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		<title>VP Records clears the air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VP Records clears the air

In the wake of news that VP Records and singjay Mavado have parted ways, VP Records has decided to clear the air with a release stating that they decided to pull out of the three album deal contract with the artiste.

In Tuesday&#8217;s STAR it was reported that Mavado&#8217;s manager, Julian Jones-Griffith, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/12/vp-records-clears-the-air/</link>
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		<title>Jimmy Cliff Carries the Reggae Torch to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Cliff Carries the Reggae Torch to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Departures from tiers in EP and DP The court doesn’t always stringently follow the methods of analysis it prescribes for each tier of its of EPC and DP analysis. Often the court departs from its 3 traditional tiers (SS, IS, and RB), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/12/jimmy-cliff-carries-the-reggae-torch-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/</link>
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		<title>Keepers of the Heritage - Autobiography traces Jamaica&#8217;s music evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keepers of the Heritage - Autobiography traces Jamaica&#8217;s music evolution
Errol Samuels was born in 1948 at Victoria Jubilee Hospital and grew up at various addresses in Kingston, except for the two years he spent in England from 1954 to 1956. It was a childhood of fun and adventures.
His father had an insatiable taste for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/08/keepers-of-the-heritage-autobiography-traces-jamaicas-music-evolution/</link>
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		<title>A girl&#8217;s journey of trial and triumph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A girl&#8217;s journey of trial and triumph
One minute she&#8217;s imagining herself a dancehall queen, glorying in the spotlight and the envy of everyone on the dance floor. The next, she&#8217;s a little girl, taking to heart, at least while it&#8217;s in progress, her granny&#8217;s upbraiding for some breach of acceptable behaviour.
All the while, a resilient, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/08/a-girls-journey-of-trial-and-triumph/</link>
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		<title>Sizzla hails local dancehall talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sizzla hails local dancehall talent
Zimbabwe has not only the world’s most passionate reggae and dancehall supporters, it has the most talented young ragga singers who have not been corrupted by the world.
These were the parting words of renowned Jamaican dancehall icon Sizzla Kalonji as he performed for the last time at Red Fox Art Centre [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/08/sizzla-hails-local-dancehall-talent/</link>
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		<title>Reggae&#8217;s Civil War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reggae&#8217;s Civil War
I traversed four Caribbean islands in the past two months and spied one common denominator: graffiti. Scrawled precipitously on a cliff suspended above the lush mountains of Saint Lucia, on the aluminum siding of a rum shop in French Saint Martin, on the concrete walls of a Trinidad office park, on accessible surfaces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/05/reggaes-civil-war/</link>
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		<title>Buju Banton&#8217;s attorney seeks details on informant in drug case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buju Banton&#8217;s attorney seeks details on informant in drug case

The informant who helped federal agents build a drug case against Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton has been paid $3.3 million for helping law enforcement in numerous cases over several years, lawyers said in court this morning.
An attorney for Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/05/buju-bantons-attorney-seeks-details-on-informant-in-drug-case/</link>
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		<title>New reggae albums slipping out of Billboard Top 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New reggae albums slipping out of Billboard Top 10
New 2010 releases are not remaining in the top 10 of the Billboard Reggae Albums, whilst aged albums hover effortlessly.
Six of the eight new albums that entered top 10 since January were either booted or trending down. Bob Marley and the Wailers Dub 1 debuted at one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/03/05/new-reggae-albums-slipping-out-of-billboard-top-10/</link>
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		<title>Does reggae really need a dancehall X Factor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does reggae really need a dancehall X Factor?

It has become a cliche of documentary film-making that a project which sets out to capture people&#8217;s differences will only end up emphasising how alike we all are. How many times must a western crew have voyaged up the Amazon, hoping to capture footage of an undiscovered tribe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jamaicanview.com/2010/02/28/does-reggae-really-need-a-dancehall-x-factor/</link>
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		<title>King Sizzla on mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King Sizzla on mission
The man Zimbabwean promoters have been chasing for the past 10 years is finally here!
Ishe (King) Sizzla Kalonji is in town — it took a personal phone call from the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Robert Mugabe, for him to make the trip — of course not without support from [...]]]></description>
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