Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.
Dancehall reggae is not just about the killer riddims; people the world over love the way we speak. This music is here to kick up the bass and burn up the place. I'm talking on behalf of all dancehall.
I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.
I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.
I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe.
Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.
Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it.
My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.
Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting.
Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness.
When I got a job at a bank, I began writing my own songs about social change. I then got deeper and deeper into the music world.
Sean Paul's favorite music artists are Nas, Busta Rhymes, Christopher Wallace, and Snoop Dogg.
Sean Paul enjoys eating pasta.
In 2005, Sean won a Billboard Music Awards for the best Selling Reggae Artist of the Year and another for Top Selling Reggae Album of the Year (The Trinity).
Sean Paul second album, "Dutty Rock", went two times platinum in the US and two times platinum in the UK, both countries alone. Sean sold 6 million copies worlwide.
Discography: Stage One (2000), Dutty Rock (2002), Dutty Rock (New Edition) (2003), The Trinity (2005).
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