By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
In dancehall it’s all about the bravado and the image one portrays to the intended audience. Among other things dancehall is all about power, sex appeal and just raw energy. Now can you imagine if some of our most famous Dancehall artists opted to use their real god-given names? Really getting your head knocked in with a hammer from a guy named Basil is not as powerful as getting your ass kicked by Bounty Killer. Basil sounds like that dude who works at the art supplies store or at most a foundry. Good thing Jeffrey Campbell sounds like that surveyor you pay a lot of money to, who in turn does a crap job at road repairs. Good thing he decided to go through not one but two name changes from Assassin to now Agent Sasco. These fake names make them more mysterious, more bad ass and yes they just sound cooler.
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| Oje Ollivierre Sounds like your 3rd Form Spanish Teacher - Protoje |
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| Windel Beneto Edwards- Gyptian |
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| Miguel Orlando Collins- Sizzla Kalonji |
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| Front Teet Gun Pon Teet Desmond John Ballentine not the same ring as Ninjaman |
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| O'Neil Bryan that has got to be the most boring name -Elephant Man |
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| I think whoever named this demon Adija Palmer knew what they were doing -Vybz Kartel |
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| Gully God David Constantin Brooks not the same power as Mavado |
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| Anthony Moses Davis |
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| If a selector called Dufton Taylor Jr. told you to "dash out yu hole!" Would you? Tony Matterhorn was the better choice |
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| Shabba Ranks should sue whoever named him Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon |
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| James Chambers- Jimmy Cliff, OM |
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| Toots Hibbert- Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert |
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| Mr. Lover Lover- Orville Richard Burrell not the same ring asShaggy Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb Related Articles |
This MADD love, with each blog you outdo yourself...Keep up the awesome work and the madness...looking forward to more
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