SHALKAL, WHOSE LYRICAL ROOTS EMERGED FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY, IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED WORDSMITHS TO EVER HOLD THE MIC IN dancehall.
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 ARTISTSHALKAL 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”!