'Reggae Princess' Nadine Sutherland is imploring the new 'dancehall Gen Zs' to eliminate the 'darkness' in their music and replace it with 'joy'. In an interview with THE STAR , the 90's reggae/dancehall artiste stressed that while it is important to embrace the evolution in music, it's also imperative for musicians to keep the music 'happy and peaceful'. "No disrespect to the new music but it's not joy.
I'm not gonna lie to you, it's not joy. The other day when I did the show in the US and when Buju [Banton] just a draw di chune dem from di 90's, as yuh hear it yuh just feel joyful. Sometimes yuh hear 90's dancehall and is like yuh head tek yuh - is a whole different vibes," shared Sutherland.
"Ding Dong is the only artiste who still personally brings me little joy inna dancehall [because] di dancehall thing just set a way and it just really naah gimmie di joy like it used to; mi love dancehall and mi naah evolve wid dis yah evolution - mi sorry," she said. Sutherland said that when she hears the music, she wants to "feel the intoxication that I used to feel". "I want mi waistline just start bubble; mi waah si di face dem wi mek when wi a bubble because di music suh sweet, like it's hypnotic.
I would really love for that to come back in the music. And I don't mean it have to be fun, fun, fun all di time, but where is it? Wah everybody now a murderer [and] chopper?," she asked. The energetic 56-year-old singer said although she is not in the game to challenge any artistes, sh.