Delomar Says Pandemic Didn’t Force Him Into ‘Bad Man’ Songs, Foota Hype’s Analysis Not Quite Right

Dancehall artiste Delomar has raised some eyebrows with his latest track Badness which tackles a radically different subject matter than audiences are used to from the former RDX member.

Dancehall selector Foota Hype, who has been raving about the track, notes that the tune which falls into the unofficial ‘bad man’ song genre, has a unique combination of lyrics and flow that makes the tune stand out in its category.

“This tough, it is a semi-banger, gunman song, and the lyrics and the flow tough, mi like this,” said Foota Hype who reviewed the song in a post on Instagram.

“Mi like this and member seh that a one of the thing dem that make RDX nuh bigger than how dem is,” added Foota Hype who explained that the group, which is now on a break as both Delomar and ReniGAD pursue solo careers, could have been more successful had they had a more diverse catalog of music.

Foota Hype in his review went on to suggest that the downturn in the international market, with the lack of shows, may have forced Delomar to change up his style and produce “badman” songs.

“So now, obviously the pandemic make them a realize seh, if them did have couple badman song them coulda a gwan eat some dubplate food and a make a thing through the pandemic,when no show nah keep; cause dem get show pon the international market, you understand what me a seh,” said Foota Hype.

“But that market deh slow down now because of the pandemic, how you ago make money? How you ago eat food? So dem do a badman song, so fi dem first badman song mi like it, so Delomar mi like it,” added Foota Hype.

While Delomar was elated that Foota Hype was enjoying “Badness” he said the selector’s analysis of why he produced a “badman” tune was not entirely correct.

Delomar explained that while it is true that his group’s image is primarily that of feel good dancing tunes and songs for the ladies, he said the group had put out a few reality and other type of tracks but they were often overlooked by disc jockeys.

“RDX already stigmatize with dancing song and girl song, we were doing badman song, reality song during RDX but them never a work,” Delomar told DancehallMag.

Delomar said that starting out with dancing songs led to an almost natural transition into ‘girl songs’.

He explained that the female audiences were so drawn to the group’s music that it became an almost staple feature of their sound.

“The girls did just want to see so much a we, so we continue to constantly giving girl songs, so till we all forget seh, yow we can sing other song; inna a sense me would a blame weself you know but nothing no happen before the time and now that the time come, is like we reach at a point where them stuck we inna box, so now we haffi go come out of that box deh,” explained Delomar

Delomar added that what most people forget is that he is from a inner-city community, so badness has always been apart of his lived-experience.

“I agree with part of what him seh, but it nuh force me, badness is a part of me; a Waterhouse me come from, from day one zeet,” said Delomar

“Badness a part of my DNA, me live a dark life, JPS lock off mi light so me nuh have no light, a bare darkness, not even candle me never have, you zeet, and you done know how lamp stay, lamp expensive so me can’t by lamp neither, so a just crazy darkness we deh inna from day one,” added Delomar.

Delomar further stated that the good that has come from the pandemic is that it gave him time to introspect,noting that he had not really had an opportunity to do this because he had been so busy travelling up and down.

“The pandemic kind of give you time to sit down, because we did a travel so much, and all over the world we did ago, so with the pandemic it gave us the time to sit down and analyse our career and see which part we deh,” said Delomar.

“So I wouldn’t say a because we want dub money and nothing nah gwan or the pandemic no, a nuh because a dat, because our catalog of music what we have, we can sit down and live off of that, that can pay our bills- me a tell you dat and still have money to do anything what we want fi do same way. But I love music,” added Delomar.

Delomar said that his audience can expect him to put out a more diverse range of songs, noting that he had plenty of topics he wanted to address and so fans should be open and receptive.

“Right now people haffi understand seh a part of me; I have some reality thing fi say as well,” added Delomar.

Delomar’s Badness which dropped in late October 2020 has been getting rave reviews with even fellow artiste I-Octane seen jamming to the tune.