Comments on: Ras Ceylon Brings a Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bhagat singh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/comment-page-1/#comment-281999 bhagat singh Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:20:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6444#comment-281999 <p>Thoroughly enjoyed his work with Humble the Poet and Mandeep Sethi and from the first few listen this album sounds awesome. I am ordering my copy now! I support good new artists!</p> Thoroughly enjoyed his work with Humble the Poet and Mandeep Sethi and from the first few listen this album sounds awesome. I am ordering my copy now! I support good new artists!

]]> By: ChaiCup http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/comment-page-1/#comment-281985 ChaiCup Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:57:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6444#comment-281985 <p>At first I thought it was going to be reggae but clearly he is rapping; as a rapper eh.... he's just ok. Just because he takes on rastafarianism should not automatically mean that we should support him. I lost interest in the first few secs into his tracks and overall the production is boring. So not my cup of chai. I've heard better as far as desi-rappers go.</p> At first I thought it was going to be reggae but clearly he is rapping; as a rapper eh…. he’s just ok. Just because he takes on rastafarianism should not automatically mean that we should support him. I lost interest in the first few secs into his tracks and overall the production is boring. So not my cup of chai. I’ve heard better as far as desi-rappers go.

]]> By: Majority Minority http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/comment-page-1/#comment-281967 Majority Minority Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:19:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6444#comment-281967 <p>" If the above line of thinking is correct than desi's doing anything outside of south asian culture is misappropriating, thats a limited view in my opinion!"</p> <p>That opinion does not reflect many of the opinions expressed by commenters and even bloggers of this blog.</p> <p>Blog after blog, comment after comment bemoan "cultural appropriation" - especially if it is done by a non-Desi who is doing something Desi.</p> <p>One NRI even got offended that when she was on a volunteer/study abroad mission in Rajasthan, her White Female collegues got excited about shopping for salwar-kameez, bindis and bangels, while she, an American Desi, was happy to continue wearing jeans.</p> ” If the above line of thinking is correct than desi’s doing anything outside of south asian culture is misappropriating, thats a limited view in my opinion!”

That opinion does not reflect many of the opinions expressed by commenters and even bloggers of this blog.

Blog after blog, comment after comment bemoan “cultural appropriation” – especially if it is done by a non-Desi who is doing something Desi.

One NRI even got offended that when she was on a volunteer/study abroad mission in Rajasthan, her White Female collegues got excited about shopping for salwar-kameez, bindis and bangels, while she, an American Desi, was happy to continue wearing jeans.

]]> By: minority majority http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/comment-page-1/#comment-281945 minority majority Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:36:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6444#comment-281945 <p>^^^^ Ummm 1st of all there are reggae artists (matisyahu, apache indian etc) and people that practice rastafarianism all over the world, neither the music or religion is strictly jamaican!! So how is Ras "misappropriating jamaican culture" when he raps in an american accent almost the whole time on this album save for a few affectations here and there? I dont hear him trying to do anything strictly jamaican his music is as much hiphop as reggae, also you can learn more about whats goin on in oakland from listening to his songs more than jamaica! If the above line of thinking is correct than desi's doing anything outside of south asian culture is misappropriating, thats a limited view in my opinion! Dont even get me started about the contributions the saddhus made to the formation of rastafarianism i.e. dreadlocks, ganja etc but i will save that for another day! keepin rockin ras ceylon! Thanks for the post Taz</p> ^^^^ Ummm 1st of all there are reggae artists (matisyahu, apache indian etc) and people that practice rastafarianism all over the world, neither the music or religion is strictly jamaican!! So how is Ras “misappropriating jamaican culture” when he raps in an american accent almost the whole time on this album save for a few affectations here and there? I dont hear him trying to do anything strictly jamaican his music is as much hiphop as reggae, also you can learn more about whats goin on in oakland from listening to his songs more than jamaica! If the above line of thinking is correct than desi’s doing anything outside of south asian culture is misappropriating, thats a limited view in my opinion! Dont even get me started about the contributions the saddhus made to the formation of rastafarianism i.e. dreadlocks, ganja etc but i will save that for another day! keepin rockin ras ceylon! Thanks for the post Taz

]]> By: Majority Minority http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/03/07/ras_ceylon_brin/comment-page-1/#comment-281920 Majority Minority Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:49:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6444#comment-281920 <p>Music is ok. But really, only Jamaicans who have the accent and patois down can do reggae properly.</p> <p>I see this as a Desi American misappropriating Jamaican culture and music.</p> Music is ok. But really, only Jamaicans who have the accent and patois down can do reggae properly.

I see this as a Desi American misappropriating Jamaican culture and music.

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