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Wayne Wonder

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Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican singer whose dancehall/R&B crossover recordings reached international audiences in the late 1990s and 2000s; Stone Love Movement's dubplate catalogue features him among the artists it helped establish.

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Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go

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  1. 0:01[Music]
  2. 0:09[Music] W wo
  3. 0:14[Applause]
  4. 0:17[Applause] wo baby got
  5. 0:20wo baby got
  6. 0:20wo baby got somebody She's a
  7. 0:23somebody She's a
  8. 0:23somebody She's a Beauty very special really and
  9. 0:27Beauty very special really and
  10. 0:27Beauty very special really and truly take good care of me like he said
  11. 0:32truly take good care of me like he said
  12. 0:32truly take good care of me like he said you did w you hide by my side night and
  13. 0:39you did w you hide by my side night and
  14. 0:39you did w you hide by my side night and day no let it no
  15. 0:44no because you are
  16. 0:49my when I'm with you is
  17. 0:54my when I'm with you is all girl I'm so glad we made
  18. 1:00all girl I'm so glad we made
  19. 1:00all girl I'm so glad we made let it no no holding
  20. 1:03let it no no holding
  21. 1:03let it no no holding back no holding back
  22. 1:08no when I'm with you it's all about all
  23. 1:15no when I'm with you it's all about all about they say good things to one
  24. 1:20about they say good things to one
  25. 1:20about they say good things to one day but I'm
  26. 1:22day but I'm
  27. 1:22day but I'm optimistic about being your
  28. 1:25optimistic about being your
  29. 1:25optimistic about being your friend who I make you
  30. 1:28friend who I make you
  31. 1:28friend who I make you cry I do
  32. 1:32way Nation but that was back
  33. 1:37way Nation but that was back day no Let It Go no holding
  34. 1:42day no Let It Go no holding
  35. 1:42day no Let It Go no holding back because you are my
  36. 1:46back because you are my
  37. 1:46back because you are my lady when I'm with you it's
  38. 1:51lady when I'm with you it's
  39. 1:51lady when I'm with you it's all girl I'm so
  40. 1:56glad Don't Let It Go no
  41. 2:02no I
  42. 2:04no I know
  43. 2:06know
  44. 2:06know yeah when I with you with
  45. 2:10yeah when I with you with
  46. 2:10yeah when I with you with all all of that yeah
  47. 2:13all all of that yeah
  48. 2:13all all of that yeah yeah really
  49. 2:15yeah really
  50. 2:15yeah really appreciate you loving me that's Sur r
  51. 2:20appreciate you loving me that's Sur r
  52. 2:20appreciate you loving me that's Sur r that we been
  53. 2:22that we been
  54. 2:22that we been through really
  55. 2:25through really
  56. 2:25through really appreciate you
  57. 2:28appreciate you
  58. 2:28appreciate you loveing I
  59. 2:33got
  60. 2:34got somebody she's a
  61. 2:37somebody she's a
  62. 2:37somebody she's a beautyy very
  63. 2:39beautyy very
  64. 2:40beautyy very special and
  65. 2:41special and
  66. 2:42special and truly take good care of me like you said
  67. 2:48you by
  68. 2:50you by my night and
  69. 2:53my night and
  70. 2:53my night and day no Let It Go no holding by be
  71. 2:59day no Let It Go no holding by be
  72. 3:00day no Let It Go no holding by be because you are
  73. 3:03my when I'm with you it's
  74. 3:08my when I'm with you it's all girl I'm so glad
  75. 3:13we let it no
  76. 3:17we let it no [Music]
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The crooner in the dancehall: singing against the deejay era

Documented commentary on the place of melodic singing within a deejay-dominated dancehall, stated neutrally: one view treats the 'golden-voiced' crooner tradition as a durable counter-current that kept romance and R&B in the music; another treats toasting and the deejay as dancehall's defining voice, with singers a secondary strand. Neutral framing; no verdict. Sources: Beth Lesser, Dancehall; Rough Guide to Reggae; Jamaica Gleaner archive.

Stance: melodic 'lovers' singing as a durable counter-current vs deejay toasting as dancehall's defining voice