-(« LIFE IS A BIG ROAD WITH A LOT OF SIGNS, SOMEONE MADE IT CLEAR IN HIS OWN LYRICS! JAMAICAN REGGAE STAR(« BUJU BANTOU ») MET PRISON ON THE WAY IN (FLORIDA) A FEW YEARS AGO AND STILL BEHIND THE BARS:FURTHERMORE, IS HE ON FREEDOM ROAD IN NA NEAR FUTURE »)?-(-IT’S NOT AN EASY ROAD, SANG REGGAE STAR(« BUJU BANTOU ») ON A STAND OUT TRACK FROM HIS CLASSIC(1995) ALBUM (TIL SHILOH)! »MANY SEE THE GLAMOUR AND THE GLITTER « SO THEY THINK A BED OF ROSE »-« ME SAY,WHO FEELS IT », « KNOWS IT »-« OOH LORD HELP ME SUSTAIN THESE BLOWS »!AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT’S BEEN NINE (9) YEARS SINCE JAMAICAN BORN RECORDING ARTIST(« BUJU BANTOU ») WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME IN (FLORIDA)(USA) AND EVENTUALLY « CONVICTED ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES »:IN THE SAME TREND, (BUJU BANTU) HAD BEEN TARGETED AND PURSUED FOR EVER A YEAR BY AN UNDERCOVER FEDERAL INFORMANT, AND IT TOOK « TWO TRIALS FOR THE CHARGES » TO STICK. SINCE THAT TIME HIS MUSIC HAS REMAINED A « STAPLE » WITHIN, « REGGAE, AND DANCEHALL CIRCLES », BUT « BUJU’S FANS HAVEN’T HAD MUCH IN THE WAY OF NEW MUSIC.(BANTOU’S LAST STUDIO ALBUM, THE (10) TRACK PROJECT BEFORE THE DAWN » WAS RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER (2010), ONE DAY AFTER HIS FIRST COURT CASE ENDED IN MISTRIAL, AND WON A « GRAMMY AWARD » FOR THE BEST REGGAE ALBUM.A MERE HANDFUL OF TRACKS HAVE DROPPED SINCE THEN, MOST NOTABLY(« JAH ARMY »), A COLLABORATION WITH (BOB MARLEY’S SON (STEPHEN MARLEY) (« RAGGA ») WHO PUT UP HIS OWN (FLORIDA) TO SECURE BAIL SO (BUJU BANTOU) COULD GET OUT OF JAIL WHILE HE FOUGHT HIS CASE AND (« DAMAN « JR GONG MARLEY »).OTHER RELEASES INCLUDING THE SOLO CUT « SET UP THE MIC » AND « THOSE DAYS », A COLLABORATION WITH AGENT « SASCO », WHERE CALLED FROM OTHER RECORDING SESSIONS.(« DOWN THE LINE, IT’S BEEN (9) YEARS, SINCE THE JAMAICAN REGGAE STAR(BUJU BANTOU) HAS BEEN BEHIND THE BARS IN (FLORIDA)-(USA),WILL HE BE FREE AT LAST?NOBODY KNOWS TOMORROWS!
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