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Alkaline gets mixed reaction to Scum Bag song @one876 @bounce876

What a way Alkaline ah mash up him owna ting wid him dutty lyrics? Him get some big ‘forwards’ over Dream Weekend Live for songs like Purple Touch, 123, More than a Friend, Holiday Again, and Touch You. But when him go inna the dutty ‘Scum Bag’ song, the people dem start quietly pree him, and it just get worse pon the intro to Obeah, but ah fi him ting, him better enjoy him 15 minutes of fame because now a minute 12 and counting.

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REGGAE TOPS BILLBOARD ONCE AGAIN @ONE876





“Rude” brings reggae stylings back to the pole position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other reggae chart-toppers in the Hot 100’s nearly 56-year history: Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” (2003); Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel” (both in 2001); Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (1994); UB40’s “Red Red Wine” (1988) and “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (1993); fellow Canadian Snow’s “Informer” (1993); Maxi Priest’s “Close to You” (1990); Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff,” written by reggae king Bob Marley (1974); and Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” (1972).

(Reader, and Canada’s own, Blair Buchta recently pointed out in an email that “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker & the Aces was one of the first reggae hits to reach the top 10, rising to No. 9 in 1969.)

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