Life of Ken: khari kill

Squeezy Rankin pretending to cut grass in response Jah Bami's claim that he is a grass cutter

So as of 2010, I have heard of this I am local movement. At times passing by a store playing boom champions loudly, or taking a maxi talk of this movement is around. Which to me is the greatest thing for local music, that some movement can be started which will encourage Trinidadians to take pride in their music. Especially so as the reality is that the average youth would gladly listen to Jamaican music as apposed to our own Trinidadian tunes.

Last week, I noticed local music stealing the spotlight in my facebook mini feed. Some local artist dispute, had apparently ticked off enough people for one local artist to produce an original dis track; aimed directly at another artist.

Honestly I applaud the efforts of both parties, for what its worth. I've skimmed through briefly the myriads of facebook comments from everyone from producer, to "Jamaican-Trinidadians" to Squeezy Rankin and Mr. Marvin Walters(Jah Bami) himself. As everyone argues over which side won the clash, who is right and who is following clash rules, who sounds mediocre and who sounds futuristic many fail to realize what's happening before our eyes.

Trinidadian music, for that moment... hour, minute, few seconds has the front and center of our attention on facebook. This is exactly what we want! Is this the correct way to do this, spark enough controversy and depend on the macochious contentious nature of Trinidadians to voice their opinion and share like wildfire whatever bacchanal is at their fingertips?
Honestly we may never know, but I urgently admonish all artist and local industry tycoons involved to take this moment and run with it. On a very basic level this is what we need. Both Jah Bami and Squeezy Rankin boast fan pages which have hardly seen this much attention since its creation. These artiste need to simply record, keep on recording and put it on facebook, youtube, wherever for us to see.

The world is evolving, no longer do you need to wait on the radio to give you airplay, more than half the youngsters do not listen to radio. Give yourself your own airplay. Record your own music, post it for people to see and force yourself mainstream. How many more Soulja Boy\Justin Bieber stories of "discorvery from myspace or youtube" do we need to hear to understand the power of these FREE social media tools?
Facebook,Twitter, Youtube all exist at your service, at your beck and call. Stop running down a "visa" or a Deejay and get your music broadcasted worldwide for yourself!
See the clash videos below, a trend of quick viral upload I hope these artiste continue long after the clash...

These are the clash videos:

If you can't see any videos, see kensambury.com

Squeezy Ranking Started it!