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The Blessing Of Bob Marley

10/20/2022

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The blessing of Bob Marley

On top of being famous for locks, ganja smoke, Jamaica, Hope Road, Nine Mile, Trench Town, football, love, RasTafari was the core of this beautiful soul that is Robert Nesta Marley.  I still say "is" because that lovely energy still encircles the planet, oozing into newer generations of our children

Hermon "Woody" King, my uncle, had a friendly relationship with Bob and as a youth I crossed path with Alan Skill Cole as well, one time Wailers manager and arguably Jamaica's greatest baller, some place up in Red Hills playing football.  Back then, Alan Cole was a bigger superstar to me and many youths over Bob Marley, as we all worshipped football. I believe the year was either '74 or '75 making me fourteen to fifteen years old.  I was just good enough as a youth to get a game cause de big man dem doh like running wid likkle bwoy pon de field

Bob was just another player on the field

At that time, I had no idea how impactful he already was

RasTafari energy to the world with a humble spirit full of love

Draw brakes!  The man is as fallible as you or I, just as full of shit with bad ways, yet the love and humility he has, transcends through time itself still affecting us in positive ways today

Forty-two years since his passing and his energy is celebrated in all four corners

The tour is here in Toronto, Canada and a good friend purchased two tickets and off we went

Truthfully, I had zero intention to go to the event because I have lived my truth.  A truth that includes a time when Marley was basically banned on the radio in Jamaica because of his "radical" views based in RasTafari, who are still vilified in Jamaica yet greatly respected globally.  I did not wish to be at an event commercially gaining profits yet no profits shared to those Bob is still singing about today

In this past week, Jamaicans at home are about to lose access to a beach named, wait for it, The Bob Marley Beach, which the residents cleared away stones for themselves.  Most of the beaches on the island will not cater to the people of Jamaica

Black people in their own country cannot access most of the beaches since the 70s based on colonizer abuse and prejudice

The Bob Marley Beach is now about to shun Jamaican born people...  The degration by the colonizer don't change, even if they are selling his products on a worldwide tour

I used to get so angry and cuss somebody / everybody

Now, I'm grateful the world still celebrates this beautiful spirit because truly, that is his real power.  His ability to reach loving, spiritual souls who resonate the same frequency of love.  Mek dem keep dem money as we continue to celebrate upful livity.  That livity transcends across decades now

Mi nah chat bout turn nuh cheek.  Not one rass!

I'm taking the lead of my elders, Jack, Woody, Skill, Bob, Peter, Bunny, Bob and Horace Andy, Miss Lou and Nanny, Marcus, The Gong... they didn't just cry about the pertinent abusive issues, they kept it moving, creating and carving out their own spaces on the planet, affecting the times in which they lived and examples going forward

"Lord I gotta keep on moving...Lord they coming after me"

Prophetic

He kept moving.  Don't let the babylonian be our only focus

Stick to your mission

The positive energy of RasTafari elevates our planet and one of its greatest disciples is still spreading that love today and for that, I am forever grateful

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876ers

10/17/2022

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876ers 

Jamaicans love Jamaica 

Man like Leonard Percival Howell and Marcus Mosiah Garvey encourage my thoughts to a more entrepreneurial existence even within the corruption of the matrix 

I man love the mandingo mentality of my visions of some of I and I ancestors like Three Finger Jack who targeted and killed many of his white oppressors... singlehandedly 

Calm down 

That fear of black people taking brutal revenge may be a solution by Jack yet history has proven this to be an isolated case.  I feel like the general consensus is that we'd prefer to live freely within our spaces, even if you cannot relate to them and just "live" 

No war, no hate, just live 

Live up 

Yeah, a it dat 

Hence I am aware of the centuries long colonial abuses are brought to the population directly by the governments over the years that serve the crown 

They do not serve Jamaicans 

They impose the will of the colonizer to Jamaicans 

They treat the majority of Jamaicans like shit as you can see from the employment rates since the 70s as well as the escalation of gun crime and murder 

All of this is orchestrated 

All of it 

Wi still love Jamaica 

We are unable to remove that powerful choke hold of the colonizer in this futile fight for human decency and respect 

Mi nah "fight" 

Nuh fight at all 

I will celebrate the spirit of the mandigo 

The spirit of the Maroons, currently being abused by the colonizer planted government, who are consistent in their stance to protect their rights as free humans 

The 876ers merchandise promotes this ideology for independent thought and upliftment of the people of Jamaica and the people of the planet 

We are not anti-goverment, we are pro love 

Yeah 

Pro love

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Mally Bless Album Review ~ In Love With Livin

10/7/2022

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True to form, this humble lion praises H. I. M. Emperor Haile Selassie l, from the initial tune "Wanna Be" and a theme through the entire album as well

Lyrically conscious, strong, strong production, the first listen as sweet as the seventh

Congratulations Marlon Lovemore for your vision and positive energy which is currently resonating in so many ways and now this album, "In Love With Living".  The title track is uplifting and well fresh, and baseline... terrible!!!!  A real skanking chune!  I believe you!  You are in love with living

Nex anthem chune, "Reggae Music"...  Beat I man congo to dah track yah.  Real nice tribute dada

"Fallin" a brother ovastanding a path where woman and man build a team.  A message to share to everyone

R. I. P. Deeply loving anthem for anyone who loses anyone. Ites up Gloomy's heart-felt collab on this track.  The cultures of reggae and hip hop outta Toronto flows nice on this one

"New World Order" truthful, conscious and highly intuitive.   The essence of reggae music is truth.  This reggae / dancehall vibe amplifies this soulful energy.  Big chune dada

"So Much Joy" a collab with wife Tonya P is as real as it gets.  I personally get to watch it happen and find it an upliftment to the community around us.  Sell off love track

Track numba 13, bonus track, "Lovemore" is exactly who this lion is.  He wants to give us all love and actually lives it in real life.  This president of Easy Going Towing, gets only 5 star ratings because of this love.  He has it for everyone!

Thank you, as my idrin, I can brag about your album to the world and whomever wishes to listen

***We do not do album reviews so please do not send me your music.  Not a disrespect thing.  I need organic responses.  Bless ***

Mally Bless on IG: 
https://www.instagram.com/imallybless/

​Below is their company Easy Going Towing.  De Natty a guard wi pon de highways fe real
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Mally Bless Album Release Triumph

9/30/2022

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Mally Bless Album Launch 


A true highlight to the reggae year of 2022 was the event hosted last evening by The Starliners crew, Tonya P and Mally Bless and their team at 3030 Dundas 

The evening was blessed 

Sooooo many folks from all parts of the industry showed up on a Thursday night to support this crew of friends and peers who are truly elevating Canadian reggae culture 

Big props to the culture of RasTafari presence, in the face of what we are living inna Babylon in this time 

Major props to Briggidier Kingsly of Jah International for PROPER selections last evening.  De selecta had me dancing whole night long 

I love the ascetic of a live band 

I love the sound of a live band 

What a blessing to dance to live reggae music.  It is a gift to preserve 

The Starliners band of Yezer Root on bass, drummie O'Neil Fuller, guitsy Laza and Wiz on keys was truly fire.  Empress Harmony and Shanty Sweets are a dangerous Duo and sweeter as a trio with Tonya P 

A night like this truly elevates all in the room as well as the Canadian reggae vibez 

Mally Bless album is fire  

Performance up 

Musical arrangement up 

Big love to individual performances by Tonya P, Empress Minott, Ras Malkam, Elijah de Leader, Empress Harmony & Shanty Sweets who helped to lift the vibez even higher with their presentations 

Mally Bless, a conscious, humble man with a message of love, defiance  fight and RasTafari energy uplifted all in the room.  He had the crowd with him from beginning to end of his set, starting with a nyabinghi, RasTafari chant.  Performance top a top! 

I bought his album / CD 

Proud of I n I purchase 

I said it before and will say it once again, if you / we wish to rise as a culture, let us all push this Starliners crew forward as they are truly elevating us 

RasTafari guidance
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Feel Reggae Recap

9/29/2022

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​I feel like a few more folks are ovastanding the merit in the "building our own table" concept 


It is prudent to protect and to elevate one's self in this jungle of life 

I will continue to share these thoughts of independence even within the belly of the beast.  We do need to survive but what are you / we willing to concede to achieve these goals? 

The talent is unquestionable for some 

How do we export our music to other provinces? 

How do we connect to Torontonians who wish to hear and to purchase our music? 

Where is our pipeline to selling our music internationally? 

As we have established on several occasions, reggae music has been in Canada for 60 years now and its lack of support range into several excuses by old, white racist men and women, giving us lines like, 

1.  "Reggae is too mainstream for us to give funding" 

"If it were so mainstream, why aren't we hearing it on the radio?" I says, and there is an awkward silence 

2.  "Reggae is indigenous to Jamaica, its not Canadian, so we cannot fund it".  Another racist ass, side step, to avoid investing in Canadians.  Us! 

3.  "Reggae is Jamaican, so we can't play it on our radio stations" 

4.  "Reggae does not suit our formatting".  My favorite, vague, bullshit excuse of the most racist kind 

I'm sure I've forgotten the myriad of reasons and excuses that I have received over the years 

The bullshit is 60 years and going 

But I was built to listen to all of that fuckery and still choose to create my own space and I encourage others to see these things as they present themselves and to respond accordingly and seek fiscal upliftmet today as well as for future generations 

I give props to Toronto Reggae's, Jason McLean, working on something "reggae" for over a decade now.  I knew that this dude Jason was a reggae nerd like me, mindlessly working on our culture every single day 

Again I send big love to Mally Bless and Tonya P whose efforts in the last couple of years of the Starliners Entertainment company have truly elevated the culture 

There are more good folks out there doing the good works and we should be connecting those dots and growing this even more 

Big up Emile Reed of The Boxing Loft, as venues for live reggae music are not easily accessible in these times and the BL has been a refuge for the culture 

Props to Music Ontario for seeking inclusion to this reggae culture and supporting this event.  Blessings Emy and Matt 

It was awesome to speak with DillanPonders, an independent artist, successfully moving though the music industry, giving us insights on mindset, determination, work ethic and a willingness to stand alone and let your own personality / brand be the only focus 

All of these pitfalls are real but they do not need to be our focus 

My thoughts are on creating a path that fiscally benefits and rewards the time and effort that we invest in our culture 

Our next Feel Reggae event will be Saturday, 29th October, details to come
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FEEL REGGAE SEMINAR ~ September, 24th

8/31/2022

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On Saturday, 24th September, 2022, we host another installment of a Feel Reggae as we find a path to traverse in this tricky and treacherous music industry, to create opportunities for an upliftment of the culture inna Canada

We have in the past been blessed with performances by Michie Mee, Fergus Hambleton (Sattalites), Mojah, the founding member of Truths & Rights, Blessed, Carl Harvey (Toots & The Maytals and Messenjah), Peter Holung, IBADAN, Belinda Brady, Blessed, Jason Wilson, SunRay Grennan, David Kingston. Michael St. George and of course, The Dub Chronicles

Within these performances we discuss everything from the roots of the music to the business of the music

Our guest interview this seminar, is Dillanponders, who one might consider an independent yet established artist, within the genre of Hip Hop with a bit f reggae flavor, s he is the son of Canadian Reggae World, JuLion.  Our goals is the glean his knowledge of an independent artist in Canada, working within, around and through the shitstym that we find ourselves in, trying to sell our music


www.instagram.com/dillanponders/

Belinda Brady will also be joining the panel to discuss parts of her journey to date and to impart possible solution/s and ideas

www.instagram.com/belindabrady1/




There will be a performance by The Dub Chronicles, my brothers in dub.  This band consists of three brothers, Ryan, Craig and Jonathan Rattos, true students of jazz and dub
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As a special treat, we host the final segment as an OPEN MIC.  The brothers have practiced three (3) riddims, Sleng Ting, Far East and The Heavenless riddims.  Those are the riddim options for the open mic portion

www.instagram.com/thedubchronicles/

3:00pm ~ Doors Open
4:00pm ~ Host {JuLion} Intro
4:30 - 5:00pm ~ Belinda Brady
5:00 - 5:30pm ~ Dillanponders
5:30 - 6:00pm ~ Q&A
6:00 - 6:30pm ~ Break & Mingle
6:30 - 7:30pm ~ Dub Chronicles & Friends {Ruth Mathiang}
7:30 - 8:00pm ~ Open Mic {Three available riddims,, Sleng Ting, Far East & Heavenless Riddims, listed below}

Open Mic Etiquette:  No disrespectful lyrics / no hogging the mic, 20 - 30 seconds on the mic unless the room is with you / don't try to promote your album / respect to all artists

* Public parking lot a few steps away on Queen Street, west of Elm Grove
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Click on logo to register and get discounted ticket
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23rd August, 2022 ~ CRW Newsletter

8/23/2022

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Slingshot aka Andrew Dillon / King Turbo asked a question about how to gain more corporate support for reggae music

Great question

We are all fully aware of the global popularity as well as the impact of the music and the fact that said corporations use the genre to sell products from cereal, to fashions, alcohol, movies and cars... for themselves

"They" know the impact

They know to use it for their purposes

We need to achieve our success away from the corporation.  We need to bond together and create our own energy

Honor, respect, integrity & nobility

That's most of our paths sought in our love for this musical genre of reggae

Part of it is to bun de vampire which includes corporations and governments

Honor, respect, integrity & nobility are not things corporations nor governments tend to promote

The love we seek must come from real ones

Ourselves

#reggaeforlife

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The Dub Chronicles & Mally Bless Album Release
 realrootsradio.net

My current source for reggae music, message music and consciousness

I initially got hooked when Roots Scientist played an awesome tribute to "Sleepy" Horace Andy, a true icon inna de game, whose music I respected even from youth days.  He then dropped a conscious Burning Spear tribute, teaching of the message/s behind the music.  I then listened from time to time and an idrin Mr. Chris I believe his name was, had me bouncing to some conscious roots for another two hours

Link them up, you won't be disappointed 
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Saturday, 20th August, 2022

8/20/2022

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Album launch by idrin Mally Bless
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​Roots Scientist Marcus Garvey tribute

Jamaica has a way of honoring great men that they had a hand in abusing while these men were alive.  We have spoken recently of the abuses to Leonard Percival Howell being forcibly taken to Bellevue Hospital for the insane for shock treatments trying to sell the narrative of the Gong being a madman.  Now dem a honor de madman

Marcus Mosiah was eventually pushed out of Jamaica by the government and died of pneumonia in England, some saying as a broken man

Yet they honor the great one
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Rightfully so

Their honor and integrity in life shines through in their death

We are grateful to Garvey and the Gong

{Click on graphic to listen to two hours of conscious tunes and knowledge by the Roots Scientist outta the UK}

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Reggae Lane

Some day, certainly not today nor currently, Reggae Lane will be in the hands of "reggae people"

"The first roadway in the world named from Reggae music"

I am truly grateful for Reggae Lane in Toronto, Canada.  It has the potential to revitalize the reggae love here and be a source of unity / unification, of our reggae energy here as well as globally

I see Reggae Lane as a beacon from Canada to the world someday

This logo is mine... maybe someday to be all of ours

My Reggae Lane love

This can be purchased online and delivered anywhere, to your doorstep, in Canada and the US

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August 15th, 2022 ~ Howell Version

8/15/2022

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Leonard Percival Howell ~  The First Rasta

Jamaica's colonial servants, Sir Alexander Bustamante and many others in government / parliament, justice system and police, all treated The Gong as a madman, daring to give legitimacy of a truly royal birthright, from the houses of David and Solomon, biblically as well as historically, to H. I. M. Emperor Haile Selassie l, the King of Kings 

A black God is God 

The energy of RasTafari swelled globally through disciple Robert Nesta who delivered prophetic and simple truths, through the wisdom and guidance of RasTafari that are as relevant today as in the past 

Historical, biblical or spiritual arguments aside, RasTafari has become a global symbol of honor, love and peace and Leonard Percival Howell deserves all accolades 

He was an honorable man who loved himself and his fellow Jamaicans.  He created the community of Pinnacle, which catered to over five thousand, 5,000, self sustained black people 

The colonial cowards have whittled Pinnacle into real estate for the rich today 

Colonialist whimp Bustamante, persecuted and murdered innocent Jamaican people who glorified a black God.  That coward is no hero to me.  No Jamaican "leader" who murders innocent Jamaicans can ever be a hero to me 

Bustamante is Jamaica's greatest coward 

Now the descendants of the coward Bustamante, honor the The Gong, 41 years past his death 

In life they committed him to Bellevue Hospital for the insane, reportedly giving him a series of shock treatments over several years, trying to prove their propaganda saying Howell was a "madman" 

Now the same cowards honor the same madman 

His greatness was always undeniable.  Teaching ourselves and our children knowledge of the past helps to instill honor and integrity needed in society in this day 

The same cowards poison the water in Cockpit Country as they attack the maroon population 

Under the circumstances, we do not need the accolades towards Mr. Howell on one hand as they destroy Cockpit country on the other hand.  The compassion showed to Mr. Howell 41 years past death, needs to be shown to the maroon population today 

We already knew Mr. Howell was a great man 

The colonial government in office today apologized for the abuses in Corral Gardens, by Bustamante as they attack the maroons of Cockpit country 

Their hypocrisy is the same 

We must stop rejoicing with the colonial master honoring a great one whom we already know to be great.  We do not need their validation of Leonard Percival Howell.   What we need is more honorable behavior from Jamaica's governments.  We need them to stop poisoning the water in Cockpit Country 

We need honorable behavior all around 

RasTafari 

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Ites up Roots Scientist outta de UK, tribute to Yabby You, playing conscious rockers
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CRW Newsletter August, 2022

8/12/2022

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Niagara Falls lights failed attempt at honoring Jamaican independence

"Niagara Fail"

The colors were of RasTafari

I'm sure that the organizers, some truly ignorant or highly evolved humans, believe that the colors of red, gold and green, deeply connected to RasTafari happen to be the official colors of Jamaica

RasTafari does preach independence from colonial shackles so it is more accurate to gravitate there as Jamaica's independence has been tokenism to the island since 6th August, 1962

How can you honor a nation and get the colors of their flag wrong?

RasTafari is a truly significant, spiritual energy that eminates from Jamaican culture and deserves great respect globally, and the subliminal thought by the Niagara Falls organizers must be that it is all one and the same

It isn't

The colors of the Jamaican flag, for any other non-Jamaican, is black, gold and green

Black, gold and green


Kingston Festival debacle 

In the aftermath of the festival negativity as unsafe, overcrowded, poor sound, no sound, isn't acceptable in this time of technology 

Reggae music deserves the proper respect if one decides to take on the mantle and present it publicly 

This event is a reflection on all of us as we do not demand the respect from those who choose to promote reggae events 

Respect is due 

To the same promoter and to anyone else involved in the culture, we elevate our integrity and honor and the profits will become even greater for all 

Popcaan, Shensea and any other top artists will seek Canadian shores as it is obviously clear that there is a rabid market here to watch them perform 

Treat them and us the fanbase with respect please

​Jah guide
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Support the Starliners program as their works elevate the Canadian Reggae culture for all concerned

Canada has never had an effective, progressive, homegrown infrastructure selling the music of the collective

Never, ever

Mally Bless and Tonya P efforts elevate the culture

I suggest we all get behind and push them forward

Starliners IG: https://www.instagram.com/starlinersentertainment/​
Tonya P:  https://www.instagram.com/tonyapmusic/​
Mally Bless:  ​/www.instagram.com/imallybless/
The Dub Chronicles, the dub brothers, Ryan, Craig & Jonathan Rattos, pictured here with, Naiomi Cowan, bring a wide range of dub vibez to the Toronto massive.  If you into this stylee, this is a great event to check out

Follow them on IG: ​https://www.instagram.com/thedubchronicles/
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Find me on IG:  www.instagram.com/canadianreggaeworld/
Twitter: twitter.com/JuLionKing
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If you fulljoy the vibe and content of this newsletter, and wish to encourage the works that we provide, feedback and etransfer can both be made to [email protected]

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