Mention Jamaican music to someone who isn’t a fan and you can bet that a fairly predictable image pops into the head of your listener. Chances are this image looks something like the cover of Bim Sherman’s Exploitation : Same old Rastafarian colors… Some guy with dreads… A title that refers broadly to political oppression or positive thinking without much in the way of self-critical awareness or irony . For many people, this vision? — ?of roots reggae and its deified lead singer — ?is the only face that Jamaican music has to offer. (To be honest, the Jamaican music industry, in its eagerness to capitalize on the popularity of this face, hasn’t done much to contradict it.) Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll find a dozen genres lurking beneath the tie-died surface of roots reggae
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Design Legacy: A Social History Of Jamaican Album Covers
