Very white people playing pseudo ska/reggae for party pop music. AKA their latest single.

They are a dope pop punk group, but they very rarely get the ska/reggae groove down.

If you don’t lock down the authenticity of the music + water what you think you have down for a pop context = you arereducing the genre to novelty.

Simple. When No Doubt works hard to get it, it’s great. Sometimes the come across a correct baseline by accident.

There’s more to it than speaking words with a weird accent, saying “Eh!”, and cheap “calypso” rhythm.

I will check the album out though, because sometimes they get it. They are a solid rock group and can write great ballads. I’m a No Doubt fan- when they stay away from the pseudo-reggae/ska. “Underneath It All” is great. I love it- and it comes damn close.

But I will forever hate Americanized Ska. I feel violated every time I hear them punk out a ska riddim. Just a personal tick. At least I know the skinheads and bluebeat cats cross the pond are rabid students of the craft.

I missed No Doubt, but not the mixed feelings. lol

I was always frustrated with thedubstep I listen to, that misses thedub.

Checked “Dubstep” wikipedia page for once. Now I’ve found what I’ve been missing. Modern dub plates. Shit is excellent. It’s not post-dubstep, as they say.

I love the mid-range, agressive dubstep, for sure. But as long as its still driven by a good bassline and rhythm. I hate it when music loses its rooting. Probably why I love Sukh Knight so much- he can make those mid-rage, post dubstep era joints, but still have that wonderful bass rooting. For sure.

So nah. Not into brostep. Aggression for the sake of aggression. Much like American metal music, as wikipedia points out. But Flux, Borgore, a good amount of these guys in this post-dubstep era still have a solid bassline in mind. So I enjoy them.

Don’t like Skrillex, don’t like the idea of him. Find him a prick. I always have a sour spot for Americanized, after Britishized Jamaican music- like what America did to Blue Note Ska, and what Blue Note Ska did to Ska. Punk was introduced, then it turned to shit. Then American pop/rock was introduced, then shit turned to shit. Of course there are exceptions, don’t get at me. But I don’t dig the West’s reverse digestion of Jamaican music, for sure.

When said “ska” turns too punk and rockish

I leave