Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision: Feb. 14, 2021: former Part II [nation signing in comments] deleted
This is Part II of a ttwo part pancocojams series about the Reggae song "Toast" by Koffee and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video.
Part II presents definitions for the Jamaican phrase "big up" and documents examples with the term "Big up" from the discussion official video of Koffee's Reggae song "Toast".
The Addendum to this post documents a few other comments from this same discussion thread that include Jamaican terms or phrases. Selected responses from that discussion thread to those comments are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/koffee-toast-jamaican-reggae-video.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Jamaican Reggae singer Koffee (Mikayla Simpson).
That post also showcases a YouTube video of Koffee's 2018 video entitled "Toast". The lyrics for that song are also included in that post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural and linguistics purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Koffee for her music. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/examples-of-term-big-up-in-youtube.html for a closely related 2016 pancocojams post entitled "Examples Of The Term "Big Up" In YouTube Discussion Threads For African Music Videos"
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Koffee - Toast (Official Video)
Original Koffee, Published on Nov 16, 2018
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DEFINITIONS OF THE PHRASE "BIG UP"
These excerpts aren't given in any order of preference.
Excerpt #1:
From http://jamaicanpatwah.com/b/top-15-jamaican-patois-words-you-should-know#.V9MRmpgrLcs
Top 15 Jamaican Patois words you should know, Posted on July 28, 2014
"Big up
English Translation: Give respect / Give props
Definition: To give respect, encouragement or to acknowledge someone
Example Sentences
(Patois) Mi hav fi big up John fi everything him duh fi wi
(English) I have to give John respect for everything that he did for us"
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Excerpt #2:
From http://jamaicanpatwah.com/term/Big-up/912#.XLreIehKi70
English Translation: Thumbs up/ Props
posted by nharnhar.adu.jephson.7069 on December 8, 2018
Definition: To give thumbs up, respect or admiration
Example Sentences
Patois: Big up mi chargie fi yuh outstanding performance
English: Thumbs up my friend for your outstanding performance
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SELECTED COMMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE PHRASE "BIG UP" FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation presents selected comments from the official video for the song "Toast" by Koffee that include the Jamaican Patois phrase "Big Up". These examples document the fact that this phrase is used by non-Jamaicans in numerous nations throughout the world.
Some of these examples are replies to another comment. In that case, that comment is also included in this compilation. Some of these comments prompted a number of replies. Comments #18 to #32 are examples of this type of exchanges in that discussion thread.
Most of these examples are "nation signing in" comments. Part II of this pancocojams series includes a brief overview of those types of YouTube discussion thread comments.
Numbers are added to the comments in this compilation for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of the comments in that entire discussion thread.
1. cameron stewart, 2018
"Big up your self kenyan man nuff respect 🇯🇲🇰🇪"
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2. iam_marwa, 2018
"Kenyan Watching from Dominican Rep. Bigup Koffee"
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3. David Blaze, 2018
"You are going to be big, star on the rise. You need to make something with Chronixx! Big up from Germany"
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4. Roberto Jacques, 2019
"Im Haitian 🇭🇹 I cant stop listening to this beautiful song 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️"
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REPLY
5. Om Devine, 2019
"Big up urself brother. Nuff luv from 🇯🇲🇯🇲"
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6. Dan Egorov, 2019
"One of the best young reggae artists now. Huge talent. Big up from Russia"
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7. Marina Dawson,2019
"big tune. KOFFEE Belizeans love yo music"
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8. Me Moi, 2019
"Koffee the anointed one, shaking up our soul with vibrations and mad tune! Jah Bless ❤️💗❤️ Big up Sis!!!"
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9. Sarah Price, 2019
"Big up Koffee from Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a musician its nice hearing such conscious music coming from someone so young. Listening to your music think you have created a new Genre."
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10. steveson sabore, 2019
"Heard this in kisumu kenya and it flows..bigUp koffee"
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11. videolavida, 2019
"This ones starting to catch fire in California. Big up."
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12. GirlisGaming, 2019
"Anyyy big up Trini"
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13. stuzzielahd2208, 2019
"Big up from Scotland!"
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14. Gachoka.J, 2019
"Big up from Kenya. Original and talent 👍"
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15. Judea Hall, 2019
"Big up,respect man but this song Is fire,"
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16. Boulie44tatoo, 2019
"Big up from Paris ! Top Koffee !"
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17. Florence Lewis, 2019
"Koffee big up uself Jamaica wi seh 🤘🤘🤘🎵🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧"
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18. Rory Hale, 2019
"Heard this on the radio in Toronto today the flow. Big up koffee"
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REPLY
19. TZT, 2019
"Won't be long til yall steal it"
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REPLY
20. Gabriella Brown, 2019
"ur not Jamaican! LMFAOOOOOO"
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REPLY
21. Rory Hale, 2019
"Gabriella Brown so what?"
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REPLY
22. Sarallina .S, 2019
"@Rory Hale yh so what?"
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REPLY
23. Gabriella Brown, 2019
"@Rory Hale u don't even have an accent. UR using patwah slang it's cringey . Unlike u I'm Jamaican"
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REPLY
24. Sarallina .S, 2019
"@Gabriella Brown ur being really ignorant
Since Jamaican music is so beautiful people from all different cultures and people with all different accents can appreciate Caribbean music.Thats a fact."
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REPLY
25. kangol 0ne, 2019
"@Sarallina .S I think she is a child, don't pay her any mind she will outgrow it one day lol. We need to understand that people of all ages have access to the comment section"
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REPLY
26. Rory Hale, 2019
"Gabriella Brown lol all I said was big up! I grew up around Jamaicans and have always had jamaican friend in my life that I would consider family. I have loved reggae music since I was a child and have never had any Jamaican tell me I am not welcome in the reggae/dancehall scene because of my skin colour. Also how did you know I’m not Jamaican? I’ve seen many white Jamaicans before. If you are a fan of koffee or chronixx or protoje I think your getting their message mixed because all about ❤️."
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REPLY
27. meli xx, 2019
"@TZT steal what, the song? Makes no sense.. We talking cultural appropriation as usual. We are all free the enjoy eachothers art regardless of race or religion. One love ♥"
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REPLY
28. TZT, 2019
"@meli xx na fam they are culture vultures"
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REPLY
29. Rory Hale, 2019
"Gabriella Brown also.... all Toronto mans say “big up”, Toronto has a massive Jamaican culture you know. You can’t grow up here without speaking a likkle patois my yout."
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REPLY
30. Ebony Blackstar, 2019
"@Gabriella Brown You are a very ignorant Jamaican. I wish you would stop telling people you are Jamaican. Instead please say, "I represent an ignorant and stupid class of Jamaicans." You are very myopic in your thinking. You need exposure and an education and please stay off social media. @Rory please continue to enjoy Jamaican music and culture."
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REPLY
31. N Lee, 2019
"@Gabriella Brown girl I am from "Galtigo Bay" in case there are any boubts. So my question is and what is your point?
He likes what he likes. I live in Toronto now and trust me our culture is very celebrated here. This song has been on heavy rotation on lots of stations especially G98"
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REPLY
32. canadianbeylover, 2019
"TZT you do know that Toronto has one of the biggest Caribbean, ESPECIALLY JAMAICAN diasporas in the world right? We all grow up together in this city sharing culture. 🤔 Are you ignorant or just stupid?"
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ADDENDUM
1. Mohammed 'Guru Voke' Mwiti, 2018
"Wow.. Big tchune.. Nuff love n respect from Kenya 🇰🇪🙏
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"tchune" = (given in Jamaica as "tune", "chune", and/or "choon"), meaning the complete song
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REPLY
2. Mickie Browne, 2018
"Yow take the "T" out "tchune", disrespectful!!"
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REPLY
3. Mohammed 'Guru Voke' Mwiti, 2018
"@Mickie Browne where i come from it doesn't mean anything negative, its all about where you come from like in Kenya if your song is good we say that tchune is the baddest.. Hope you get my point"
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4. onismo mudavanhu, 2018
"The problem with dis tune is it ends. Good Vybez there, Zimbabwe approves."
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5. Melanie Thompson, 2019
"Tuff tune can't wait to go home to Jamaica and be jammin to dis tune. I listen to this song in Florida am in Guyana now and still jammin to Koffee... nuff blessings"
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6. lavian machimbirike, 2019
"Mad Tune ! jamming to this in Zimbabwe"
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7. Fitzroy Miller, 2019
"Blessed up yourselves babes"
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8. Kile Williams, 2019
"Bigger chune 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💞💓frm 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 toronto yuh zee it"
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9. Rita Okorodudu, 2019
"I love this music so much koffee bless up sis✌️from nigeria"
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10. Bria Kenzie, 2019
"Jones Christopher bless up ♥️🇯🇲"
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11. InCored- Standoff, 2019
"The woman doing her hair must have been vex because of so much movement 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"
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REPLY
12. Regina Wiltshire, 2019
"InCored- Standoff I was saying the same thing 🤣"
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REPLY
13. Kahdijah Holder, 2019
"So this song is EVERYTHING 😍😍😍😍 and I love the video ❤️❤️ but the one thing that amazes me is how I been buss in the head top with the comb for doing way less movement than that when getting my hair done.... 👀 She really IS Blessed..!"
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14. Fitzroy Miller,2019
"Blessed up"
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15. john maina, 2019
"Big Tune.... loving it from outta 🇰🇪... wakenya gongeni like😁😎..."
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16. Marina Dawson, 2019
"big tune. KOFFEE Belizeans love yo music"
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17. Swaggie TV, 2019
"Big Chune!! DJ KHALED VOICE"
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Saturday, April 20, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Koffee - "Toast" (Jamaican Reggae video & lyrics)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the Reggae song "Toast" by Koffee and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video.
Part I presents information about Jamaican Reggae singer Koffee (Mikayla Simpson). This post also showcases a YouTube video of Koffee's 2018 video entitled "Toast". The lyrics for that song are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/definition-of-jamaican-patois-phrase.html for Part II of this series. Part II presents definitions for the Jamaican phrase "big up" and documents examples with the term "Big up" from the discussion official video of Koffee's Reggae song "Toast".
The Addendum to this post documents a few other comments from this same discussion thread that include Jamaican terms or phrases. Selected responses from that discussion thread to those comments are also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Koffee for her music. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT KOFFEE (MIKAYLA SIMPSON)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffee_(singer)
"Mikayla Simpson (born 16 February 2000), popularly known as Koffee, is a Jamaican Reggae artist, rapper/DJ, and guitarist from Spanish Town, Jamaica. She has released seven singles, and is a former student of Ardenne High School.
Biography
Raised in the Eltham View neighborhood by her mother, an occasional actor and a Ministry of Health employee, she sang in her church choir, taught herself guitar at age 12 on an instrument borrowed from a friend, and began writing lyrics inspired by listening to reggae singer Protoje.
In 2016, she won her school talent show without realizing that the informal show at which she performed in her school cafeteria had been an audition. She went on to learn music theory and vocal technique in her high school choir[1].
"Koffee" is a nickname friends gave her when she ordered hot coffee instead of soda on a hot day.
In 2017 she released her first single, "Legend", with just her voice and acoustic guitar. A tribute to Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt,[1] the song became a viral Instagram hit.[citation needed] Awareness of the violence and social problems she witnessed growing up has influenced her lyrics, and besides Protoje and Chronixx she has cited Super Cat and Giggs among her musical inspirations. [2] [3]
"Burning", her take on Upsetta Records' Ouji Riddim (which had been made popular by Jamaican artists Busy Signal and Luciano), followed. "Burning" grew out of her desire to inspire herself to push forward despite disappointment at not getting into post-secondary Sixth Form after she graduated from Ardenne High School. In June it spent three weeks at number one on The Foundation Radio Network's Top 30 Reggae Chart covering New York City and South Florida[4].
In 2018, Jamaican reggae/dancehall singer, songwriter, and DJ Cocoa Tea brought her on stage at the 2018 Rebel Salute and Rototom Sunsplash in Jamaica and Spain respectively. Protoje asked her to perform with him. Chronixx invited her to join him a BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcast from Tuff Gong Studios, and she went on to tour with him in the UK[5] at venues such as Bush Hall and at Alexandra Palace. Koffee and Chronixx appeared on BBC Music Introducing...LIVE on November 10.
Her December 2018 single "Raggamuffin" called out gun violence and governmental neglect of the youth[6]. BBC Radio 1Xtra named Koffee one of its "Hot for 2019" artists[7]. Her next single, "Toast", was produced by Walshy Fire of Major Lazer[8]. Both Chronixx and Protoje appear in the video.[1] In 2019, Torey Lanez made a remix to “Toast” as a part of his International Fargo project which can be found on SoundCloud.
Also in 2018, she signed with Columbia Records UK,[4] and Rapture, her debut EP on the label, was released on March 14,[9] [10] 2019 [11]. Her "Throne" video, which takes viewers on a tour through her home town of Spanish Town, debuted on The Fader on 22 January 2019[12]."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Koffee - Toast (Official Video)
Original Koffee, Published on Nov 16, 2018
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Statistics as of April 19, 2019 12:19 PM EDT
total comments - 28,285,599
total number of likes - 341,000
total number of dislikes - 7,200
total number of comments - 12,040
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LYRICS: TOAST
(Mykayla Simpson)
[Intro]
Cyaa bawl ina life man
Gwaan wid it, mi gwaan wid it
Yo Izy are you kidding me?
[Hook]
Toast (Yeah, yeah)
Say we a come in wid a force (Yeah)
Blessings we a reap pon we course inna handful
We nuh rise and boast
Yeah, we give thanks like we need it the most
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
Gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung ina class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Verse 1]
Third form, mi say mek mi try a ting
And you know it formed out to be a fire ting
Now a pon stage wid Chronixxm I a sing
Yeah you zimme, all Diggy soon gi di I a ring
Like "Hello Proto", him seh "Had to shout you
Saw you post a spectacular photo
Keep it burning, yes, that's the motto
If me deh bout, I pass through you show, too"
[Chorus]
Cyaa bawl ina life man
Mi haffi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung inna class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwan wid di, mi gwaan wid di
[Verse 2]
Jah shower blessings upon a me
And say me fi tell you me story (Yeah)
Jah shower blessings upon me
And that’s how I made it, give him the glory
And me delighted, Jah know say mi passion ignited
'Cause di music get me excited, coming like a potion, mhm
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God for di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung inna class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Hook]
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast
We nuh rise and boast
Yeah, we give thanks
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung ina class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Outro]
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
Source: https://genius.com/Koffee-toast-lyrics
"eyeandi 72, 2018
"Born Mykayla Simpson, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, ‘Toast’ is the first single from Koffee’s upcoming EP titled ‘Rapture’.
Produced by Walshy Fire and Izy Beats, the single is supported by visuals shot on 8MM film on location of the Paint Jamaica Project, 41 Fleet Street, Southside, Jamaica.
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[no commenter's name]
"Mikayla Simpson, better known as Koffee, was born 16 February 2000. She was 18 when she dropped the song."
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the Reggae song "Toast" by Koffee and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video.
Part I presents information about Jamaican Reggae singer Koffee (Mikayla Simpson). This post also showcases a YouTube video of Koffee's 2018 video entitled "Toast". The lyrics for that song are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/definition-of-jamaican-patois-phrase.html for Part II of this series. Part II presents definitions for the Jamaican phrase "big up" and documents examples with the term "Big up" from the discussion official video of Koffee's Reggae song "Toast".
The Addendum to this post documents a few other comments from this same discussion thread that include Jamaican terms or phrases. Selected responses from that discussion thread to those comments are also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Koffee for her music. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT KOFFEE (MIKAYLA SIMPSON)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffee_(singer)
"Mikayla Simpson (born 16 February 2000), popularly known as Koffee, is a Jamaican Reggae artist, rapper/DJ, and guitarist from Spanish Town, Jamaica. She has released seven singles, and is a former student of Ardenne High School.
Biography
Raised in the Eltham View neighborhood by her mother, an occasional actor and a Ministry of Health employee, she sang in her church choir, taught herself guitar at age 12 on an instrument borrowed from a friend, and began writing lyrics inspired by listening to reggae singer Protoje.
In 2016, she won her school talent show without realizing that the informal show at which she performed in her school cafeteria had been an audition. She went on to learn music theory and vocal technique in her high school choir[1].
"Koffee" is a nickname friends gave her when she ordered hot coffee instead of soda on a hot day.
In 2017 she released her first single, "Legend", with just her voice and acoustic guitar. A tribute to Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt,[1] the song became a viral Instagram hit.[citation needed] Awareness of the violence and social problems she witnessed growing up has influenced her lyrics, and besides Protoje and Chronixx she has cited Super Cat and Giggs among her musical inspirations. [2] [3]
"Burning", her take on Upsetta Records' Ouji Riddim (which had been made popular by Jamaican artists Busy Signal and Luciano), followed. "Burning" grew out of her desire to inspire herself to push forward despite disappointment at not getting into post-secondary Sixth Form after she graduated from Ardenne High School. In June it spent three weeks at number one on The Foundation Radio Network's Top 30 Reggae Chart covering New York City and South Florida[4].
In 2018, Jamaican reggae/dancehall singer, songwriter, and DJ Cocoa Tea brought her on stage at the 2018 Rebel Salute and Rototom Sunsplash in Jamaica and Spain respectively. Protoje asked her to perform with him. Chronixx invited her to join him a BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcast from Tuff Gong Studios, and she went on to tour with him in the UK[5] at venues such as Bush Hall and at Alexandra Palace. Koffee and Chronixx appeared on BBC Music Introducing...LIVE on November 10.
Her December 2018 single "Raggamuffin" called out gun violence and governmental neglect of the youth[6]. BBC Radio 1Xtra named Koffee one of its "Hot for 2019" artists[7]. Her next single, "Toast", was produced by Walshy Fire of Major Lazer[8]. Both Chronixx and Protoje appear in the video.[1] In 2019, Torey Lanez made a remix to “Toast” as a part of his International Fargo project which can be found on SoundCloud.
Also in 2018, she signed with Columbia Records UK,[4] and Rapture, her debut EP on the label, was released on March 14,[9] [10] 2019 [11]. Her "Throne" video, which takes viewers on a tour through her home town of Spanish Town, debuted on The Fader on 22 January 2019[12]."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Koffee - Toast (Official Video)
Original Koffee, Published on Nov 16, 2018
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Statistics as of April 19, 2019 12:19 PM EDT
total comments - 28,285,599
total number of likes - 341,000
total number of dislikes - 7,200
total number of comments - 12,040
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LYRICS: TOAST
(Mykayla Simpson)
[Intro]
Cyaa bawl ina life man
Gwaan wid it, mi gwaan wid it
Yo Izy are you kidding me?
[Hook]
Toast (Yeah, yeah)
Say we a come in wid a force (Yeah)
Blessings we a reap pon we course inna handful
We nuh rise and boast
Yeah, we give thanks like we need it the most
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
Gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung ina class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Verse 1]
Third form, mi say mek mi try a ting
And you know it formed out to be a fire ting
Now a pon stage wid Chronixxm I a sing
Yeah you zimme, all Diggy soon gi di I a ring
Like "Hello Proto", him seh "Had to shout you
Saw you post a spectacular photo
Keep it burning, yes, that's the motto
If me deh bout, I pass through you show, too"
[Chorus]
Cyaa bawl ina life man
Mi haffi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung inna class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwan wid di, mi gwaan wid di
[Verse 2]
Jah shower blessings upon a me
And say me fi tell you me story (Yeah)
Jah shower blessings upon me
And that’s how I made it, give him the glory
And me delighted, Jah know say mi passion ignited
'Cause di music get me excited, coming like a potion, mhm
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God for di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung inna class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Hook]
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast
We nuh rise and boast
Yeah, we give thanks
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
[Chorus]
Blessings all pon mi life and
Mi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (Yeah)
And gratitude is a must (Yeah)
Mi see blessings fall by mi right hand
Buss a toast fi di friends weh tek off heavy load
One time did siddung ina class and we bored
Then Oli say do road and mi gwaan wid di road
[Outro]
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
Toast (Yeah, uh, yeah yeah)
We haffi give thanks like we really supposed to, be thankful
Source: https://genius.com/Koffee-toast-lyrics
"eyeandi 72, 2018
"Born Mykayla Simpson, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, ‘Toast’ is the first single from Koffee’s upcoming EP titled ‘Rapture’.
Produced by Walshy Fire and Izy Beats, the single is supported by visuals shot on 8MM film on location of the Paint Jamaica Project, 41 Fleet Street, Southside, Jamaica.
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[no commenter's name]
"Mikayla Simpson, better known as Koffee, was born 16 February 2000. She was 18 when she dropped the song."
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Toots And The Maytals - "Funky Kingston" (YouTube sound file & selected comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
Alvaro Sánchez, Published on Nov 5, 2009
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Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 3:32 PM ET
total views - 2,717,446
total likes - 15,000
total dislikes - 275
total comments - 464
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Information about Kingston, Jamaica
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica
"Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island....
In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States."...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation presents selected comments from a sound file for the song "Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of the comments in that entire discussion thread.
1. Thefog666, 2010
"funny how most people only know this from GTA, i known this song since i was little, probably cause my mom and dad used to play this stuff all the time. back in the day. Ruddy Brilliant!
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and on 7 June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 30 June 2015 and 1 December 2015, respectively.
[...]
Considered one of the sixth generation of video gaming's most significant titles, and by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received rave reviews by many critics who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best-selling video game of 2004, and has sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011;[3] it remains the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time."...
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2. Omer, 2011
"haha it's the miami ink theme song :P"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Ink
"“Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo parlour in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and finished broadcasting its sixth and final season in 2008.[1] The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows LA Ink, London Ink, NY Ink, and Madrid Ink, some of which are also broadcast on TLC.[1]”
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3. A2Z11tree, 2012
"Yeeee, I live in Funky Kingston... Ontario"
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Ontario, Canada
Comment #36 below is another example of prefacing the name of your city with the place name "Kingston". This probably implies that your city is also "funky" ("cool", "hip").
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4. Bruno Prestat, 2012
"trop superbe pour mettre des commentaires. from nowher in France"
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Google translate from French to English
"Too superb to put comments"
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5. Xamuri Rimura, 2012
"brasil e jamaica punks e skins unit! lindo som"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"brazil and jamaica punks and skins unit[e]! Beautiful sound"
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6. fizzska, 2012
"love this tuuune reggae for ever"
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7. Bullzown, 2012
"Alot of us now this song because of the PLEBS :) Itv2 comedy :)"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs_(TV_series)
"Plebs is a British television series broadcast on ITV2"...
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8. Justin Tyme, 2013
"London calling In the Groove!"
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This is one example in this compilation of what I refer to as a "nation signing comment". "Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genres by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer. I'm not sure if the comment given below (#9) was written in response to this "nation signing in" custom, but, either way, it nicely sums up one of the main purposes for that custom.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/examples-of-nation-signing-in-comments.html for more information about and examples of "nation signing comments" from the discussion thread of a Nigerian Afrobeat record by Wizkid.
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9. Jent Borgstijn, 2013
"so, It's a sort of a tribute and the song is awesome haha"
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10. Chris topher, 2013
"If it weren't for the old school masters like Toots all these modern so called Pop artists could and would not exist..who would they copy from? Great piece of music!"
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11. Vocal viv, 2014
"wicked.... lovin it.."
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12. Mario Gomez, 2014
"You can't beat the classics,...Woooooooooooooooo! 1"
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13. LIFE LIBERTY RADNESS, 2015
"One of the greatest jams ever."
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14. lasarousi, 2014
"i hate that pitbull sampled this song which is a classic by its own and perfect roots."
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15. felix, 2014
"Actually TJR sampled.."
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16. i2Shea, 2015
"+lasarousi Sampled? Lmfao he pretty much stole the song word for word. He's a pathetic excuse for an "artist". More than half of his songs are just stolen from music made years and years ago."
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17. Giuseppe LoGiurato, 2015
"I'm so glad that I don't know who this pitbull person is/was... he sounds like he might be a lame person who needs to steal other's good ideas..."
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18. tam 1445, 2016
"lasarousi omg I just heard this on the radio and I thought "wow, this sounds like that pit bull song". Sad"
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17. igotasweetass, 2018
"^this. i wouldn't mind if he sampled a bit. No he straight up took the whole song. I hope toot's got his."
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18. Jagoff PhD, 2019
"TJR sampled and then sold it to pitbull so this song got double raped"
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19. Rootslove, 2015
"Toots is Roots ..."
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20. caleb basile, 2017
"Root toot ska-boot"
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21. MrViperVip, 2017
"doot doot"
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22. yeye, 2017
"Ye but "do the raggay" of the same band give his name to that new style betwin the Roots, the ska, the rock and thé soul ;)"
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23. GoodIceMaster, 2015
"I actually came here from a video game, shark tales."
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24. Master Of Disaster, 2017
"Gta San Andreas! 😂😂"
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25. Chance Vought, 2016
"And Scarface The World Is Yours :D"
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26. Tracy Turner, 2017
"Plebs brought me here. Salve Grumio!"
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27. Marron Giant, 2017
"This song is similar to the plebs closing theme"
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28. Ping Pong, 2016
"Just hearing this on the UK movie 'County Kilburn'!"
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29. T-Zay, 2016
"Kingston native here!"
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30. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Legit song. Reggae use to be awesome back then 70s/80s."
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31. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Is true I notice that too even the production of reggae nowadays is so artificial"
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32. Fat Max, 2017
"I agree, some is, but check out Chronixx. He is the next big thing in reggae, true legend."
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33. ArchosR14, 2017
"who's here because they were looking for the end credits song from plebs..."
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29. chasmanian remakas, 2017
"Been jamming to this for quite some time and it still moves me every time I listen too it. Always keep it rolling!"
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30. paul elliott, 2017
"Toots, and the mighty Maytals rocking it out in the best way
Cool groove"
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31. David Washburn, 2017
"Such a great song from an amazing man / group. I've been lucky to see Toots and the Maytalls 5 or 6 times and loved every show. The last time, a few years ago he was close to 70yrs old and hadn't slowed down a bit. He never phones in a show, he works every one. At one show he was wearing a light purple shirt and a dark leather vest. He was working the crowd and having fun with the band and giving it everything. He took off his vest, obviously hot from the effort, and he had sweat so completely under the vest, it looked like he still had it on as the light purple shirt and turned dark and wet matching the vest outline. See him while you can!"
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32. Jaibi Tico, 2017
"Que piezotaa....!!! Calidad de reggae..!!!! Buenas vibras desde Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"What piezotaa .... !!! Reggae quality .. !!!! Good vibes from Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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33. Pigmeat Martin, 2017
"A favorite since I was a young boy. It spawned a ton of knockoffs like "Funky Nassau" and "Funky Lagos" to name a few. Anywhere this was played someone would cut a knock off, it was too damned good of a groove to waste."
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34. ruiz Lomas Cajun Trujillo, 2017
"this is the maytals but recorded as "The Flames" cause they didn´t had their own "rights" at the moment..."
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35. Crypto Steve, 2018
"Toots and the Maytals have so many classic hits that everyone knows...and many don't realize how active and groundbreaking the group was. Much love and respect to Toots and the Maytals!"
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36. Rianna Ricco, 2018
"❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Kingston, London"
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37. Gehan Dileepa, 2019
"Narcos Mexico!!!11"
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38. Pynner, 2019
"Man, I didn't discover this original until like 5 years after I heard Funky Vodka!
They didn't change much, probably should have called it a "remix"."
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39. SANDIEGOROOTS™, 2019
"Just this "Toots and the Maytals " Funky Kingston" Lp OG press out diggin' for vinyl today! Love this track as well as " Pressure Drop" on this record !"
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This concludes Part III of this three part series on Toots And The Maytals.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
Alvaro Sánchez, Published on Nov 5, 2009
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Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 3:32 PM ET
total views - 2,717,446
total likes - 15,000
total dislikes - 275
total comments - 464
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Information about Kingston, Jamaica
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica
"Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island....
In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States."...
****
SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation presents selected comments from a sound file for the song "Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of the comments in that entire discussion thread.
1. Thefog666, 2010
"funny how most people only know this from GTA, i known this song since i was little, probably cause my mom and dad used to play this stuff all the time. back in the day. Ruddy Brilliant!
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and on 7 June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 30 June 2015 and 1 December 2015, respectively.
[...]
Considered one of the sixth generation of video gaming's most significant titles, and by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received rave reviews by many critics who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best-selling video game of 2004, and has sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011;[3] it remains the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time."...
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2. Omer, 2011
"haha it's the miami ink theme song :P"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Ink
"“Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo parlour in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and finished broadcasting its sixth and final season in 2008.[1] The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows LA Ink, London Ink, NY Ink, and Madrid Ink, some of which are also broadcast on TLC.[1]”
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3. A2Z11tree, 2012
"Yeeee, I live in Funky Kingston... Ontario"
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Ontario, Canada
Comment #36 below is another example of prefacing the name of your city with the place name "Kingston". This probably implies that your city is also "funky" ("cool", "hip").
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4. Bruno Prestat, 2012
"trop superbe pour mettre des commentaires. from nowher in France"
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Google translate from French to English
"Too superb to put comments"
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5. Xamuri Rimura, 2012
"brasil e jamaica punks e skins unit! lindo som"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"brazil and jamaica punks and skins unit[e]! Beautiful sound"
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6. fizzska, 2012
"love this tuuune reggae for ever"
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7. Bullzown, 2012
"Alot of us now this song because of the PLEBS :) Itv2 comedy :)"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs_(TV_series)
"Plebs is a British television series broadcast on ITV2"...
**
8. Justin Tyme, 2013
"London calling In the Groove!"
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This is one example in this compilation of what I refer to as a "nation signing comment". "Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genres by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer. I'm not sure if the comment given below (#9) was written in response to this "nation signing in" custom, but, either way, it nicely sums up one of the main purposes for that custom.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/examples-of-nation-signing-in-comments.html for more information about and examples of "nation signing comments" from the discussion thread of a Nigerian Afrobeat record by Wizkid.
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9. Jent Borgstijn, 2013
"so, It's a sort of a tribute and the song is awesome haha"
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10. Chris topher, 2013
"If it weren't for the old school masters like Toots all these modern so called Pop artists could and would not exist..who would they copy from? Great piece of music!"
**
11. Vocal viv, 2014
"wicked.... lovin it.."
**
12. Mario Gomez, 2014
"You can't beat the classics,...Woooooooooooooooo! 1"
**
13. LIFE LIBERTY RADNESS, 2015
"One of the greatest jams ever."
**
14. lasarousi, 2014
"i hate that pitbull sampled this song which is a classic by its own and perfect roots."
**
REPLY
15. felix, 2014
"Actually TJR sampled.."
**
REPLY
16. i2Shea, 2015
"+lasarousi Sampled? Lmfao he pretty much stole the song word for word. He's a pathetic excuse for an "artist". More than half of his songs are just stolen from music made years and years ago."
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REPLY
17. Giuseppe LoGiurato, 2015
"I'm so glad that I don't know who this pitbull person is/was... he sounds like he might be a lame person who needs to steal other's good ideas..."
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REPLY
18. tam 1445, 2016
"lasarousi omg I just heard this on the radio and I thought "wow, this sounds like that pit bull song". Sad"
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REPLY
17. igotasweetass, 2018
"^this. i wouldn't mind if he sampled a bit. No he straight up took the whole song. I hope toot's got his."
**
18. Jagoff PhD, 2019
"TJR sampled and then sold it to pitbull so this song got double raped"
**
19. Rootslove, 2015
"Toots is Roots ..."
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REPLY
20. caleb basile, 2017
"Root toot ska-boot"
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REPLY
21. MrViperVip, 2017
"doot doot"
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22. yeye, 2017
"Ye but "do the raggay" of the same band give his name to that new style betwin the Roots, the ska, the rock and thé soul ;)"
**
23. GoodIceMaster, 2015
"I actually came here from a video game, shark tales."
**
REPLY
24. Master Of Disaster, 2017
"Gta San Andreas! 😂😂"
**
REPLY
25. Chance Vought, 2016
"And Scarface The World Is Yours :D"
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26. Tracy Turner, 2017
"Plebs brought me here. Salve Grumio!"
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REPLY
27. Marron Giant, 2017
"This song is similar to the plebs closing theme"
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28. Ping Pong, 2016
"Just hearing this on the UK movie 'County Kilburn'!"
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29. T-Zay, 2016
"Kingston native here!"
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30. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Legit song. Reggae use to be awesome back then 70s/80s."
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REPLY
31. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Is true I notice that too even the production of reggae nowadays is so artificial"
**
REPLY
32. Fat Max, 2017
"I agree, some is, but check out Chronixx. He is the next big thing in reggae, true legend."
**
33. ArchosR14, 2017
"who's here because they were looking for the end credits song from plebs..."
**
29. chasmanian remakas, 2017
"Been jamming to this for quite some time and it still moves me every time I listen too it. Always keep it rolling!"
**
30. paul elliott, 2017
"Toots, and the mighty Maytals rocking it out in the best way
Cool groove"
**
31. David Washburn, 2017
"Such a great song from an amazing man / group. I've been lucky to see Toots and the Maytalls 5 or 6 times and loved every show. The last time, a few years ago he was close to 70yrs old and hadn't slowed down a bit. He never phones in a show, he works every one. At one show he was wearing a light purple shirt and a dark leather vest. He was working the crowd and having fun with the band and giving it everything. He took off his vest, obviously hot from the effort, and he had sweat so completely under the vest, it looked like he still had it on as the light purple shirt and turned dark and wet matching the vest outline. See him while you can!"
**
32. Jaibi Tico, 2017
"Que piezotaa....!!! Calidad de reggae..!!!! Buenas vibras desde Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"What piezotaa .... !!! Reggae quality .. !!!! Good vibes from Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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33. Pigmeat Martin, 2017
"A favorite since I was a young boy. It spawned a ton of knockoffs like "Funky Nassau" and "Funky Lagos" to name a few. Anywhere this was played someone would cut a knock off, it was too damned good of a groove to waste."
**
34. ruiz Lomas Cajun Trujillo, 2017
"this is the maytals but recorded as "The Flames" cause they didn´t had their own "rights" at the moment..."
**
35. Crypto Steve, 2018
"Toots and the Maytals have so many classic hits that everyone knows...and many don't realize how active and groundbreaking the group was. Much love and respect to Toots and the Maytals!"
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36. Rianna Ricco, 2018
"❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Kingston, London"
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37. Gehan Dileepa, 2019
"Narcos Mexico!!!11"
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38. Pynner, 2019
"Man, I didn't discover this original until like 5 years after I heard Funky Vodka!
They didn't change much, probably should have called it a "remix"."
**
39. SANDIEGOROOTS™, 2019
"Just this "Toots and the Maytals " Funky Kingston" Lp OG press out diggin' for vinyl today! Love this track as well as " Pressure Drop" on this record !"
****
This concludes Part III of this three part series on Toots And The Maytals.
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