Fred Locks On Why Elder Rastafari Hated Reggae And Bob Marley Carrying Rastafari To The World

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[@R1M1r1m1]

Without reggae I probably would not have learned about Marcus Garvey, apartheid, and Africa in general until later on in life. Reggae has indirectly influenced me to complete the circle and move back to the motherland.

[@user-wt7qg1sd5v]

Idk bro, you probably should also read. I learned about all that from reading, documentaries and just being black. I didnt need any external impetus being a Black West Indian to want to learn more about African history & culture.

[@R1M1r1m1]

@@user-wt7qg1sd5v I was a child when I was introduced and when I was a little older of course I read. Don't be so presumptuous. There are many adults today who don't know about Nelson Mandela, Marcus Garvey, Haile Selassie etc. If they heard the music when they were younger when they got older something would have clicked and they would be able to answer simple questions like do you know who such and such is?

[@PaulFos]

​@@R1M1r1m1truth. And it's reggae which led many to read, research and discover important things.

[@keys6]

​@@R1M1r1m1very true...and this prompts people to grab that book and learn so more!!! Music is very powerful in conveying messages.. spoken and unspoken...

[@keys6]

​@@PaulFosexactly !!!!

[@mikeymystic3030]

Hail Fredlocks ,, ever fwd,, you are one of the Ras who never change and stay original,,, Mikey Mystic say bless up,,,

[@Nkosi766]

It’s always a pleasure to listen to Fred Locks . Sensible talk.

[@dubchemistsound841]

Sound system have done miracles for reggae. Before pirate radio no radio would play reggae music, not the hard-core rubadub king tubby style. It was Sound systems that brought the music to England straight from Jamaica to us

[@Oleeo-eu8zq]

So both Bob Marley and Bruce Lee walked the same path of bringing hidden yet vital knowledge to the world...

[@LionofJudah]

Excellent reasoning King! 🦁🙏🏽👑❤️

[@delroyjohnson601]

Nyahbingi bun out artists who try to help the movement, some of these elders do more damage to the movement. Bob gave them a center in Porus.

[@oliverlaw02]

Rastas who read who and believe the Bible are just one of over 45,000 different Christian groups and denominations worldwide.

[@MojoRising-oi9ef]

⁠@@oliverlaw02True. And more than 10 different Protestant denominations in Jamaica. Christianity is by far the dominant religion in Jamaica, about 70%. And only 1.1% adherents to Rastafarian. Sometimes I get the impression from media that there are 100% Rastafarians in Jamaica.😊

[@mikemccool7575]

As an American, I’ve been listening to reggae, Blues, jazz, hip hop and rock and roll for most of my life. I’ve only recently begun to realize that these styles of music all originated in the same place. The West African people were scattered around the globe due to the slave trade. But their musical traditions all found their way to American audiences and ROCKED our shores

[@ireneinspirations]

Not just West Africans: Africans throughout the entire continent, were en slaves and chained in ships 🚢 to the Americas…..

[@nestorgarcia5926]

Rasta no Hate. HATE is not Rasta

[@SeabonPalmer-lk4jz]

Same way

[@MsWildberry1]

Last year South Africa awarded Peter Tosh their highest honour for his work against Apartheid. Peter is an Emporer. How many artists have countries honoured? Fred lock so much love. ❤️💛💚🖤

[@jacquelinewelch7635]

🇯🇲Elder Fred Locks🦁🎤🎶♥️🇯🇲

[@rastaman39]

The great Bob Marley taught me so much may he RIP

[@user-wt7qg1sd5v]

As a huge Sizzla fan, it's ironic that the Bobos would bun Bob & Peter, but Sizzla is accepted. It shows times have changed. Cause for every great song like 'Black Woman & Child' 'Praise Ye Jah' etc...Sizzla would also throw in a bunch of slackness WAY WORSE than Marley 'Give it to dem, de oman have de fat fat punanny & yuh give it to dem'... 'Come Fly with me'- Foxy Brown, etc etc. As many women as Bob was with, he at least never made braggy songs about it, or blatantly talked about pum pum. The slackness culture that started in the mid 80s, became so pervasive that even 'conscious' artists started throwing it in their lyrics & even rastas more accept it as the norm of the day I guess

[@judahasante]

Who said Bobo accept Sizzla? They don't accept him. Everytime when I'd go to a Bobo service they would bun Reggae and bun Sizzla but that is wrong of them to do that because without Reggae the world wouldn't know Rastafari

[@asherbendavid59]

Bobo bun rizzla

[@jamiesimms7084]

That's funny ​@@asherbendavid59

[@MelanatedMedia]

Every religion have a radical side. The bobo are radical.

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

You made me think of Everton Blender- Slackness with this comment 🔥 🇪🇹

[@sherrieshetters2822]

Fred Locks is a talented legend of Jamaica. I understand his reasoning , but if it had not been for Bob Marley i would never had the enjoyment i receive from Raggae music. Big up Fred Locks

[@Stefan_Johansson]

Yes , Fred Locks a tell the true story - big up - and Rasta should not judge - every man a free , I and I are humans , nah color thing pure Love and Jah

[@user-wt7qg1sd5v]

I love that you are telling this. It shows that we are not a monolith. And narratives that people like Bob are automatically accepted by everyone is false. Of course Bob Marley was commercial. And he was keenly aware of what would work on the pop/crossover charts. He also had great messages. And consorted with killers, criminal & sociopathic murderers like Tek Life etc. Like most humans, he was a mixture of good, neutral and bad.

[@mikemccool7575]

Those reggae legends ALL grew up listening to American music and admiring artists like James Brown and Jackie Wilson. I’m sure Bob valued his American audiences and didn’t want to just keep the beautiful music of the island confined to Jamaica

[@Richielion2]

Why do so many people think they own the truth? You don't know nothing unless you lived it or sat at the man's table. The only commercial advantage I can see, is that everyone around Bob Marley was trying to benefit from his name after he passed. Bob didn't care bout the money, cause he didn't even make up a will. Everyone now has a story, even making a movie about him. They even have speakers, clothing and a coffee brand with his name on it. His purpose was to spread music and the message, not to spread money. And yes, he was human.

[@georgesmith1155]

While not knowing the depth of your knowledge about Bob, why you would say he "consorted with killers, criminal and sociopathic murderers," but if you know anything about inner city living it puts you in spaces and environments where you have to coexist with the people around you while trying to figure out your livity without being sidetracked by theirs. Hence, the association may not be an endorsement of one behavior but the mere coincidence of occupying the same space at the same time.

[@647boss2]

Love this reply!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@647boss2]

This Idol worship needs to stop...Bob was not a Saint and knew exactly what he was doing down to intentionally making more 'popular' style music. This may not fit your narrative of man worship but it us true. We all love Bob music but too many of you like to contrive history to suit your attachment...let it go.😂😂😂​

[@fransdehaan3911]

In the sixties Fred Locks was a member of a vocal group The Lyrics. They did some very nice recordings for Studio One.

[@hughlowe4431]

Big ups to Freddie locks

[@delroyjohnson601]

Bringing Rasta to the world 🌎, some a these elders wanted to keep Rasta in dem backyard.

[@user-wt7qg1sd5v]

I think u misunderstand their point. They would probably argue that what was brought to 'the world' was the commercial idea of Rasta being Bob Marley Tshirts, or wearing Ice/Gold/Green hats made in China. While you also eat meat & chase all the animalistic desires of Babylon. (Do you think that most of the people at a reggae concert who answer "Jah" with "Rastafari".... while holding up a Guiness or Heneiken are actually living the Rasta way?)

[@delroyjohnson601]

@@user-wt7qg1sd5v we're talking about the message getting out, the twelve tribes for example didn't want their members to record. How would the message be spread if the artists didn't record!?

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

​@@delroyjohnson601the same way Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism were spread I guess. They did not use Music. I'm only guessing.

[@user-wt7qg1sd5v]

@@delroyjohnson601 Define 'getting the message out'. Because some would argue it's better to have 5000 legit practitioners than 5 million who wear Tshirts, yell our 'Jah Rastafari', then go home to drink rum, eat Burger King & chase ALL the shiny material objects of Western culture.

[@MojoRising-oi9ef]

Historically, “getting the message out” for the religions has usually meant using brutal force and/or intricate manipulation to impose the tellings/stories, teachings, rules, “law” and doctrines upon people by the ruling powers. Just think about how the colonial powers used their version of Christianity to make ruling easy in our not too distant past. Religion is a very efficient tool for ruling over humans, even today, because we humans desperately need something to believe in, in order to compensate for the often harsh reality of being. It doesn’t need to have anything to do with reality or facts at all, as long as it gives us hope. A human without hope is nothing. Luckily, Marcus Garvey and the Rastafarian community inspired Bob Marley (and many others) to rather bring the message out in the form of peace, love, livity and reggae music, deeply rooted in African culture and history. And thanks Jah for that…❤️💛💚

[@georgeoney8885]

Fred Locks has had tremendous knowledge since I met him in NY during the 80s. He is one breddren that that has been consistent and has led the way. Much Respect: Little Georgie/Queens

[@judahasante]

Only Rastas I ever heard bun Reggae is the Bobo Shanti because they don't deal with it. Funny thing is I never heard Emmanuel or read anything with Emmanuel saying he bun Reggae. Even Capleton said he went to see Emmanuel in 93 or 94 and Emmanuel never shun him. Reggae is not Babylon. Reggae is about love Righteousness and black people roots and culture. Without Reggae ppl worldwide wouldn't know about Rastafari.

[@647boss2]

Yes Judah mi likkle bredda! Bongo Wattu the Nyahbhingi Incient and Co-founder bun out reggae from before Emmanuel. It is Planno weh push dem...

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Akae Beka- African Liberation Talk 🎶 🇪🇹

[@georgesmith1155]

Man; like Fred Locks's perspective is golden they have traveled the two sides of the bridge and know the struggle and tribulation of the divide between the two worlds where people like us outsiders would not see nor understand not being immersed into the culture at that livity while trying to find their relevance in it. This opened a new understanding for me not knowing the inner struggles of the old and the new converging in that space where they think they belong but were not readily accepted by their own kind while still being pressured by the outside force of society.

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Akae Beka- Who will go for us 🔥 🎶 🇪🇹. I thank the most high Jah for sending Vaughn Benjamin in I times.

[@butterflyblessbless5836]

I concur with all of what he has said ❤️💛💚🖤Yes I 🙏🏾Give Thanks Elder Fred Locks

[@jubai12345]

thank you FredLocks for the memories

[@madedigital]

He maded some good points...i will remember them.

[@clementplummer7238]

Blessed we live a Germany 🇩🇪 every morning dem play a bob up here thanks

[@rastula8708]

Raspect Fred Locks I had the opportunity to video chat with the great fred locks ❤️💛💚

[@johntom8291]

Rastafari is Livity Reggae is muzik😎

[@Huford-l2l]

Yes Fred...the truth must be said.

[@aishaashanti4403]

Fred Locks Blessed Love ❤️💛💚🖤

[@fistus100]

Fred locks one of the founders of reggae artist

[@africaRBG]

great stuff

[@rareroots]

These walls are gonna fall in this a concrete jungle ✌️🇯🇲

[@1TruGODreality]

Those that drink of the old wine have no place for the new, and the stone at the head of the corner is the same stone the builders refused. Bunny Wailer Blackheart man

[@noirnoble1181]

Them older ras was simply ignorant, its them same one who did'nt want the princess & queens to chant nyahbinghi as if them don't know that Nyahbinghi was a warrior queen.

[@XWNLOX]

Agree 100%.

[@highthoughts1]

My Father Negus 1, who trod with Emanuel 1 and Planner before heading west, said that the Reggae Rasta compromise the sacred ises. They sold the ises and ises are not to be sold. This is because they sold Iyabinghi chants in their commercial songs. It was seen as sacrilege, and disrespectful to the Most High. Even Bob and Luciano have songs that sell ises.

[@elliegriffin9879]

*PERFECT LOVE GREETINGS 💚💛❤️..IS YOUR FATHER Ras Negus I WHO TROD TO OUR RIGHTFUL CONTINENTAL HOME/ Ethiopia WITH HIS EMPRESS?..OR ANOTHER Ras Negus I?.. BLESSED LOVE🔥💜🔥*

[@highthoughts1]

@@elliegriffin9879 Same one. I see him as my spiritual Father, so I call him my father as he refers to me as his son. Iyah Markie. I was always there to fulfil my role and receive the wisdom at the same time. He went to Ithiopia with Mama Dor...and he told me great things about Tony Rebel, which I remain eternally thankful.

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Akae Beka- Do my best 🎶 🇪🇹 🔥

[@drmikebluez]

Captions needed for everybody else... 😂

[@LadyRootzTV]

He's just roots....Seen.....💚💚💚💚

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

It wasn't necessary Bob Marley who brought reggae to the mainstream, and to the world, it was 2 producers from the states that made his reggae tunes more pop-ish sounding so it could be played on the radios.

[@dubsounds]

Bunny Failure Bob Folly Peter Slush. Me fellow Jamaicans. That describes us right deh suh. We cannot hide. May as well just acknowledge that we sick. But me love unuh enuh.

[@noirnoble1181]

@dubsounds. Speak fi yuhself alone & admit dat yuh "sick" NOT "we."

[@Carvalhouk]

When I heard this I'm sorry I had to 😂

[@XWNLOX]

@dumbsounds

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Everton Blender- Bob Marley 🎶 🔥

[@matokaknox971]

I learn something, yes.

[@shabaka4555]

❤ 💪 🔥 ONE-LOVE PEACE UNITY AND PAN-AFRIKANISM FOREVER!! I-N-I MUST UNITE!!HAIL-JAHRASTA-FARI!! 🇯🇲 ❤ 🇪🇹

[@ChadBromwell]

PURE”

[@LionOfKingston]

Truth be told. Reggae is commercial for the European. Nyahbinghi is the true sounds

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Akae Beka- Feel no way 🎶 🔥 🇪🇹

[@rasloveandrade4430]

❤️💚💛🖤🏁🏁🏁Rastafari One Order !!!

[@michelrood2966]

"Bunny faillure ,Peter slush and Bob folly " 😅

[@peterlotering3447]

yeah man without reggae and weilers the world will knew nothing about rasta, Selasie Marcus Garvey and more

[@natty.roots.423]

R E A S O N I N G.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

"Reggae music is a Babylon thing"' ?? I know everyone has their own opinion, including some Rastas, but just let me say that I disagree. Roots reggae was a very righteous music. Respect to Fred for this interesting information. I hope he doesn't think his great album Black Star Liner was a "Babylon thing"

[@dcz9490]

Everywhere it is same, old hate new…unnu drink up the old wine have no place for the new mind

[@Junior-p3c2k]

It took a long time then came Barry g , and Michael Campbell the dread at the control tower

[@Owen-d3j]

Yes, I remember that dread at the control, keeping so much people up at night. We just can't go to sleep without listening to the dread at the control ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂.

[@ceetvjamaica5094]

Are these people idiots? Bun Peter, Bob and Bunny yet hug up Sizzla and others? Damn!

[@culturedat]

The elder especially bongo watto, was right about reggae music. True, reggae music is the messenger of Rastafari but did pollute the culture in the long run in a world view sense

[@diaprojectdiss2142]

More energy went into breeding up white women in Europe and the US than in building up the black family in Africa and the Caribbean.

[@Owen-d3j]

I just want to say ,no body is perfect, Bobo play there part in remember our African self. I will take a little from you and a little from you, eany thing to make Africa better I am with it. Ours people been suffering far too long. All black people should just focus on Africa. We can't let the devil win. Rise and shine African people from all over the world. ❤love from Jamaica.

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Akae Beka- African Liberation Talk listen 🎶 🔥 🇪🇹

[@hazelarcher5619]

Jeliousy plain and simple after all these years Bob has been gone there is no gegga singer to match him and never will be so try to live with it there is nothing you can do, life can be cruel Bob is the real deal no one can ever take that away

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

You must've never heard of Vaughn Benjamin. Midnite/Akae Beka. Midnite-Humanity Cry 🎶 🔥 🇪🇹

[@dublion7]

Bob brought Rasta to the world seen..

[@jimmyandtheresurrection7247]

Trumpet have to sound to the four corners of the earth!" Anyone that ger knowledge and dont spread it,is betraying knowledge"..So the king say.

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Exactly! Midnite- Great Zimbabwe Walls 🎶 🔥 🇪🇹

[@charmenmhark2034]

Didn't think they did damage the Nation was being ccodefied lets take into consideration the movement was at it edifice was the rebirth and resurrection of an ancient culture with whom most of the elders was unfamiliar to but willing to move forward through tribulation and oppression from all sides. In retrospect we can say want we think should of been but who's in the kitchen feels the heat. It was not an easy road, se the glamour and glitter and think it's a bed of roses. Give yanks to all that came before I. All praise dued. Most greatful.🇧🇷🇹🇿🇪🇹🇨🇬🇲🇼🇿🇼🇯🇲🇿🇦🇧🇸🇧🇫🇧🇮🐂. Thanks for this beautiful life call RASTAFARI.

[@Cyrus_the_viral]

Elder rastas are just confused if they didn’t like Bob Marley. If they really understood in truth Bob Marley was and is still bigger than king Selassie himself🤦🏽‍♂️

[@bobmarley9835]

those elder were ignorant and bad minded people

[@charmenmhark2034]

If you are Fari just give Thanks. I would say that Babylon was ignorant. The elders left a life and Livity for ink. Stronger than ever still living of the fundamentals today.

[@rasmozziah1884]

Real culture di l a culture

[@kommercialkings]

like bob seh - they got so much things to say -- how can you bun a fire pan reggae music if pasta created it - foolishness dem a talk

[@Trueskool90]

How ya hugging up dibby dibby capleton and sizzla and not hailing man likr bob and tosh.. ...dem "rasta mus idiat"

[@charmenmhark2034]

The Sacred Livity has to come from within. Give Thanks for all that came before .. man a play chess when he off the board, but the elders were the actual pieces take into consideration the wish they were in. Been in a parallel moment like the desciples being persecuted by their own not just the Gentiles slavers children but their own So-called people that put on the armour of the slave mssters. Just give thanks. Glorify the elders that came before InI. Sooner alot will become elders and the youths may have the same persuasions. Thank Jah we have a Livity unlike no other that appeals to all. HiMi

[@Oldjongcrow416]

😄👈 commercial dreads walking on the flag🤭

[@DmedzAdams]

Reggae a rasta music

[@delmanglar]

Ras Tafaro was emperor Ethiopia… Bob Marley was a musician… that’s all that matters

[@Oldjongcrow416]

😭👈

[@PaulFos]

Luckily that type of ignorance never triumphed

[@errolphipps9045]

Time for different music

[@AlphansoHenclewood]

up

[@eduardoseoane]

can not understand a word

[@chegenjonjo1381]

I'm trying to listen but i don't

[@XWNLOX]

Are you deaf?

[@dentonirving9733]

Burning reggae is pure idiocy and complete stupidity Where did bobo music that they play up at bobo hill take them? Which nation did they inspire and help free from mental slavery and oppression and apartheid system? Only them alone listen to their own voices.

[@lovemoregolden.9212]

Those were Racist ideas .but very foolish ones.

[@tftkadawidalle-hp8wt]

Religion limits. Religion tells you WHAT to think. Spirituality reveals HOW to think. We needn’t be beholden to any folks’ opinions of what one is allowed. Sun doesn’t discriminate; neither air… 🫶🏾🙏🏿✨

[@KingDavidPraiseYHWH]

Midnite- Endless life 🎶 🔥 🇪🇹. Big up all my Rastafari Jews