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May 2008 - Although Queen Ifrica is
the daughter of Ska legend Derrick Morgan,
she didn't dedicate this track to him. She
wrote it after hearing about the abuse one
of her friends had to go through.
Bizarre
aspect: there were several demands to have
the track banned from Jamaican Radio when
the track took the waves by storm during the
last part of 2007. In a musical landscape
where slackness (that is: more or less
pornographic lyrics) is accepted, a call
against one of the most evil things one
human can do to another is apparently
disturbing...
Queen
Ifrica is actually one of the few female
Reggae singers who keeps the conscious fire
burning. A thing which is definitely not so
easy. An article by the Canadian Toronto
Star recorded her as saying (about conscious
Reggae):
"From
a young teenager I saw that this side of
the music was dying. Judy Mowatt, Chevelle
and a lot of the other sisters were just
going into the church (and singing
gospel). I'm not knocking them for that;
it's just the pressure of what the
industry gives. If you're not willing to
hold on, then you might find yourself
going to other places."
Fortunately,
Ventrice Morgan isn't giving up and
continues to chant down Babylon and
wickedness. This track is one of her latest
attacks on wickedness.
Check out
the video as well as a 7 minute video report
providing more background on the track, and
read some
CRITIQUE too!
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