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Jamaican Music Videos by Rosemarie Gordon

First, let me say that for me a music video is 'Jamaican' only if:

• If is sung by a Jamaican
• If it is produces by a Jamaican
• If it depicts Jamaica

Trevor Baille, Ras Kassa, Big Daddy, Kevin Lee, Ray Smith, Nordia Rose and Asha Mchail are some of the big names in the Jamaican music video industry. A fairly new industry that got started in the late 1980’s but has grown tremendously.

For me, and a lot of other Jamaicans, the TVJ’s Saturday programme "Where its’ at" back in the days , gave us the opportunity to watch music videos of our favorite tunes.

It was a one hour programme dedicated to just showing both local and international music videos. I think this was Jamaica’s first formal music video programme.

Of course you know that if an artist wants to increase sales on a particular song all they need to do is make a music video.What this does is take his or her music to an audience that would not normally be listening to that particular tune. So the competition now is who is able to produce a music video the fastest.

It is now a lot easier than before to get someone to produce a music video for you. The wealth of raw talent that is available is amazing. And the number of Jamaican cable companies that have designated slots or channels just for showing Of course, there is also the internet with several popular video sites, including youtube that offers free viewing.

Here is a list of some of my favorites...

...My Top Jamaican Music Videos:

Gospel

• Cut it off - DJ Nicholas
• Bible in a di air - Prodigal Son
• Praise I do - Jason Mighty
• Step pon di ememy - Pappa San
• Obeah man pappy show - Goddy Goddy

Reggae

• Rockaway - Beres Hammond
• She is royal - Tarus Riley
• Fly away - Christopher Martin
• Unconditional - Jah Cure
• How come - Morgan Heritage
• Lioness on the rise - Queen Ifrica
• System - Romaine Vergo
• Free - Etana
• Turn your lights down low - Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill
• Live your life - Richie Stephens and Gentleman
• In my life - Jah Vinci

Reggae Fusion

• Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
• Queen Majesty - Heavy D
• Kingston - Elephant Man
• One by one - Laza Morgan featuring Mavado
• Strength of a woman - Shaggy

Dancehall

• Good ole wife - Wayne Marshall
• Gimme de light - Sean Paul
• Murder she wrote - Chaka Demus and Pliers
• Tel me she - Tami Chynn
• Solid as a rock - TOK

Pop

• Frozen - Tami Chynn featuring Akon
• Here comes the hotstepper - Ini Kamoze

This list is of course is no were near the growing list of great Jamaican music videos at are out there. Why don’t you find some time explore the Jamaican music and make a list of your own.

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Posted: 02/27/2012
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