For a Jamaican, I have quintessential music taste. Sure, I do listen to lots of other things but reggae is my favourite music genre by far, as I’ve already written about with a previous WordPress prompt. In fact, I feel very happy to live in the birthplace of reggae and I’m very proud of the artistes who spread our music culture across the globe. We celebrate reggae music every week with numerous live music events across Jamaica’s capital city of Kingston, and each February is designated as Reggae Month in Jamaica.
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That being said, if you ever visit Jamaica, you’re going to hear reggae music at most bars, restaurants, street corners and even at all-inclusive resorts. In fact, in Jamaica’s touristy areas, you’re likely to only hear reggae music from Bob Marley which makes a lot of tourists falsely believe that Bob Marley is still alive and churning out new tunes. Unfortunately, reggae’s most famous star had an untimely death at 36 years old from cancer in 1981 but his music lives on today and his sons have followed in his musical footsteps, continuing his legacy. That being said, we have thousands of other reggae artistes and my favourite album of all time happens to come from Chronixx.
I started driving in 2017, and Chronology was the first album I got for my car’s CD player. In fact, Chronology was released that same year and instantly became my car’s soundtrack– much to my passengers’ chagrin. I fell in love with the album and all 16 songs on it. Each and every song on that album was a musical and lyrical masterpiece, as the lyrics of many of those songs feel like the soundtrack of my life, and are uplifting and inspirational. My favourite songs on Chronology in order are: Skanking Sweet, I Can, Black is Beautiful and Selassie Children. It’s safe to say I’ve memorized the lyrics of those songs and it was a joy to hear Chronixx perform live in 2019 at Buju Banton’s Long Walk to Freedom concert.
Now, my favourite reggae artiste has fallen into obscurity but I hope he blesses us with another album one day. Chronology was his debut album but he did release two previous EPs: Dread & Terrible (the EP which made me a Chronixx fan) and Hooked on Chronixx. Chronology was up for nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018. While it didn’t win, I’m not mad because another excellent album won that year– Damian Marley’s Stony Hill.
Chronology was up for nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018.
Before we go, let me leave you with the lyrics from two of my favourites. If you’re not from the Caribbean, I still hope you understand the lyrics.
Excerpt from I Can 
Excerpt from Skankin Sweet
Wrap Up
If you liked this post, do share your favourite albums with me in the comments below. Have you ever heard of Chronixx or Chronology? Did you love the album as much as I did? If not, go listen to Skankin’ Sweet and I Can to get a taste of my island today. 🙂
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