What would the dancehall scene be without some bling? Or as they call it in Jamaica, ‘flossing’.
Kajj salutes the genre’s extravagant lifestyle in ‘Count Bricks’, his song released in early December by Pert Entertainment.
It is accompanied by a video depicting the Jamaican artist rolling with his crew through stores, shopping for the latest in leisure wear.
“It’s all about money. The message I’m trying to get across is, anything I do, I have to have money,” said the deejay, who hails from St. Ann, a rural parish in northeastern Jamaica.
‘Count Bricks’ is his first song for Pert Entertainment which is based in South Florida. It is also Kajj’s debut single since he changed his moniker from Ruppshon, under which he recorded a handful of songs including ‘Yah So’.
Growing up in the farming area of Moneaque, Kajj was drawn to the music of Bob Marley, another St. Ann native. He also admires the music of dancehall kingpins Vybz Kartel, Masicka and Skillibeng.
According to Kajj, ‘Counting Bricks’ gives a vivid portrayal of what’s happening in the Jamaican dancehall.
“If you listen to the artists nowadays, they’re singing about what them drinking, what them wearing, where they’re going. Is jus’ reality,” he said.
Written By Howard Campbell | Observer