Emancipation Live : The Bob Marley Concert

Hey World! :)

Been on a crazy hiatus for a while [translation: a looooong ass time] but i'm back! My apologies for my deliquent behaviour in managing this blog but you know how crazy life can get.

Well last night (February 7) i attended Digicel's Bob Marley 'Emancipation Live' concert which was held at Emancipation Park. As per usual, i arrived late which is no surprise to my father because he is of the view that i am perpetually late and it will always be that way. ^_^ Hahaha i strongly object! Anyway, i arrived right before Nadine Sutherland was to perform and she was good, still energetic, her voice and delivery was very good. During her performance, i remembered that Buju Banton was missing in action. [Keep your head up Buju!]

Nadine, pictured above enjoying herself on stage.

 

A little later after a band change, came the young general Chronixx and i must say i thoroughly enjoyed it. Enjoyed it so much i found a clip of his performance and i will post that clip after this post. My best friend said he was shocked, according to him i went in military mode and that during his performance it was the loudest he has EVER heard me! *covers face* ^_^ #DontJudgeMe

"... But guess what, Selassi I alone mi salute
All when lie a di trend Chronixx a talk di truth
Say mi nah do weh babylon want mi do ...

All when mi a di only man wid pants pon waiste
Mi nah falla nobody
And when the whole Jamaica a bleach dem face
Mi nah falla nobody"



 

When i saw the poster and read the entertainers for the evening, there was one who puzzled me. I just could not understand the correlation between that performer and the cultural show. Surely, all are welcome to honour Bob Marley for his works but if you consider the type of music the portfolio contains, there is simply no link.  The entertainer to which i refer is Tifa, but then i remembered that she is affiliated with the main sponsor so then it all made sense. The crowd was not very recieving of her performance because apparently they felt the same way as myself. We eventually warmed up to her performance when she sang "It's not that i don't love you, you know how much i do" - Walk Away From Love by Bitty McLean. (The original song is by David Ruffin, from the Temptations). The person i would have been better suited for the show is Queen Ifrica but maybe she had other engagements or simply wasn't asked to perform.

I did love her outfit although.... you know what i'll reserve that comment.

Luciano performed his rendition of 'When The Saints Go Marching In' as well as songs such as 'Sweep Over My Soul', 'Give Praise to Rastafari' and 'It's Me Again Jah'. Good performance. I always love hearing Luciano sing at a live concert because he is one of the few entertainers whose voice sounds the same live, as over a record.

Then at 10:25pm [mind you the concert was slated to end at 10:00pm] came the King of Fire, Capleton on stage with:
                                       "What dey gonna do, when nuff a dem nuh true
                                               Say what they gonna do, dem get slew"

 

It was surely hit after hit and in true fire man fashion, Capleton brought out all the lighters and i even saw a blowtorch lol. It was an energetic set, i don't know who was feeding off of who's energy.
Whether it was Capleton feeding off of his supporters railing energy or the supporters feeding off of the heat Capleton brought to the stage. He sung hits to "bun out di inequity" like 'That Day Will Come', 'Jah Jah City', 'Burning You', 'Or Wah', 'Slew Dem' and for the empresses 'Call Me On The Telephone'.

"Slew dem a pure feelings dem a carry
Dem dun bow aready
And dem cyan seh dem sorry yah"

Burning you, blazing you,
Burning you, we ah go bun dem out"



 

The other performers who i heard were Jermaine Edwards, he brought Omari on during his set and he performed one of my favourite songs 'Help'. Leroy Sibbles had the crowd in a groovy kinda mood, we were all rocking and singing along. I just got to say his voice is still real smooth. I also heard Luton Fyah's performance. I didn't get to watch Ikaya and I-Octane's performance however, so i can't comment on it but i can only assume it was good.

 

Photo credit : SKKAN Media Entertainment

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