Selected Comments From A YouTube Discussion Thread Of Red Rat's 1997 Dancehall Song "Dwayne" (also known as "Oh No!")

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Red Rat's Dancehall Song "Dwayne" (also known as "Oh No!").

Part II showcases a YouTube interview with Red Rat about how he got his stage name and showcases YouTube sound file of Red Rat's song "Dwayne".

Part II also presents some comments from that sound file's discussion thread.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/red-rats-1997-dancehall-song-dwayne.html Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I showcases a YouTube sound file of Red Rat's song "Dwayne". Part I also includes the lyrics for that song.

That post also showcases a YouTube video interview with Red Rat about his hit songs "Shelly Anne" and "Dwayne".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, informational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Red Rat (Wallace Wilson) for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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I was motivated to publish this post because I heard that song on Pandora music radio and I thought the repeated lyric "Oh No! This is serious" fits this coronavirus pandemic so well.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Red Rat - Story Of How I Got My Name (247HH Exclusive)



RedRatMusic, Jul 27, 2015

Music Bed Produced By: Tha Hydrox

Introduction produced By: Mike Jaxx and Tha Hydrox
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Here's a paraphrased synopsis of that video:
"Red Rat" said that someone he knew gave him that name because when he was younger he was thin and looked like a rat and the "red" is what his skin color is called in Jamaica. Red Rat also said that in Jamaica people aren't called by their "government names", but are given nicknames. If you don't like the nickname you are given, they might give you one that is worse. So Red Rat said he just "ran with it" (went along with that nickname.)

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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Red Rat - Oh No!!!!!



Spyro Tek, Sep 21, 2007

Dwayne by Red Rat
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Statistics as of April 28, 2020 at 7:51 PM EDT
Total # of views - 2,154,495
Total # of likes -11K
Total # of dislikes -334
Total # of comments -376

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THIS SOUND FILE
These comments are given in relative chronological order except for replies. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

I'm particularly interested in documenting and sharing some examples of comments written in Jamaican Patois and some examples of comments with African American originated vernacular words. However, I haven't highlighted those words or included any definitions or explanations.


1. deeblaq+, 2008
"i luv Red Rat!!!"

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2. Ol' Gunner, 2008
"I was like 8 when this song came out didn't understand it then but I loved it non the less"

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3. SuperSweetness1986, 2009
"Big Big Big Tunnnnneeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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4. stylez7o, 2009
"Yo! I don't care what u was doin at tha club (bathroom, tha bar, talkin to a cute honey) This song right hurr made u get on tha dance floor!! LOL"

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5. Diego Aristizábal, 2009
"what di name of this riddim?"

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6. MajestyProds, 2012
"@ReggaetonFREAK44 my bad, its the fig leaf riddim"

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7. victoriayooo, 2009
"THIS IS MY SONG! BADDD RIDDEM DEM"

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8. Musweki Musanga, 2010
"OOOHH NOOOOOO! HAHHHA
IAMMOVIN4WARD!"

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9. eb
"this song still shamcks at partiesss !"

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10. diegotutiven, 2010
"reggae is not the same this days, this is reggae, bleesss from Panama"

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11. Jay, 2010
"Damn this song is hot. I remember listening to this on the beaches of Greece. Thanks Jazz!"

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12. Shadow Da Unseen, 2011
"This was the joint back in like 97-98 Reggae Gold Mix....
Take me back to Black Culture dayz Bo bo bo bo bo.."

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13. MajestyProds, 2011
"this song is still bad!"

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14. deedaone01, 2011
"Yo who got this track MP3 if any one got it can pls send it to me thanks"

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15. emiliano1978india, 2011
"OOHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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16. Javier DeSousa, 2011
"i thought this song was call "Dwayne"

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17. Santace Bagheera, 2011
"it is called dwayne ur right i dont nu why they've named it so O .o"

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18. Rio 9 Striker, 2011
"Big Tune who is he dissing?"

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19. kerron100, 2011
"Shuld feel sorry for his dwag dwayne"

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20. Ricky Blake, 2011
"Big tune back in the day's of a great rave up not getting in till 7pm"

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21. Patrick Lubin, 2011
"BROOKLYN TOOK THAT BIG UP"

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22. yizzer2, 2012
"anyone who dislikes can't understand what he's saying"

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23. acebpd, 2012
"music today OOOOOOOOOOHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO"

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24. JamaicanLoveJamaicanLove JamaicanLove, 2012
"loveee red Rat <33333333333333333333" ** 25. Mikki Duhh, 2012 "I love when he said OH NOOO LOL ♥" ** 26. SoundScientist Laboratories, 2012 "Id say it was pretty big here in like the late 90s early 2000s....but i'm from Canada." ** 27. Rakeem Christmas, 2012 "14 people thought it was DIS-I-LIKE" ** 28. TreVaughn Hogan-Taylor, 2013 "still bumpin in 2O13 , OH YEEEEESSS @TreVaughnnn" ** 29. Tallboss TV, 2013 "im so happy i was born when real dancehall was still being made" ** 30. carlos villegas carranzam 2014 "De mis tiempos de adolecensia; muchas noches de baile; esta canción era un boooom" -snip- Google translate from Spanish to English "Of my adolescent times; many nights of dancing; this song was a boooom" ** 31. Ninja Noodle Chop, 2014 "When it's a classic the tune will always hype any club no matter how long ago it came out.." ** 32. nyya roundtree, 2015 "oh no mi luv him wen he say dat" ** 33. Juanita Audrey, 2015 "toute mon adolescence que de bon souvenir !!!!! Oh non non pourquoi le temps passe si vite " -snip- Google translate from French to English "all my adolescence as good memories !!!!! Oh no no why time flies so fast" ** 34. Nana Bimpong, 2016 "mi love dis track." ** 35. Tashunda Phelps, 2016 "I'm Not Jamaican But I Love The Music!" ** REPLY 36. Spyro Tek, 2016 "Music is universal, it doesn't matter what nationality you are. Stay blessed." ** REPLY 37. Mike Debauched, 2016 "Yup. One minute I'm listening to crusty punk from London, the next reggae. It's all good." ** REPLY 38. Buckles, 2018 "respek" ** REPLY 39. Johannah Tandy, 2018 "I've grown up with red rat and all the classics ❤💛💚 doesn't matter where you are from it's all about one love ❤💛💚" ** 40. Live Life, 2016 "Bwoy sah, eh eh, what a chune 🇯🇲" ** 41. Rezy Best, 2016 "I remember my brother played this song all over again summer 97-98 i don't know. is cool track all way from Somalia east Africa," ** 42. brokeman music, 2017 "this was a classic dancehall joinets" ** 43. Wil Ts, 2017 "miss this music" ** 44. ImBoReD, 2018 "Where my Caribbean people !!!! ** REPLY 45. Sterling FB6, 2020 "Deya🇯🇲💪🏼" ** REPLY 46. craig Smith, 2020 "Big up from Costa Rica" ** REPLY 47. Face Facey, 2020 "🇬🇾🙋" ** REPLY 48. jamol ronaldinho Ross, 2020 "Vincy" ** REPLY 49. Tidjy Kimisu, 2020 "Big Up from Guadeloupe, French Antilles." ** REPLY 50. Steven Dalloesingh, 2020 "Does Suriname count? Red Rat, Goofy and Mr. Vegas came through here and buss up dancehall!! Good timez!" ** REPLY 51. big taco, 2020 "🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷" ** 52. Théo Lenoir, 2018 "Oohhh noooo old scool 💚💛❤️" ** 53. Rebelious SoulJah, 2018 "Yow a serious ting this lmao...2018 up" ** 54. ODTMedia, 2019 "Absolute banger" ** 55. Sammy Gunzz, 2019 "Love my generation glad I lived thru the 90s best times of my life..Bushwick Brooklyn HOLLA!!!!!" ** 56. Adonna Frometa, 2019 "Brooklyn in the house me yeah" ** REPLY 57. John Stamos "EAST! NEW! YORK!!!!!!!" ** 58. Carlos V, 2019 "How is it possible to not like a certain genre of music and bop to it at the same time ?" 1997 flow" ** 59. ダイアナDaiana, 2019 "Oh noooooo ! Greetings from Medellín Colombia" ** 60. Monal Phantom, 2019 "Why is his name Red Rat though?" ** REPLY 61. Azizi Powell, 2020 "@Monal Phantom, I also wondered how he got that stage name. I guessed it was partly because he is light skin since "red" is one term that is used to refer to Black people with light skin in Jamaica ("Yellow" is another term as in the stage name for dancehall dj Yellow Man, who has albinism.) I searched online & found this quote about Red Rat's stage name: https://welcometojamrockreggaecruise.com/red-rat/
"“Yo... You [skin] red and you look like a rat!” In 1996 Wallace Wilson was about to emerge on the International stage as one of Jamaica’s most versatile, innovative and exciting performers, when he heeded then label mate General Degree’s point-blank observation and the name Red Rat was born."...
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This is how that quote was given on that jamrock page.

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62. jamol ronaldinho Ross, 2020
"Reggea fest Montreal he killed it"

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63. MASTER MILITARY, 2020
"Turn all the way up 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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64. hat Easy, 2020
"I thought this guy was black 😂 love his songs thank you Jamaica"

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65. Don Anderson, 2020
"He is black"

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66. sam H, 2020
"Covid-19 OH NOOOOOOOOOOO"

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