):
And if you actually listen to the people, they tell
you not to worship us, but you know, it's just
like with Jesus. He said, Bible, do not worship me,
worship the Father, and people still worship him today two
thousand years later. So I could definitely see that happening
with Bob Marley, and I wouldn't be mad because the
message is still being pushed forth, pushed forth, excuse me,

(08:54):
push forth, to promote love. He's justice, freedom, unity, you know,
So nothing can trump that long as you have those
attributes in your life, and no matter how you're getting them,
you're gonna live a beautiful life and you're gonna have
some beautiful people around You're gonna have some beautiful experiences,
So definitely just wanted to push that out there. He

(09:15):
was definitely a soldier, uh. And he also dropped some
gems on you because he knew that a lot of
us was from Africa, but he also knew that a
lot of us was also from America, which is why
he dropped Buffalo Soldiers. So take a time and listen
to it real quick and keep the keep everything that
is going on about it, because you know you're gonna

(09:36):
hear a lot of good gems dropped on this song here,
So definitely tune in, Turn up in zone out Baby.

Speaker 11 (09:45):
The follow It was a follow.

Speaker 12 (09:58):
In the America, stolen from Africa, brought to America.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
Fighting an arriva.

Speaker 11 (10:14):
Fighting for survivor.

Speaker 13 (10:17):
I mean when I had a La stage to me,
it made a lot of sense. O the Dreadla Rasta.

Speaker 8 (10:30):
W Offalo Sosia and he was taken from.

Speaker 12 (10:34):
Africa, rock to America, fighting an arrival, fighting for survivor.

Speaker 13 (10:48):
Sad he work a Buffalo soldier dread La marassa goo
follow soldier.

Speaker 12 (11:00):
In the heart of America.

Speaker 13 (11:05):
If you know your history, then you.

Speaker 14 (11:09):
Would know where you're coming from.

Speaker 4 (11:12):
Then you wouldn't nothing has me?

Speaker 11 (11:16):
Who who had you would think of him?

Speaker 8 (11:19):
And just the buffalo soldier.

Speaker 12 (11:23):
In the heart of America stole in from Africa, brought
to America.

Speaker 4 (11:34):
Said he was fighting an.

Speaker 12 (11:36):
Aria fighting a survivor said he.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
Was the buffalo soldier.

Speaker 12 (11:46):
In the ward for America.

Speaker 4 (11:51):
Why ya why y yoa?

Speaker 15 (11:54):
Why YoY yo yo yo yo? Why yoda?

Speaker 4 (12:00):
Why yeah ye why yo yo yo yo?

Speaker 11 (12:06):
Fellow Souza tried into the.

Speaker 16 (12:10):
Land and.

Speaker 17 (12:13):
Jan him on the land and made the motor head
tried into the land.

Speaker 4 (12:21):
Very well.

Speaker 8 (12:22):
The buffalososa.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
When the waterfall America.

Speaker 18 (12:29):
Ussa dream la brasa.

Speaker 13 (12:37):
Fighting on the ride bat fighting bus on my bond,
driven from the mainland to the heart of the caribbe
hu din.

Speaker 15 (12:53):
Why why are you?

Speaker 4 (12:56):
Why guys?

Speaker 15 (12:57):
Why do you?

Speaker 11 (13:00):
Why?

Speaker 19 (13:02):
Why?

Speaker 15 (13:04):
Why your room.

Speaker 12 (13:08):
Right in through someone in South America? How did you jumica.

Speaker 4 (13:20):
Va fallow soldier?

Speaker 8 (13:23):
I did you not ride back?

Speaker 4 (13:27):
I did my survivor odo soldier dreadlock rassa? Why why
why go on your room? You yourself?

Speaker 8 (14:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (14:46):
Say drive the table is trang.

Speaker 15 (14:53):
Got your father.

Speaker 4 (14:56):
You're gonna let a boy there try the tables catch
a fire. Your ganna get better every time the rock
of a whim.

Speaker 11 (15:17):
My flood Ruscoso.

Speaker 12 (15:20):
I remember on the same shot of hrels of cars,
I said, we are.

Speaker 15 (15:29):
Pretty going took the change and that, but you thought, I.

Speaker 11 (15:34):
Think it's alisthressive. So we're imagine the thing as.

Speaker 4 (15:39):
Driver the timbers.

Speaker 11 (15:43):
Catch a fire, Yeah, catch you.

Speaker 12 (15:46):
Fire your gannagat, catch a filet drive.

Speaker 4 (15:55):
The table is catch a fire, catch.

Speaker 20 (15:59):
Your fi.

Speaker 4 (16:01):
So gonna get burned.

Speaker 13 (16:32):
You don't say that we are great birds to the
chain and futty god, I think it's a list.

Speaker 4 (16:40):
The rest, it's all a mess.

Speaker 15 (16:43):
You make your live time.

Speaker 11 (16:48):
Catcham.

Speaker 4 (16:50):
God, shall by.

Speaker 15 (16:54):
Gonna get burned?

Speaker 4 (16:57):
Say five, catch up?

Speaker 11 (17:03):
Catch up?

Speaker 2 (17:07):
I guess.

Speaker 3 (17:42):
Put your fire everybody, Yes, yes, man, you know what? Hey, John,
just don't get it. This hire has been a very
very heavy time for Bob Martin, even though he is
no longer with us. Are right now this is catch
a Fire, who has re entered the reggae charts at

(18:02):
number five vintage Vinyl with New Life. I'm saying like this,
you introduced Bob Marley's music to a new generation, and
it's like he's a brand new artist, like he just
came out. His music is so legendary, and it's not
just legendary, but it's so relevant today that even the

(18:25):
youth who was not even alive during his time, who
were born twenty something years after he passed, resonate with
his lyrics. Now that's a beautiful thing, but it's also
not a beautiful thing because we already know that reggae.
Reggae is the music of love, but it's also the

(18:45):
music of revolution. It's the music of fighting off injustices
and making sure that everybody has a fair shake in
the world. And if we're still singing about that today,
that means we still have not achieved that, and that
is very detrimental for our youth that they have to
actually experience and fight the same fight. That's why they're tired.

(19:10):
This is why they're swinging left and grasping at straws right.
They're trying to fight the fight that we should have
been fighting more effectively, more efficiently. We shouldn't have them
coming into our problems and our into this mess of
a world that we are still in. That it's a
beautiful world because it's still got beautiful people in it,

(19:31):
but it could be so much better, and for us
to still see what's going to go over there in Gaza,
to see what's still going going over there in the Congo,
to see what's still going going over there in Africa
and the other like disenfranchised places. This is not to
be stood for. And that's why Bob Marley created the

(19:53):
music that he was creating. Now, that's also why Peter
Traache was creating the music that he was care as well.
That's why, in my personal opinion, I feel like if
Peter Toms would have brought reggae to the world instead
of Bob Marley, that we probably would have seen more
militant soldiers in our generation, my generation, that would have

(20:16):
probably made more of a difference. But that's neither here
nor there. We're here right now when the words of
Bob Marley is touching the youth still and bringing fresh
energy to this battle, fresh insight to this battle from
lyrics that was written over thirty forty years ago. That's

(20:37):
amazing in my eyes. I don't know, but enough about
Bob Marley for right now. Just you know, you just
want to give the man as flowers, but we also
got to give others their flowers. Starting with Bear's Heaven,
Happy Birthday to Bear's hemn bearis Hemmon is a great

(20:58):
king of lovers. You know, we went from talking about
the king of reggae now we're talking about the King
of lovers rock.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
But did y'all actually know that he was?

Speaker 3 (21:08):
He actually started off as an American soul cover singer.
He was very influenced heavenly by Sam Cook, Otis Redding
and Alton Ellis. His first album in nineteen seventy six
was called Soul Reggae. It was a blend of R
and B and roots. But you ain't know that, huh.

(21:29):
Now if you don't, If you haven't, if you like
just got introduced to Bears Hammond and you loving all
his music, but you didn't really know too much about him.
You probably didn't know that he was also the lead
singer in the seventies for a band called Zap Powe.
Now Zach Powell was a popular Jamaican funk reggae band
and they have hits like this is reggae music that

(21:50):
era shape like it really sharpened his performance skills and
from a strong live reputation before his solo breakthrough.

Speaker 4 (21:58):
They bet you.

Speaker 3 (21:59):
Didn't know that. Now it almost didn't happen. And what
I mean by it almost didn't happen. I'm talking about
his biggest hit, Tempted by Touch in nineteen ninety. He
dropped Tempted by Touch, and it wasn't going to be
a smashed. Expectantly, they didn't expect this to be the
single or to be the hit that it turned out
to be, because it came a global anthem, and it

(22:23):
even crossed over into R and B radio, which made
Baris an international star. Fans still screamed when he sings
the first line live. I mean, you can't say that
any mortality in the making right there.

Speaker 21 (22:36):
Now.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
He was unsigned, but he was never stoppable. He was
always unstoppable, like even though he's a legend. Baris Is
famously avoided chasing major label deals. He said he prefers
independence recording at his Harmony House studio so he could
keep the authentic sound in control of his message, which

(22:57):
is a message to the youth in itself. You don't
have to sell out because these people put these commas
in these numbers and say that if you take these
commas that you're gonna be able to live, You're gonna
sell your soul. You're gonna sell your soul. And one
thing we don't want to do is venture out into
this world and lose our soul. That will break y'all
John's heart. Seriously, we have to stay true to ourselves.

(23:21):
But that's where the music come from. It comes from
our selves. When you see people we call implants being
pushed into the industry simply because they have a little
bit of talent, but they don't have the soul, they
don't have the experience, they don't have the ants that's
behind what actually creates great music. Then you see that
they either rarely last long or they have to take

(23:43):
on a cooker cutting approach, a cooker cutter approach and
be malleable for everybody, which waters down what their brand,
it waters down their message and sometimes they don't even
have a message. Where Bears he had a message and
he wanted to deliver it to us, so he decided
that he wanted to control his message, so he did
not sign anything. Youth take that to heart. Now. While

(24:07):
many reggae artists pushed for militancy, Bears kind of carved
the lane as the voice of romance, heartbreak and everyday
love stories. Jamaica's joke that he's responsible for more babies
than any doctor thanks to his silky smooth voice and
his slow, wide anthems. Now when they talk about baby
making music, they would talk about Bears Hammet. So now

(24:32):
that you know a little bit more about Bears, we
want to go ahead and kicking off with some of
his good music since since his birthday to day August
twenty eight, twenty twenty five. We're gonna go ahead and
play songs friends only. I'm sorry Born in Jamaica by
friends only, Jesse Royal, Maddi's son and Bear's hand men.

(24:52):
You already know what you're listening to make.

Speaker 2 (24:55):
Sure they get to follow.

Speaker 6 (24:56):
Describe to reggae our podcast on YouTube.

Speaker 15 (25:00):
That done?

Speaker 4 (25:02):
What else can I say? My God, We'll come from
boy come back? I wonder how am my godson? This

(25:34):
been from? Move When you say organized as.

Speaker 22 (25:37):
The been in a one academy, you pnglaim with a
war son God for us. You might want that much.
You don't know, ask better, back up, back up if
you don't know what you want to Black the Lantern Kappa.

Speaker 4 (25:50):
Will find you you your next or back up, back up.

Speaker 22 (25:53):
If you don't know what you want to can you
use them the respect which find.

Speaker 11 (25:58):
In the feel.

Speaker 21 (26:01):
The my one night if I real life with day
up on the seaside is real ship them over Alna alone.

Speaker 23 (26:11):
The real light and all a real light.

Speaker 4 (26:16):
It's far the Noba the green light.

Speaker 11 (26:20):
He said.

Speaker 8 (26:20):
They cut your handy long and your gig is plenty of.

Speaker 19 (26:23):
Us, say you fan in Jabecca, baby something come from this.
Something come from the very big Jabecco. Baby sucking come
from the bar and Jabacco baby supping come from baby
something compound the sem time in Jabecco by something come

(26:46):
from and where you just feel a breeze.

Speaker 4 (26:53):
The nature and dancing in the streets.

Speaker 11 (26:57):
A few bads, I ever pick some.

Speaker 19 (27:00):
Live Yeah now you see what's going down and you
know what's going on, see yeah yeah da mine sell
panage of Baca bad this often come from this hoping
come from the costardage, Jabacco badys.

Speaker 4 (27:23):
Something come from the p and Jamaica bady something.

Speaker 19 (27:30):
Come from baby something come from that to send me
Barnabecca many something.

Speaker 4 (27:37):
Come from where heavenly further, will you bress my school,
believe you in full control. Everything is up to.

Speaker 15 (27:50):
You to a check.

Speaker 4 (27:53):
Got ay, dear deal and.

Speaker 11 (27:59):
There's a say.

Speaker 19 (28:07):
Jamaica baby something then from the suping come from badis
in verybody a bison dombtown that that's.

Speaker 4 (28:19):
A pop band jump.

Speaker 19 (28:21):
It is something come from supping them from st bad
to make up anything, um tumty.

Speaker 8 (28:36):
One extra.

Speaker 19 (28:47):
Okay, okay, wailing two girls having his best non way
coming changing the kirchen, Hey goes.

Speaker 4 (29:02):
Now, I'll just say you're away to perfume. People be
wanting you for so man.

Speaker 15 (29:15):
Now I'm.

Speaker 4 (29:17):
Thinking of me.

Speaker 11 (29:21):
For the lonely mats.

Speaker 4 (29:23):
Say you put me the room.

Speaker 19 (29:26):
Mother enough, come on, pad, just don't tuck up bad loser.

Speaker 4 (29:35):
Rose but long to.

Speaker 19 (29:38):
Divinity joints in conversation to tonight decide me.

Speaker 4 (29:49):
Now I will go to met sure.

Speaker 11 (29:52):
To stands be ever at yours.

Speaker 19 (29:57):
Will never leave me there, Ah really need true girls
standing place.

Speaker 4 (30:04):
However, I'm att church. Are you really really wouldn't bless you?
I just say you are your perfume. People wanted you
for so much.

Speaker 6 (30:19):
I have.

Speaker 15 (30:22):
A play on pay yo, payr pay now.

Speaker 19 (30:46):
Now I'm going to make sure the stand sweenever those
one gives leave me begain. We need journey standing this
my way. I'm attempting to church, a real, real real.

Speaker 11 (31:10):
And I just like you.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
To mercy my woice super and again happens every time.

Speaker 19 (31:29):
God, it's it's bad. That was feeling so divine and
the butterflies ever turned your eyes made mid God, kitchen
wasn't very long.

Speaker 4 (31:51):
You k.

Speaker 19 (31:54):
You made me realize you sides HEAs been having.

Speaker 12 (32:02):
Loma is your Girland, you.

Speaker 15 (32:12):
My church.

Speaker 4 (32:18):
You wanted to shoe. I was just like, go ahead
until merphan.

Speaker 19 (32:23):
We wanted for so much chase book, I can have.

Speaker 3 (32:33):
Boy boy, Oh.

Speaker 4 (32:40):
Dad out bad out boy boy boy boy All right,
I'm oop fad.

Speaker 21 (33:22):
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Speaker 24 (33:26):
Onto as mister flea of I a pro to bring
to you. Mister is the music maesto.

Speaker 3 (33:39):
Tempt it to touch by Bear's Hammond Will on Reggae
houri Yost's Radio. Happy birthday, Baris Hammond. But you know
today ain't just Barry Hammond's birthday. Did you aususly know
that Bears Hammond was actually born on the anniversary of
the end of slavery in a British color In eighteen

(34:01):
thirty three. Slavery in the correct Caribbean and all types
of the British colonies was finally abology was finally done
away with, but Reggae made sure the cry for freedom
never ended, you know, because Reggae harry that struggle because
just because now we're free, that don't mean we're free.

(34:24):
Because freedom isn't free until you're free you feel me.
And if you don't feel that, then I think you're
still enslaved. Because if you still have to ask, like
they say over in Africa, if I have to ask
and get a visa to come to your country, but
you could just come to my country at will whenever
you want, I think that's that's not freedom, that's slavery.

(34:44):
That's that's entrapment. You're keeping me stuck in this one place.
You don't want me to come over there to your
place and get some of your resources, but you want
to be heaven access to my resources. So we have
to continue to fight because down in Jamaica right now,
the Jabam group jabum Ja b b E M the

(35:06):
group is down there fighting the privatization of the beaches.
There's only a small strip of beaches that's left to
Jamaica that is public for the public use, and that
they're trying to buy those up so that they could
three a private entities, create private enterprises that would control
those places. Well, that means that you have to pay
to get into them. Still, that's not right. Those speech

(35:29):
y'all made for everybody, And if he made it for everybody,
it's not up to a man to decide who gets
to enjoy them and not. I shouldn't have to go
and work ninety hours a week just to make sure
that my I have a roof over my head, close
off one back, and food in my stomach and still
go out and enjoy with y'all made. I shouldn't have

(35:50):
to pay for that. He gave it to us for free,
he said to enjoy it. And not only did he
tell us to enjoy it, but he also told us
to take care of it. But you want to go
and you want to purchase the beaches, you want to
go in, you want to purchase the lands. You want
to go in, take over the farms and keep the
farmers from farming, control what they can grow when they've
been growing the same products, the same crops for over

(36:11):
two three, four, five hundred years. But yet you want
to come in and say you got authority, now, you
got sovereignty over all of this now and you want
to take that from everybody, gift to yourself while charging
everybody else. Now there's a word like that, because the

(36:31):
Mother of Creation created all of this for us and
we shall be able to enjoy it or without your permission.
Now asking for permission, I'm taking it, you feel me?
So I just want to say congratulations to all of
the the British colonies that this year, this time almost

(36:55):
to almost two hundred years ago, was released from slavery
and now we're fighting for true freedom, made a fight
live on you feel me? This year is Tasha t
with the Mother of Creation. And after that we're gonna
go into some Aaron Silk, the brother of Garnet Silk

(37:17):
with positive vibes. You know you're listening to teach them, teach.

Speaker 8 (37:25):
Them, brew them nurtured like months in our womb.

Speaker 23 (37:37):
I ain't a belly, live up in a nice but
chop liquord.

Speaker 25 (37:43):
Bless it and swer through to the womb how we
want from God, just like the sun and the moon.

Speaker 23 (37:51):
He started Frodaly garden upbeat my not bit conceiving.

Speaker 8 (37:57):
Pain and suffering.

Speaker 26 (38:00):
Chinese pawn again going dies the mta bos, the priests
and kings and crazy said.

Speaker 15 (38:07):
Because I.

Speaker 27 (38:11):
Joe he has the piles Joe he showed signs and
walls pull.

Speaker 8 (38:27):
Job Elgian he has the pal.

Speaker 15 (38:34):
Oh job.

Speaker 23 (38:38):
D ap creation spreevatation.

Speaker 8 (38:42):
From the east to the west, to the no to
the south.

Speaker 25 (38:46):
Keep them safe on every round and turn on the
word hot around Hollo over town, hell the world, what
is all about?

Speaker 8 (38:57):
Because it's the boers are the most safy.

Speaker 23 (39:00):
You turn away from the youths with the blinhilped them
to strike, to reach as.

Speaker 28 (39:06):
High air as a signe clay my maker, prod them
my feet gret to turn off you my timely job.

Speaker 4 (39:20):
He has the particle.

Speaker 8 (39:23):
Yousely Jo.

Speaker 27 (39:28):
He showed signs and walls fly job.

Speaker 8 (39:36):
He has the path children.

Speaker 23 (39:43):
Jo funder of creation spring fortnation and not the child
is bound Andy am at deliver, slip them from their
wiki and the.

Speaker 8 (39:55):
White and verditis.

Speaker 23 (39:57):
Protect the woman without your sin. I want them until
they keep the you saw we're from Paul chat Monistas.

Speaker 26 (40:05):
Protect them with your hardcast them are the new floorwalk
waiting to blessom my blues you do jall o my
puma shines bond again doing I ask them me the
bus the priests and kings and queensy saly che.

Speaker 23 (40:27):
He has the palverly chia.

Speaker 27 (40:35):
He show signs and walmers holy shine.

Speaker 8 (40:44):
He has the pal.

Speaker 4 (40:48):
Oly shine.

Speaker 23 (40:52):
Father of creation, springfall tenations.

Speaker 8 (40:56):
Teach them, grow them, nurture needs them, growdmn nurds.

Speaker 4 (41:03):
Mother appreation needs them. Growdmn nurds.

Speaker 18 (41:14):
Oh, teach them grow damnslem creation Hey appreation.

Speaker 17 (41:32):
Chip but the aptriation.

Speaker 8 (41:41):
Let the rough creation.

Speaker 17 (41:44):
So mother of creation, mother of crea, mother of creation,
mother a creation.

Speaker 4 (42:08):
And the past.

Speaker 29 (42:16):
De signs them.

Speaker 4 (42:30):
Guy gm, I going out tonight, coming in.

Speaker 8 (42:35):
Front this time for.

Speaker 22 (42:40):
A live more.

Speaker 8 (42:43):
It's just a positive wind.

Speaker 16 (42:45):
How a positive move, positive vibo, a positive trade, positive walk,
has some positive talk, positive ride has some positive.

Speaker 8 (42:55):
Drives rises morning charge.

Speaker 16 (42:57):
I behold your face and know that I'm gonna take
a higher to another place, no matter the situation said,
no matter the place you know I'm from with Manati,
soa got to be head carrming them pull hi ah,
who met them?

Speaker 8 (43:10):
Slander ross slips and them lagging.

Speaker 16 (43:14):
Car make and pull eye ah who with them flatteral
slipsend them shut the mouths Oh. Just a positive window,
a positive move, positive vibes, a positive chat, positive walk, Yes,
a positive car, positive ride, Yes, a positive child ooh
hellove you Roust no matter when them try to see them,

(43:36):
just can't canker oooh, I love you Raster no matter
where them try to see them, just can't. Can'tcer because
I'm advising about my bed every morning early got two
exercise to keep my body feet tanstart spiritually, feed me
and fanta first, because the wicked on the ead and
them round me strike up me like as a mile

(43:58):
of missing SI, make it flew at my head, norm inditation, well,
plenting chanta Samma read me bab.

Speaker 8 (44:04):
And money ely because I can't. I can't come them slowly.

Speaker 4 (44:08):
Whoa what?

Speaker 16 (44:08):
Just the positive win now a positive move, positive bible,
a positive chat, positive walk, has a positive talk, positive right, Yes,
a positive jove. There's a little my headless sleep. Pray

(44:40):
to Jama so to keep carried up to this restless night. Jackie,
I said, till morning. Line cha your love surrounding me? Yes, Jeff,
phil I am Pretty's.

Speaker 4 (44:54):
Mercies chap surrounding me? Jeff, feel you're pretty? It's sad.
Whoa yeah, Yes, I love you, I love you, I
love you.

Speaker 16 (45:11):
Rasta positive wind, a positive move, positive vibe, bo, a
positive chrainy, positive walk cast, a positive talk, positive right, yes,
a positive drive, positive wind, a positive move, positive vibe,
a positive charity, positive walk cast, some positive talk, positive ride, Yes,

(45:35):
a positive drive.

Speaker 4 (45:37):
I love you, I love you raster yes, ye, yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:43):
I hope you all happen a positive day to day,
positive morning as we Actually, by the time I dropped this,
I think it's gonna be afternoon. But this gonna be
all right, because you know, it's still gonna be a
positive day.

Speaker 11 (45:57):
Man.

Speaker 3 (45:57):
As long as that sun is out, as long as
you got breathed in your lungs, as long as you
gotta beat in your heart and you got reggae, everything
gonna be our ride A yes, yes, Now, did you
know that today is also the anniversary of the first
reggae sun Splash Festival. I don't give you one minute,

(46:18):
let me go up here. Well, I got my little
notes about it, but yeah, the sun Splash eighty six
was a week long solid sunshine in Montego Bay and
it brought the first of the first international scene for
reggae down to Jamaica. And that was a beautiful time

(46:39):
for you know, reggae artists who were just known for
performing in their hometowns or on the block or at
the local sound systems and things. They actually got an
international audience. They got to perform with the international sound system.
They got to be able to put their talent showcase
that talent. This is what they meant by Bob Marley

(47:02):
brought reggae to the world because when he brought the
world to Jamaica, they was able to see the culture,
not just hear the music. They was able to see
the culture. They was able to see the food that
they ate. They was able to see the clothes that
they were. They were able to see how they harvested
their food, how they lived without electricity and didn't need
it because they was humble live up in the hills.

(47:24):
As long as I got rivers and growing food, I
have running water, I have electricity. You know what I'm saying.
And that's what the world came to see when they
came to Jamaica. Now, Sunsplash eighty six was so massive
it didn't just echo through or through mobait. It toured
the world, spawning international reggae Sunsplash concerts from London to

(47:47):
Tokyo telling you like, when you get something beautiful like
this started, it just doesn't stop. Its snowballs. Because Subsplash
wasn't just the festival. It was Jamaica's first true reggae woodstock,
running all night till sunrise for almost days straight. I believe,
I think it was probably seven days straight. Mm. All

(48:09):
I know is it was some times.

Speaker 20 (48:10):
You know.

Speaker 3 (48:11):
The reason why I don't know is because hey, I
wasn't there, and be the people who were there were
so blitzed off of some good Bob Molly, Mary James.
They ran together. They didn't know if it's nighttime here
or not yet.

Speaker 4 (48:24):
You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (48:25):
But it was a beautiful time when you have a
fun time, Just fly now. By the late eighties, Sunsplash
was global, taking reggae from Mantigo Bay straight to London,
Europe and even Japan, and some careers were made on
that stage. Sunsplash gave young artists the same spotlight as legends,
So you I believe that. Oh, let me find out

(48:49):
what voices came from this festival. Because from what voices
came out of this festival, Let's see what artists do
we know today that blew up from being on Subsplash
eighty six. All right, so let's see what we got here.

(49:13):
Oh man, ah man, it started off fire. It started
off fire. So without Sunsplash, we wouldn't have Yellow Man,
the first dance all superstar a headline Sunsplash in the
early eighties, proving DJs could rule the same stage as singers.
Then you have Black Uhuru, performed legendary set says Sunsplash

(49:35):
during their Grammy winning years, seemnting them as one of
reggae's top international bands. And then don't forget the Birmingham
born Still Pulse tore it up at Jamaica, showing reggae
wasn't just homegrown, it was a diaspora power too. Then
Bob Marley had to keep his legend in that, he
had to keep his essence in there by having Ziggy

(49:58):
Marley and the Melody Makers, who was still young. They
used Sunsplash to step out of Bob's shadow and build
their own legacy. Chabarank. Since Subsplash performances in the late
eighties and early nineties blasted dance all into the mainstream
and third world blend, they're blend of roots, funking R
and B made Sunsplash crowds champ back now that we

(50:21):
have found love under the stars Buju Bunton. By the nineties,
Sunsplash gave Booju the platform to announce himself as the
voice of the New Generation, and Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaac,
Burning Spirit, Jimmy Cliff, all of these giants used Sunsplash
to reaffirm their royal status. Sunsplash was their annual throne

(50:42):
room where they returned every year to solidify and let
you know that they are not going anywhere. And even
though some of them aren't here to this day, excuse me,
all of them aren't here to this day, we have
actually been able to still experience this because they were
so strong, their spirit was so strong, the music was
so strong that it lasted through the ages for real.

(51:05):
Bob Marley did a lot for our people, a lot
for this culture. So I just want to thank them
for that. Big ups the Bog Marley, you know what
I'm saying, Big ups to all the legends in this game.
And you know, a lot of a lot of people
who sleep on dance all. I mean, I know a
lot of dance. All that you that you hear right
now is about you know, dancing and things of that nature.
But you know, you got a lot of also a

(51:26):
good dance artists out there that that actually do what
they get the message across, like we have Redeemed and
Redeem has been doing things for decades now, and he
has been setting the example of how you could take
conscious roots lyrics and use them with some dance song. Now,
this isn't a dance all song that we're gonna play from,

(51:47):
but it is still one of my favorites. I love
this song. It's Redeem set jap people free. He don't
beal with this radio. Like I said, make sure that
you go and find these artists redeemed as Redeemed with
two ims. Go look them up your flying the most
bad ba I her items any of your streaming services
and we gonna make it pop for your baby. You

(52:07):
are already know what it is.

Speaker 6 (52:09):
Button or subscribe to Reggae our podcast on YouTube.

Speaker 4 (52:14):
Eli he to his far.

Speaker 7 (52:26):
Babila Babila babila see here even in this super babby round,
just let us speak.

Speaker 4 (52:34):
Oh why it won't you release this word.

Speaker 7 (52:37):
From your bandage? I said, Jack be the feed everything
on the practice evil. No, don't an abership of evil.
Stay apart from the night, for they par can do
let them call your do not eat them food brnd
them cook them and go.

Speaker 4 (52:53):
On catchen off. Stay afar from the can they be
here and they dug down sneak can he plastic see
here devil in this world? Bobby around?

Speaker 7 (53:03):
Just just let us speak on why whoa you release
this world from your bandage?

Speaker 4 (53:10):
I said, jo people free.

Speaker 7 (53:15):
My godliness wisdom formulater and put this world together, and
the devil to print them one come put my father
worker so that like but again some them my gunmelting
not the lecal fire me got the cross and he
pecked the zoo or like you vampire see in your
dev in this world? Bobby around, Just let us speak, Oh,

(53:37):
why whoa you release this world from your bandage? I said, Jock,
people free, Never you get caught up and mix up,
not them politics just when them come around them full
your friends are politics. Watch out fully no odiously masters
we did defy with never you take the mark of

(53:59):
the beast in now you're and don't take them chap up.
See your evil in this world Bobby run, just let
us speak. Oh why won't you release this word from
your bandage?

Speaker 4 (54:13):
I said, Jah, people free everything on the practice evil
boom and apporshiped evil.

Speaker 7 (54:21):
Stay apart from the knife for the park and do
m your needle. Do not eat them food and them
cook them and go one kitchen off a pieson still
a far from the Can you beer?

Speaker 4 (54:30):
And he chugged and it s near?

Speaker 7 (54:31):
Can you plastic eaven see your evil in this world?

Speaker 4 (54:36):
Bobby run, just let us speak.

Speaker 7 (54:39):
Oh why won't you release this word from your bandage?

Speaker 4 (54:44):
I said, Jack, people free pablas.

Speaker 7 (54:49):
You have built your image idols, because that is who
you are.

Speaker 4 (54:56):
You are empty.

Speaker 7 (54:57):
It's fear form. Whatever you worship are so empty. Eyes
they have what cannot see. Here's they have what cannot hear.
Feet they have, but they move not. How can you
say if you're gone, it's eible to hear you.

Speaker 4 (55:18):
How foolish you are.

Speaker 7 (55:20):
You are empty inside you are life open up, which
brings forth nothing good, because nothing.

Speaker 11 (55:28):
Good is vicious.

Speaker 7 (55:30):
You are a liar from the beginning, as your father
is a part of flies.

Speaker 4 (55:36):
You are now found wanted.

Speaker 7 (55:39):
The comp is filled with the blood of the saints,
but they are now crying out to the almighty from
the Anti.

Speaker 4 (55:46):
Green your tiring.

Speaker 3 (55:57):
Boy that we're talking about. Now, you see exactly why
I said that. This right here is this song right here.
It touches me every time because we just want to
live free. And again, if we're still talking about this
in this day and age, then we actually know that
we're still not free. We could pretend like we're free,
but we still know we're not free. And the way

(56:19):
that we actually get free is that we continue to
fight for it, because freedom is not free. But we
almost done. We gotta be an hour out of y'all.
And before we leave, though, we do want to take
time to pay homage to our fallen heroes, our falling legends,
our falling music makers. And we all know that around

(56:41):
this time in twenty twenty one, the Noise Alchemists passed
Lee Scratch, Harry the Dub King, and we just want
to say our excuse me, the Dub Wizard. We just
want to say rest in peace to him and give
our condolences to his family, and we want to keep
his name music alive. So we're gonna end this off

(57:03):
by playing two of his songs were actually one of
his songs in the cover of a Bob Marley song, Exodus.
We're gonna be playing King of the Animals, and then
we're gonna play his Exodus cover, and we're gonna remember
who Lee Scratch Perry was. Seriously, now, let's take a
before we start these songs. We're gonna take a moment
of silence. Come on, and then we're gonna remember a

(57:24):
few things about Lee Scratch Perry, and then we'll go
ahead and get into the music. You heard me, Let's
take a moment of silence already. Now, when we honor

(58:04):
our legends, we remembered them with things that people probably
would think are not even important details. But if you
look at the essence of their life, you'll find out
that they're actually very important details, very relative details. Without
those details, we wouldn't have the legend that we know today. Now,
did you know that he built the Black Arc out

(58:27):
of nothing? Harry's Black Arc studio, which opened up in
nineteen seventy three, was a tiny, cheap and full of
broken gear, but he made it sound like a space ship.
He used household items, glass bottles, tenfoil, and even blowing
into a mic underwater to create his signature effects. So

(58:47):
it wasn't all just about lyrics. It was about giving
you that feel through sound. Now, he set fire to
his own studio in nineteen seventy nine, and a lot
of people don't talk about this, but in a fit
of spiritual madness, Perry burned the Black Arc to the ground.
So I'm saying it with the protector gets corruption in
the industry, Perry said the studio was possessed by demons.

(59:09):
Either way, it became a reggae legend. And I think
both of those statements are true. When you get the
industry people, the A and R directors, the music producers,
the music managers and things like that that just coming
into your studio, they leave that energy in your studio.
They come all about money, but you were there all
about creation, all about soul, all about perfection of the spirit.

(59:29):
And they comeing in here with the spirit of money
and they give they leave that energy. So I believe
believe Lee, believe Scratch, period. I believe them because that
energy exists in real life. So his studio probably was
possessed by these demons. Also, Scratch was also famous for
his eccentric style. You've seen him. He dressed ridiculously with

(59:54):
the use a lessense.

Speaker 4 (59:56):
Of the word.

Speaker 3 (59:57):
You know what I'm saying. His mirrors was wrapped his shoes,
vinyl records, stuck to his hat, even writing all over
his clothes and body and marker. He believed these respiratual
shields and intendans to channel vibes. And I mean I
believe it worked. Listen to his music and look at him.
I believe it worked. His music matches his personality. Now.

(01:00:18):
Lee is one of the most freest people I have
ever encountered, ever got to learn about. He lived his
life the way he wanted to live. He didn't let
anything distract him from that. And when it seemed like
it did, like him burning down his own studio, it
really wasn't a distraction. It actually built him up. It
actually made him more important and made him more relative

(01:00:41):
because we all don't want to be screwed over by
them demon Now, despite his wild rep Perry won a
Grammy for Best Reggae Album in two thousand and three
with his album Jamaican et Now. That proved the industry
had to respect his madness as a genius. You feel
me now scratch His inspire everyone from the Clash to

(01:01:02):
Beastie Boys, even Paul McCartney and even Kanye West and
Diplo name dropped him as an influence. Without Perry Dub,
hip hop sampling and electronic dance music would sound so
much different. So now that we know five gems about
this legendary dub wizard, let's get to his music. But

(01:01:23):
after that we will be out. I just want to
thank you all for listening to Reggae our podcast. I
know it's been a while, but you stuck in with
me and all my faithful, faithful fans. Thank you so much.
We do have a lot coming for you. We do
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(01:01:44):
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to turn up and on that. We're also gonna be
interviewing fire Prints, so make sure y'all tune in and

(01:02:06):
turn up for that. We also are going to be
interviewing Ralph Souves of the Mighty Roots Men that you know,
go look up the Mighty Roots. Mean, I ain't gonna
spoil for you, go look up the Mighty rootsman because
they always group full of legends, you know, definitely a
groupful of legends. So and we also are going to

(01:02:27):
be introducing I mean interviewing and introducing Culture Brown. I
say introduced, but that's that's a misnomer because this man
has been around for decades making music that is soulful
and just great to listen to. So y'all make sure
y'all tune in. Turn up is on that for that.
The only way you're gonna know about that is if
you hit them notification buttons that hit that follow like

(01:02:48):
a subscribe button for reggae our podcasts on your favorite
streaming services and also on your favorite social media. Baby,
this is King of the Animals by least scratch period.
You all have a good one. There, heard varit?

Speaker 11 (01:03:00):
Yeah, I don't.

Speaker 20 (01:03:01):
Even Perqueen of the animal, have no age.

Speaker 11 (01:03:18):
Jeal.

Speaker 4 (01:03:18):
The animal is as a speace.

Speaker 30 (01:03:29):
I am a ears of peace. I am the King
of the Animals, and I'm want you Cannibal Yarnibal. I
am the king of the animals. Jiba, and I'm wanting

(01:03:51):
you Gariba Yariba.

Speaker 14 (01:04:32):
Ja the animal is and he's a peace. I am
an use of peace.

Speaker 11 (01:04:48):
I am a use of choice.

Speaker 30 (01:04:50):
I am a king of the animals. I'm one you
jannyber Jerniber. I am the king of the Honeymal.

Speaker 4 (01:06:16):
I am the king of the animals.

Speaker 30 (01:06:19):
And I'm warning you Cannibal, Cannibal bard.

Speaker 11 (01:06:25):
Sad the animal is.

Speaker 4 (01:06:28):
Bar your hand and the ears of peace.

Speaker 30 (01:06:33):
Bard, I am the ears of peace, very Ard, I
am the ears of choice.

Speaker 11 (01:06:59):
M Hm.

Speaker 4 (01:07:12):
I am making of the animals.

Speaker 30 (01:07:16):
Anam war you, Canniba Gariba, I am the king of
the animals.

Speaker 11 (01:07:22):
Scanni, I am making of the animals.

Speaker 4 (01:07:25):
Scanniba. I am the king of the animals.

Speaker 30 (01:07:29):
Anaman yourtaara ELECTROICALI.

Speaker 11 (01:07:36):
Music Cali, I am.

Speaker 4 (01:07:38):
Nothing accident.

Speaker 22 (01:07:42):
Six six hundred and sixty six million years.

Speaker 30 (01:07:52):
Musical years, spell sure tastark you know.

Speaker 8 (01:08:02):
Theres South South Africa.

Speaker 31 (01:08:05):
Eis molitaryms very ashes, mars.

Speaker 11 (01:08:19):
Light scratcher flying attaching cr in the wings up the
door eidens, the moon shining started conclude.

Speaker 30 (01:08:42):
Sounding their loving firm, Oh polit trinity.

Speaker 11 (01:08:52):
Loved yeah, junky cherry, kinky cherry.

Speaker 4 (01:09:09):
All the movements sounds.

Speaker 11 (01:09:16):
Excepts as she's as.

Speaker 4 (01:09:23):
Sunday. Some laughing firmab.

Speaker 11 (01:09:28):
Say junky scatchy playing attaching.

Speaker 4 (01:09:36):
Movements and the movements the U.

Speaker 15 (01:09:41):
S excedence.

Speaker 4 (01:09:46):
As she's a us.

Speaker 6 (01:09:49):
So.

Speaker 4 (01:09:50):
Some blessing firmab.

Speaker 3 (01:09:56):
Holy mos.

Speaker 4 (01:10:00):
The roses, some.

Speaker 11 (01:10:04):
Some blessing trim a dooky Did you choose.

Speaker 12 (01:10:16):
Marry merry, merry, merry, merry, merry, verry moss, a very moss.

Speaker 4 (01:10:23):
Tiky cooky.

Speaker 11 (01:10:29):
Sny, some blessing girl, oh locomos.

Speaker 15 (01:10:39):
A merry mos.

Speaker 11 (01:10:49):
Sunder some other moses

Speaker 4 (01:11:00):
Well

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.css-14f5ked{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:2;overflow:hidden;}Bob Marley’s Legend Hits 1200 Weeks + Beres Hammond, Sunsplash Memories & Lee Scratch Perry Tributes | Reggae Hour Podcast