There's just something about having your own dance. Where whenever your song is played wherever it may be people just spontaneously burst out into a dance that you created. I guess you could say that it's like its own form of mind control. It can even make a person feel somewhat God like. Ask Soulja Boy, Cupid or PSY. It can often be a career maker. It can also be a career killer. Ask Soulja Boy, Cupid or PSY.
Earlier this year Ugandan rapper Big Tril tried to take his own shot at this with his release "Jaba Shake" where he tried to cash in on the craze that was the Harlem Shake but at the same time still maintain a local flavor by incorporating the early 2000's dance Jaba. How successful this was I can only guess at but what I can say is that the tendency with trying to copy a fad is that what you've made will probably end up just like the fad that you're copying, gone as fast as it appeared.
Now, I'm pretty sure that anyone who went to boarding school in Uganda in the early 2000's remembers the dance, Jaba. It was everywhere and then, just like all fads, it was nowhere.
More than 10 years later singer Jaamie Woods is on a mission to bring it back with his song simply called 'Jaba'. The song, which is backed by an instrumental that recalls the song 'Murder She Wrote' by Chaka Demus & Pliers calls you to "Do di Jaba, do di Jaba" with a video showing you just how.
Will Jaamie woods manage to do a better job than Big Tril did? That's entirely to be seen. In the meantime though, check this out.
Earlier this year Ugandan rapper Big Tril tried to take his own shot at this with his release "Jaba Shake" where he tried to cash in on the craze that was the Harlem Shake but at the same time still maintain a local flavor by incorporating the early 2000's dance Jaba. How successful this was I can only guess at but what I can say is that the tendency with trying to copy a fad is that what you've made will probably end up just like the fad that you're copying, gone as fast as it appeared.Now, I'm pretty sure that anyone who went to boarding school in Uganda in the early 2000's remembers the dance, Jaba. It was everywhere and then, just like all fads, it was nowhere.
More than 10 years later singer Jaamie Woods is on a mission to bring it back with his song simply called 'Jaba'. The song, which is backed by an instrumental that recalls the song 'Murder She Wrote' by Chaka Demus & Pliers calls you to "Do di Jaba, do di Jaba" with a video showing you just how.
Will Jaamie woods manage to do a better job than Big Tril did? That's entirely to be seen. In the meantime though, check this out.
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