7.6.2 a niche within a niche
Nicki and Riri, a Trini and a Bajan are at the top of Global Pop, do they retain a trace of West-Indian'ness?
what do the analytics say about the grimey, foreboding dark grabba + grade folk-music of Jamaica? nobody is listening. all units plays-per-day
global hybrid w/ mega-commercial western/suburban/white edm-rave pop
210000
busy signal
200000
damian marley
quantity is there if you're not bored to tears
jamaica pop (zoukizomba luv)
40000
spice+kartel
8000
alkaline
7000
tommy lee
3100
busy signal
3000
busy signal
3000
busy
2500
busy signal
clearly, Busy Signal despite his impeccable world-leading skill is doomed to a 3000 plays-per-hit-day when not collaborating w EDM superstars
jamaica pop (leftfield & weird)
2600
alkaline
2400
busy signal
600
tommy lee
tommy lee shows a huge differential between his mainstream pop and weird-shit. it's quite hard for Busy to stray far from the land of
high-quality expensive-style
wildcard (UK)
400
gappy ranks
not bad, but why are 3rd-party remixes
better?
"real" dancehall mixtapes
24
SHOKYRME
??
Deablo
28
Nicko Blast
5
KOREXX even endorsed by Delly Ranx. clearly a big ting
met with the same crickets as 2002 "practice hours" evening/late-night deja?