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Old 08-01-2009, 06:18 PM   #167 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
This thread's been going on for so long that I can't remember if this has been said before, but I think if we're talking about it in terms of ratios, Jamaica wins hands down. For a country with less people in it than some of the cities in the US and UK they sure as hell have produced a lot of great musicians.
Problem is that for better or worse the scene is not that well known and rarely checked out even by 'Savvy' MB folk. Sly and Robbie are even more prolific than the infamous Funk brothers yet barely get a mention
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