The Genuine Article: A review of Grateful by Torch

According to Achis Reggae, B locks. In traditional Dancehall music, there are what I’ve called the Three 3 G’s: Girls, guns & ganja. What I mean when I say that is if you listen to [traditional, have I mentioned TRADITIONAL??] Dancehall music, while you will find songs about topics beyond those three, those are, far and away, the most popular that songs from the genre center around. Furthermore, you’re likely to almost NEVER find a song which doesn’t incorporate at least one of the three in some fashion or another. I won’t spend a similar amount of time explaining it but if you listen to Soca music at all, I don’t have to tell you the concept of “jump, wave & misbehave” or any of its… thousands of infectious incantations or full blown albums. When it comes to Roots music, there’re also a number of very basic and foundational concepts that anchor the music to a large degree. One of them is omnipresen