Sound System Culture Quotes

My dad used to play old dancehall records - Cutty Ranks, Ranking Dread, Michael Prophet, these type of dudes.

Grime's always been big at festivals. Grime's always had an underground crew.

I was trying to sound like some of the people I was listening to, like Mala and Coki.

My dad used to play reggae and Afrobeats. Every Sunday, we used to have these records, vinyls. And he would just play all of them - Super Cat, Ninja Man, Buju Banton.

In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the more commercialized stuff, but you always have that segment of music that is always from the core, from the original root of it.

In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people.

The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.

My sister listened to reggae, and my homies listened to trap music.

I used to love jungle. I still think it's the ultimate genre, really, because the people making it weren't musicians.

The energy Major Lazer presents on stage is guided by sound system sessions of years ago.

Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.