The Tropixs (Kingson, Jamaica) Veteran Dancehall superstars Capleton and Mr Vegas are calling on the genre’s young acts to improve their stage craft.
Over the years numerous Dancehall fans have complained about the live stage performance skills of young entertainers, and now it seems these sentiments are being shared by their veteran peers.
Dancehall veteran Capleton is one of the few speaking up on the issue as he recently offered some much needed advice to his younger peers.
“The problem is that when it comes to delivery, di yute dem haffi go work pon dat. Da part of di craft deh, dem haffi go get it together,’ Capleton said recently during an interview on the Onstage television programme.
“Becaw di people listen di song, and dem hear it pon di tape, or dem hear it pon di video or whatever. And when dem come at a dance or at a stage show, dem yute deh pon di stage an dem naw get da effect deh and dem naw hear di same ting, because through Mellodyne or Autotune put yuh pon key or whateva,” the deejay said.
Capleton’s comments were also echoed by fellow veteran Mr. Vegas, who blasted several of the new Dancehall acts during an Instagram Live post.
“It a affect di whole ting; becaw when people go and see people inna Dancehall can’t perform dem no badda want interested inna it. Yuh can go a stage show and flap an come a talk seh yuh a di baddis. Baddis ting weh?” Vegas had said.
The “Heads High” deejay would go on to lay the blame at the feet of young producers who he claims sometimes relying on computer software such as Keyfinder, Autotune, and Mellodyne to produce music, thus promoting laziness.
“Di man dem not even now when di artiste dem deh pon key… So when di artiste dem go pon stage dem can’t sing it… the artiste no know how fi find back di key pon stage show, so di music sound good and nice when you hear it enuh, but listen it a stage show and a run yuh waa run outta di dance,” Vegas complained.
