Veteran recording artiste Capleton is not here for the new generation artistes mixing trap music with dancehall.
King Shango said the industry has changed drastically and the once completive industry is now lacking morals as it is easy for anyone to become an artiste these days.
The “That Day Will Come” deejay expressed that trap Dancehall songs tend to be superficial, adding to their basic lyrics, this is one of the many reasons they have short shelf life.
“Them come with a different energy. Di youth dem a Trap and dem a duh some different suppm, yuh understand weh mi a seh? Cause it easy fi a man voice a song… a man can use a finger an voice a song. A man can voice inna him bathroom. A man have him social media; it is so easy now. A man can go just duh anything and …but at di end a day it not authentic. A authentic ting wi a deal wid,” Capleton said during his recent TVJ’s Entertainment Report interview.
He added that due to the lack of authenticity, the music has little value because it would not be remembered as the music of the greats like Bob Marley and Burning Spear.
“You can find a two-months hit or a three-months hit, or a six-months hit, but nobody nuh waa hear it again. All the next hundred years, that’s why Bob Marley and Burning Spear and all a di ancient one dem song today still relevant because dem have substance. Dem song is real; it is authentic,” Capleton said.
The Billboard-charting deejay, whose given name is Clifton Bailey, said he does not see a future for trap Dancehall.
“There couldn’t be a future. And anuh like wi a lick out gainst di yute dem or nuttn, caw di yute dem haffi eat dem food same way. Dem haffi survive; dem haffi duh dem ting, an space a gu deh-deh fi it,” he explained. He added: “but at the end of the day the positive side of the music you must always keep a clean focus on that part.”
Watch full interview below.
