BLACK
IS BEAUTIFUL
CHRONIXX
SONGWRITERS: STEPHEN DAVID MCGREGOR & JAMAR
MCNAUGHTON
COUNTRY: JAMAICA
ALBUM: CHRONOLOGY
LABEL: VIRGIN EMI
GENRE: REGGAE
YEAR: 2017
Jamar Rolando McNaughton (born 10 October
1992), popularly known as Chronixx, is a Jamaican reggae artist.
His stage name replaced the name "Little Chronicle" which he was
given because of his father, the singer "Chronicle". Chronixx and his
music has been branded as a "Reggae Revival", alongside other reggae
musicians including Alborosie, Dre Island, Jah Bouks, Jah9, Protoje,
Kelissa, Jesse
Royal, Keznamdi and Kabaka Pyramid. His lyrical content revolves
around themes of anti-war, romantic declarations and resiliency
Chronixx popularity grew throughout 2012,
with significant airplay in Jamaica, and performances at festivals such as Reggae Sumfest and a show in December at the Tracks and Records
nightclub/restaurant in Kingston, which was attended by Usain Bolt.
He was featured on the Major Lazer-curated
mixtape Start a Fire. In 2013, he had hits with "Smile Jamaica" and
"Here Comes Trouble", and he toured the United Kingdom (including a BBC 1Xtra concert in Leeds)
and the United States with his Zincfence Redemption Band. In March 2013, he
travelled to Kenya, where
he has a large fanbase, as a Peace Ambassador during the country's general
election, and performed at the Tuko Rada Peace Concert in Nairobi. He
again performed at Sumfest in 2013, in front of an audience of more than
10,000.
His EP,
Dread & Terrible, was released on 1 April 2014, and topped the Billboard Top Reggae Albums charts on the week of 18 April. Following his appearance on the
Jimmy Fallon show and his Central Park concert the EP saw significant gains,
according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning a number two position on the Digital
Reggae Singles chart. The EP returned to the number one spot on the Top Reggae Albums chart, according to SoundScan. By March 2015, the EP had spent 42
consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Top Reggae Albums chart.
In May 2014, he won Culture Artist of the
Year, Best New Artist, and Entertainer of the Year at the Linkage Awards in New
York. In July 2014, he performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on US network NBC.
He followed this with a concert in Central
Park attended by over 5,000 people. In
September 2014, he was nominated for a MOBO Award in the Best Reggae Act category. The following month he won awards
for Best Song (for "Smile Jamaica") and Best Music Video (for
"Here Comes Trouble") at the 33rd International Reggae & World
Music Awards. He founded his own ZincFence Recordz production house along with
producer Romain "Teflon" Arnett and co-producer/engineer Ricardo
"Shadyz" Lynch. As well as Chronixx, ZincFence has produced hits by Jah Cure,
Kabaka Pyramid, and Protoje, and had
worked with Maverick Sabre,
Mavado,
and Nomaddz.
His 2017 debut album, Chronology, received a Grammy Award nomination, and in the same year he received a Prime Minister's
National Youth Award for Excellence.
On
March 13, 2020, Chronixx released the first single "Dela Move" from
his upcoming second album, "Dela Splash". The title
of the track and album were inspired by his hometown – De La Vega City, a
district in Spanish Town,
Jamaica.
Chronology is the debut studio album by
Jamaican reggae musician
Chronixx. It was
released in July 2017 under Virgin
EMI Records.
The album was up for nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
We love the children
of Africa
Teaching the children
Oh na na anna
La da da da
Black eye, black
hair, black skin
Black queen stand majestic with the black king
Today I'll sing you a black song, you need to hear about beautiful black
things 'cause
Most time we hear about black, we hear about black magic and black
witches
Black list, black book, black market
Black Friday, ya spend off your black riches
I've never seen a doctor in black nor seen a black pill fi cure no black
people
But I've seen bush doctors like Tosh and Marley resurrect like a real
black beatle
Malcom, Marcus, Martin
When you see Walter Rodney ask him
How you nuh hear about Howell often
So when the little offspring asking, tell them
They never told us
that black is beautiful
They never told us, black is beauty
They never told us that black is beautiful
They never told us, they never told us black is beautiful
You ah behave and ah
gwaan like you never spend 500 years pon a farm
The same chain you ah wear and a gwaan is another black life in Sierra
Leone
Dem find out mama earth got gold then
Dem mine out mama earth black soul then
You work hard just fi get ah black card
Same card weh you swipe buy back your black gold then
Hol' on, I see nuff faces long
But this is not a racist song
This is a song for the children who was never told about where their
race is from
They never hear it in dem favourite songs
Everybody calm, ah say slavery's done
What a go gwaan when the babies come
And start read 'bout things like
Dogons, black Kemet and Kush
Black kings, black senates and books
Weh teach 'bout pyramids and put
Real significance to we physical looks
So every word weh mi say black
In my world everything black
Black white, white black right back
So don't be surprised when mi say mi king black
They never told us
that black is beautiful
They never told us, black is beauty
They never told us that black is beautiful
They never told us, they never told us black is beautiful
Preacher is preaching
good God the things that he preaches
I wonder who taught him to preach
Teacher is teaching where did he get his degree
Now it is no mystery who taught us black history
Peace out.
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