Grammy-winning Reggae superstar, Ziggy Marley, has called out the Jamaican music industry; claiming that some of the Dancehall/Reggae songs produced today lack spirituality.
The eldest son of legendary Reggae musician, Bob Marley, is currently promoting his fourth studio album, Wild & Free, which was unveiled this past June.According to the Love Is My Religion singer, the Dancehall/Reggae industry is missing a mystical vibration and aura that’s needed in order for today’s singles to be remembered for years to come.
Ziggy expressed his feelings on the current state of the Jamaican music industry during a radio interview with IRIE FM.
“Wi can mek beats, wi can mek Riddims, wi can mek dat and dat will be enjoyed fi a year or two, but what will be enjoyed for life is the spirit that is in the business and the vibrations and the mysticism. That is what lives forever.”
Marley stressed that given the long and storied history of the Reggae genre, the local industry must find ways to inject the spirituality and passion synonymous with Jamaican music.
“The important ting about our Reggae music and di history of it is the vibration of it, the spirit of it which is loved all around the globe. This is what attract people to di music is di vibration and only Reggae music have dat vibration, that spirit,” Marley said.
Marley’s promotional tour spanned all corners of the globe in recent months; taking him to festivals in Japan, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and sharing the stage with Colombian-born pop starlet, Shakira on her Pop Festival tour across South America. Additionally, he embarked on the Forward To Love tour this past September in the United States, promoting his latest album.
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