Before Reggae is growing rapidly, the record company only pays the artists recording his songs, without giving them a royalty, which is obviously the musicians Jamaija not benefit from his work, so many musicians who remain hidaupdalam poverty in Jamaica. Not so with the music industry outside of Jamaica, they have implemented a royalty system, which makes the musicians can live off music. When we speak of Reggae, the most recognizable name is the legend, Bob Marley. Musical group, The Wailers, started his career by singing homage to Rocksteady. After a change of tone, Reggae achieve their own unique rhythm. In 1968, the Wailers reached its glory, was recorded as a recording musician equivalent of John Nash, who at that time the most famous soul singer in the United States.
Jamaican political scene at that time was very stressful. Many reggae musicians, including members of The Wailers, Bunny Wailers, recorded as a Rastafarian. Conflicts between people "yout" and "down-pressors" Reggae music penetrated, as Rastafarians at the time. Jamaican Rastafarians claim a Babylonian prison as opposed to the policy of unity and welfare of the people of Jamaica. Furthermore, it is because Jamaican law prohibits the use of marijuana, which is the most important part of the Rastafarian faith.
In the early 1970's, The Wailers eventually signed with Island records in England, and promising them huge royalties they can get. Chris Blackwell, a Jamaican-born producer, was behind the success of their first record. The second recording re-launched a few years later, although the integrity of the Wailers can not be sustained in 1974, and spawned a new group the Wailers, led by Bob Marley. Bob Marley Reggae himself later became icons because of its popularity around the world. African children begin to memorize song lyric from Bob Marley's voice chanting, while other reggae artists trying to work hard to feed themselves. At first American reggae mark as part of the strength of the movement of the black community in the 1980s, after Marley died of cancer, he became a figure well-known artists in the United States.
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