Jamaica's Very First Sound System

[@ascotamos4825]

All of your videos are great. I've self published a book on Go Go, a music native to Washington D.C. Without it being a goal at all, my research showed the importance of dub/soundsystem music along with the dance impetus behind hip hop as influencing Go Go music as well

[@SowetoBluez]

thankyou for this history...ive been putting the pieces together...from origine native american music, african music to calypso to hip hop...

[@tyb2944]

This video was very refreshing. I just finished my degree in Music Tech and my dissertation was on soundsystem culture. You should be proud of this, seriously 💯👌🏾

[@GregorDWScott]

Thank you! I'm in the middle of writing something on how the culture was brought to Britain, and kept a live in such a vibrant way. I can definitely see there being a tonne of great angles for a dissertation on the culture.

[@tyb2944]

@@GregorDWScott Great stuff. The history is very interesting. I did some research on the migration of soundsystem culture to Britain as well. Count Suckle and Duke Vin are accredited as the first soundsystem owners in Britain (there's a neat interview with Duke Vin on KZbin somewhere). Dr Malcolm James 'Sonic Intimacy' goes deep into this history, as well as 'Bass Culture' by Lloyd Bradley. The colour bar policy of the 50s prevented BAME people to enter bars, book halls, rent accommodation and much more. This meant that blues parties were held in the front rooms and basements of houses. So much on this, Sir Coxsone, Jah Shaka and Saxon Sound became big 'sounds' in the 70s and 80s as well. Hope this was a help 👌🏾💯

[@garyalexander212]

Awesome information, I'm Jamaican who loves soundsystem culture but I must admit that I wasn't aware of this history

[@stephenkhan454]

great info on sound system culture , love the knowledge .......... safe bro

[@cloony1]

So i just watched like all of your video's and I am so amazed by that deep research and love for the culture you're putting in your Videos! I hope you continue your KZbin journey, you deserve way more views and subs! Thank you

[@dalemahfood7638]

Great info! It may well help me with my Jamaican historical fiction novel that I’m writing. It’ll take place in 1949 to 1950, and music will be important. I do have my characters going to a Soundsystem dance, and this gives me more information to research. Thanks.

[@donovancoward7080]

Love your knowledge. Hope all is well , we desire more let’s get it bro!!!

[@AzucaNegra16]

Great information. Thank u.

[@gregorychanyukachimonyo5973]

Great stuff kip it up

[@yulandocargill9591]

thank you

[@MrNairobimc]

Keep up the great work yo

[@MrJrweir]

In your conversations, which is very informative but to mentioning the great U-Roy without mentioning King Stiche or Count Machuke and their impact on the world stage as Dj's, is a disservice to the music but great information on Jamaica's impact the world stage of dub music and the Dj's 🎶 .

[@GregorDWScott]

I spent more time talking about Machuki and Stitt in the video I made about U-Roy than I did here, they set the stage, and then U-Roy kind of catapulted deejaying forwards as an art. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2LMgGZur950irs

[@billybatesmusic]

Good stuff man !

[@JakeLDS]

This is fascinating, thank you

[@saulayala-l6t]

VERY INFORMATIVE THANKS

[@adonisbrown6447]

Jamaica sound system birth hip hop

[@dwightgayle9589]

I'm confused but how is this not the beginning of hip-hop??🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@roylle6346]

It is but they deny it

[@nigeriaroberts678]

​@@roylle6346what's more infuriating is they claim hip hop created dancehall... Like what😂

[@roylle6346]

@@nigeriaroberts678 i heard that from a comment just yesterday, saying it was before dancehall. When I mentioned how far back toasting was he said that that's not dancehall but the precursor to it. Yet he's trying to debunk our influence on hip hop by mentioning precursors to hip hop like "we've been rapping since the 40s". Do these people have any sense? I wish I could get a live debate with Tariq nasheed who is the source of their stupidity 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@5000G-x2z]

😂 This has nothing to do with Hip Hop. All Jamaican music is based on Black American music.

[@5000G-x2z]

​​​@@roylle6346Just call in to his show.... this has nothing to do with the creation of Hip Hop according to Kool Herc and common sense. Black Americans today really don't listen to any music from Jamaica and that's with the internet. Back then NO radio stations were playing Jamaican music nor was any record stores selling Jamaican music to Black people. FACTS!!!!

[@jkjam28]

Great video

[@coolcazc]

Gregory Scott virtually dismisses the first early sound systems ....The mighty Duke Ried , & Coxsonne Down beat , barely mentions the Great Sebastian

[@nighthiker8872]

Who made the first car radio! and what year, 1929, I guess! Most song in the 1950's were for parking and making out! If your dad let you use the car on a Friday night.

[@houarig.4753]

There's a great book about King Tubby at Natty Dread Edition, there's an english version, sold out fast when it was released.

[@Earthquakeslightningthunder]

Is it because of Kool HERC you did this research?

[@ZIGGIEITAL]

Keep up with the reggae vids

[@robertgrant6883]

I’m a Jamaican living in Chicago. a lot of Jamaican are self taught engineers when it comes to building sounds systems,or even putting music in a car. The quality of sound is so clear, not like here in the USA,all you hear is the stupid bass line rattling.no midrange, no top ends.

[@tommysimpson7459]

KING TUBBY THE G O A T

[@AlphaQuebec5446]

Big up KING TUBBY all day!

[@donaldmccall3968]

That's what inspired Herc to become a dj but, you have to do stroy on Flash one day

[@americasmaker]

The Ghetto Disco DJs he met in NYC is what inspired him to become a DJ. He was 12 when he left Jamaica and on record stating he was too young to even get into a party in Jamaica.

[@cimarronreed7556]

@@americasmaker exactly... GM Flash, in his autobiography credits Pete DJ Jones for showing him how to mix. Luv Bug Starski, says GM Flash was the one who introduced him to Pete DJ Jones, although he is DJ Hollywood's protoge.

[@skbosdgame8435]

@@cimarronreed7556and King Charles a Jamaican who had a Soundsystem that carries many factors than theirs was before them and playing in the same venue as DJ Hollywood before KOOL HERC YOU THINK HE WASNT PLAYING DUB CONCEPT FOR SAMPLING WITH Rapping/Toasting?! ppl have ears and pretend not to hear what they heard many times 😅😂

[@cimarronreed7556]

@@skbosdgame8435 sooo, what's your point? Why doesn't Herc mention DJ King Charles? Why did it take the directors of the "Founding Fathers, the Untold History of Hip-Hop" documentary to give him credit for being an influencer? Why does Matchukie credit Cab Calloway's Jive Talk book for how he learned how to toast, alongside listening to a (hair grease) radio commercial aired in Florida, but heard in JA that he took his style after? Oh, or U-Roy crediting Louis Jordan and James Brown as being the first. See, it's all Black music, period. The difference between you and I is, when you watch track and field, you route for Jamaica, I root for all our people to show the world that we are the fastest in the world! See, my point earlier was about giving credit, where credit is do, not what pseudo ethnic group came up with a music genre that doesn't benefit you or me. Listen to Louis Jordan's, "It's Got to Have a Beat", which predates any record you can put your hand on and tell me King Tubby or anyone else was doing, in terms of toasting, not one! Respect!

[@skbosdgame8435]

@@cimarronreed7556 your a joke! You give credit to others? Don’t make me laugh louder😂 Cab Calloway already credit to the Caribbean’s for his modern Jazz influence😂😂 Charlie Parker Covers Jamaica’s mento/Calypso Artist. Carribean been Rapping/Toasting on US airwaves before they was even a Black Dj on American radio! WHERES THE CREDIT FOR THAT!! Oh! Bet you saying ”oh I didn’t have time to read books about Jamaicans music Culture bc Americans is always better!” 😂😂 the poly-rythm and the offbeat are already in Jamaicans Folk music😂 I guess you haven’t come across my name before!someone should’ve warn you about me! Everything YOU SAYING IVE ALREADY DESTROYED WITH YALL OWN US MUSICIANS Saying! That Michael Wayne Tv dude got you stucked on stupid thinking y’all regional hate can phase anyone!

[@haatpraat2993]

King Tubby? He trained up my 1st cousin, Scientist!

[@patkelly8309]

Great video. Are you Scottish or American btw? Had me puzzled lol. Also, do you produce music yourself? If so I'd love to hear it. One Love

[@dennisisaacs6978]

He is Scottish

[@GregorDWScott]

Yeah, I'm Scottish. Been living in the US for the last 5 years though, I think the accent's starting to creep in! I don't produce anything at the moment (at least that I think is worth sharing), used to work in studios, mostly as a recording tech, and then a video producer.

[@davidgleeson9225]

Gwaaaan

[@kaykayjohnson9427]

Can you do a James Brown tribute for his BDAY. MAY 4 1933.

[@shaunblackford3282]

The first sound system kniwn was calked waldren

[@shaunblackford3282]

The very first sound system was not tom the great

[@skbosdgame8435]

I’m surprised you didn’t fell for the lies and the mis-educated non researching clowns who fell for the self praising interview of SIR COXESONE MAKING FOOLS saying Jamaicans came to US AND SAW THEIR SOUNDSYSTEM 😂 “and that’s where they get from” lies! However You still playing too careful by cutting Jamaicans short KING TUBBY gave SAMPLING TO RAP/TOASTING POINT BLANK!

[@5000G-x2z]

According to Sir Coxson Dodd. The sound system culture comes out of the Black American South. He visited and saw what Black Americans were doing then a bought a sound system and took it back ti jamaica applying what he saw Black Americans doing in the South. Black American R&B was the #1 music in Jamaica. It's a common fact