SHALKAL, WHOSE LYRICAL ROOTS EMERGED FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY, IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED WORDSMITHS TO EVER HOLD THE MIC IN
dancehall. HIS RECENT MUSIC HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED FAN FOLLOWING, AND HE HAS SURFACED AS A TOP-NOTCH LYRICIST. IN SHALKALS’ YOUNGER DAYS, HE ENTERED LYRICS BATTLE AND OFTEN WON. HIS MUSIC IS INFUSED WITH: JAMAICAN METAPHORS AND RIDDLES, JAMAICAN LANDSCAPE OF COLORFUL STORIES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT, AND CELEBRATIONS OR CHALLENGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
SHALKAL MUSIC ARTIST
SHALKAL IS A MUSIC ARTIST THAT SEES TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT GOES INTO WRITING A SONG. THROUGHOUT THE GENRE’S STILL RELATIVELY SHORT LIFETIME, WE’VE SEEN ARTISTS (AND THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES AS WELL) WHO ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE PACK, BY VIRTUE OF THE WORDS THEY CHOOSE IN COMPILING THEIR WORK; SHALKAL IS ONE OF THEM. IN THE ROOTS REGGAE ARENA, IT ISN’T ONLY ABOUT
afrobeat “CREATING HAVOC INNA BABYLON”, OR “THINGS GETTING FYAH RED”! AND IN THE DANCEHALL ARENA, IT’S NOT JUST “DI GYAL DEM LUV MI SO” OR “MY GUN AH FI KILL 10”. SHALKAL HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE BEST LYRICISTS IN REGGAE MUSIC.
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HIS OTHER POPULAR SONGS PORTRAY A COMMON THEME ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING MONEY. THE SONG LYRICS FOR “COME MONEY COME”, “FI YOU MONEY”, & “MONEY DANCE”, RESONATE WITH THE MASSES. WHILE PEOPLE TRY TO SING AND DANCE TO THE CAPTIVATING, YET ENJOYABLE CATCHY TUNE, HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON MORE NEW SONGS, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM HIS JAMAICAN HERITAGE.
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