I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s.
My uncle is from Trinidad, so, ever since I was 7, I grew up listening to Soca, the genre that's from there. It's my favorite sound.
Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.
I like African music but also R&B, rap, alternative rock, and classic.
I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.
I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style.
So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach
I grew up listening to Bob Marley, Jill Scott, Floetry, Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce.
I listened to a lot of reggae music, a lot of Caribbean, a lot of gospel, a lot of rock, a lot of country, hip-hop... you know, so it just gave me perspective when it came to music and what I liked.
When I was little, I was listening to the Beatles, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, and stuff. I had a big soul music culture, and not so much a French one.
I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.
Reggae is vile.
One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.
I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the same community as far as class...they both come from the bottom of society.
I want to do more R&B, more reggae, everything.
When it came to music growing up, it wasn't just gospel and R&B. My uncle brought rock n' roll to me when I was younger, and I loved it. I was open to all music.
The Clash is pretty much my favorite band, and their songs like 'Rock the Casbah' are political dance tracks.
I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett.
The Florida sound would probably be best defined as heavy bass with high energy dance records. There's a strong Caribbean heritage in Florida which features a lot of uptempo music, and the music accents the sexy, body-oriented sound.
Come back, come back, back to Jamaica Don't you know we made a big mistaika We would be so sad if you told us goodbye And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky!
You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.
Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.
When I say dance music, it's anything that makes me want to dance. It could be Timbaland and Missy Elliott, but it could also be disco music and samba music: It's not relying on melody in the same way; it's more about rhythm.
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I prefer black music in general.
