Cocoa Tea

Origin : Jamaica
Instrument :
Styles : Reggae

Cocoa Tea : discography

Save Us Oh Jah Album : Save Us Oh Jah
Year : 2006
Tek Weh Yuh Gal Album : Tek Weh Yuh Gal
Year : 2004
Live In Jamaica Album : Live In Jamaica
Year : 2002
Feel The Power Album : Feel The Power
Year : 2001
Israel Vibration Meets Cocoa Tea Album : Israel Vibration Meets Cocoa Tea
Year : 1999
Reggae Legends vol 3 Album : Reggae Legends vol 3
Year : 1999
One Way Album : One Way
Year : 1998
Cocoa Tea RAS Portraits Album : Cocoa Tea RAS Portraits
Label : RAS Records
Year : 1997
Israel's King Album : Israel's King
Year : 1996
Come Love Me Album : Come Love Me
Year : 1995
Can't Live So Album : Can't Live So
Label : Shanachie
Year : 1994
Good Life Album : Good Life
Year : 1994
Sweet Love Album : Sweet Love
Label : RAS Records
Year : 1994
tune in Album : tune in
Year : 1994
Legit Album : Legit
Label : Shanachie
Year : 1993
One Up Album : One Up
Year : 1993
I Am The Thoughest Album : I Am The Thoughest
Year : 1992
Kingston Hot Album : Kingston Hot
Year : 1992
20 Tracks Of Cocoa Tea Album : 20 Tracks Of Cocoa Tea
Year : 1991
Another One For The Road Album : Another One For The Road
Year : 1991
Authorized Album : Authorized
Year : 1991
Pirates' Anthem Album : Pirates' Anthem
Year : 1991
Rikers Island Album : Rikers Island
Year : 1991
Rocking Dolly Album : Rocking Dolly
Year : 1991
Holding On Album : Holding On
Year : 1989

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News about Cocoa Tea

Beenie Man, Capleton, Marcia Griffiths, Cocoa Tea, I-Wayne, Mahmoud Ahmed from Ethiopia, The Itals, Jovi Rockwell, Fire Star, Lionize, Image Band, The Iternals, S.T.O.R.M. AND MANY MORE....
Source : www.niceup.com | 2009-07-07 07:00:02.0
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation via Twitter with Andrew Collins, About.com's Guide to Gay Travel, regarding modern reggae and dancehall music. If you're not familiar with dancehall, it's an upbeat genre of music based on reggae rhythms (or, more precisely, riddims) that features a deejay toasting (rapping) over the top. Musically, it's really fun. Lyrically... well, not so much. There are plenty of dancehall artists whose lyrics are socially conscious and respectful, but the majority of popular artists tend towards slackness, specifically violent homophobia. I've got a pretty decent mental filtration system, and years of practice have put me in a place where I can listen to lyrics that I disagree with and see them as indicators of socioeconomic factors and cultures that are different from my own, but even I can't take some of the more hateful lyrics that directly advocate killing gays and lesbians. It's especially true because Jamaica is one of the most dangerous places in the world for homosexuals, where violent attacks are commonplace and offenders are rarely prosecuted. Going back to my Twitter conversation with Andrew Collins, we both agreed that throwing the baby out with the bathwater is definitely not the solution on this one. My personal strategy is one of a reverse boycott (a girlcott?) - I do buy reggae music and support Jamaican artists, but only the ones who I feel are using their lyrics for good. This is where roots reggae comes in. Roots reggae became a distinct subgenre of Jamaican music in the late 1970s, just as dancehall began to emerge. In those days, roots reggae was the thing: Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were selling massive amounts of records throughout the world, and singing about spirituality, brotherhood, love, the struggles of the oppressed, and other things that, though sometimes controversial, were not directly offensive. There are, in fact, still artists around who are rocking these sorts of lyrics - one of my favorites is Burning Spear. All the reggae rhythms you could want, and nothing hateful or hurtful, unless you're offended by religious or liturgical music - many of Burning Spear's songs are about Rastafarianism, a nonviolent religion. Burning Spear is what I think of as a "legacy artist," though - he's been around since the good old days - there are modern roots reggae artists, as well: Cocoa Tea, Junior Kelly, and Ziggy Marley, just to name a few. What are your thoughts on homophobia in modern Jamaican music? Should people who disagree with these lyrics boycott Jamaican music (or Jamaican exports entirely)? Should we support the artists who don't sing violent lyrics? Should we just go ahead and listen to the slack lyrics and view them a valid expression of an oppressed culture, whether or not we agree? What do you think?
Source : about.com | 2009-06-17 13:11:46.0
At least two prominent Jamaican music icons, Marcia Griffiths and Cocoa Tea, flew to Washington DC and endured the freezing cold to witness the inauguration of the first African-American President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Source : www.niceup.com | 2009-01-23 15:22:40.0