–Carleene Samuelsĭancehall dancers popped style over upbeat riddims from the early 2000s through the early 2010s. Banton is currently completing a 10-year prison sentence for drug charges his homecoming, scheduled for 2018, is whispered about in Jamaica like the second coming. “Bogle” outlived its namesake, who was killed in 2005, and it continues to dominate as one of the top songs of 1990s Jamaican music. “Bogle” remains one of the genre’s most popular songs about a dance move, and its instructions are a staple in the Jamaican music diet: “Fling your hands inna di air, then you rock, then you dip/Move to the drum and make your body kick/Step forward and come up back quick.” The Kingston-based Banton is the quintessential dancehall artist, with numerous hits ranging from fun-loving odes to females to more serious issues like political violence and safe sex. With its honoring of the original dance king, Gerald “Bogle” Levy, and its instructional lyrics, Buju Banton had babies, grandmas, and everyone in between leaning back. When “Bogle” dropped in 1992, the whole of Jamaica got dancing. By the end of the chorus, he’s shouting: “Everybody haffi ask me where mi get mi Clarks!” And we’re shouting with him. “Clarks mi prefer,” Kartel responds in a low growl. “Where you get that new Clarks there, daddy?” a young Popcaan asks. In spite of ZJ Chrome’s frenetic production, with its dense snares and cascading horns, Kartel’s vocals move through registers and cadences with uncanny control.
On video, however, he remains rebellious, wearing his Clarks with bandanas, white tees, and exposed tattoos, and without the Kangol hats and collared shirts of yesteryear. Kartel’s hit “Clarks” finds him revisiting one of dancehall’s favorite staples: the British-made desert boot. Which artist currently in prison for murder is also Jamaica’s most creative lyricist of the past two decades? The answer is Adijah “ Vybz Kartel” Palmer from Portmore, Jamaica, an artist as comfortable singing a dirge for the downtrodden as he is busting raunchy, breakneck raps.
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