The name is a portmanteau of the Afro-Haitian Rara and Rabòday, sub-genre of Rabòday Music which get its stylistic origin from Rasin music (Haitian Root Music).
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of SingRapping, chanted Vocals with lots of Collisions, Calls and Reponses which are sung in Haitian Creole, usually Feature a Folk-Lead artist, guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Other Key elements:
Singable folk-based melodies that's loaded with raunchy, sexually explicit rhymes and cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics and full of "Voye pwen,” (Haitian Creole) or “sending a point.” (English) which means to indirectly accuse/speak of someone, to imply, to give a hint, to indirectly place the blame on an individual
The concept usually includes using Electromechanic musical instruments and Electronic Music Technology or Electronic Musical Instruments , which is distributed via digital audio formats over the Internet.
Rara-Bòday is often played in Afro-Creole Music Festivals, inghtclubs from mainly the Afro-Creole and Afro-Latino American and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Dominican Républicain (DR) Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Cuba, Martinique, Dominica, Panama, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad
Brasil, Hondunras and Columbia as well as Canada, France, Western Africa and Haitian communities in the Untited States most notably New Orleans.
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of SingRapping, chanted Vocals with lots of Collisions, Calls and Reponses which are sung in Haitian Creole, usually Feature a Folk-Lead artist, guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Other Key elements:
Singable folk-based melodies that's loaded with raunchy, sexually explicit rhymes and cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics and full of "Voye pwen,” (Haitian Creole) or “sending a point.” (English) which means to indirectly accuse/speak of someone, to imply, to give a hint, to indirectly place the blame on an individual
The concept usually includes using Electromechanic musical instruments and Electronic Music Technology or Electronic Musical Instruments , which is distributed via digital audio formats over the Internet.
Rara-Bòday is often played in Afro-Creole Music Festivals, inghtclubs from mainly the Afro-Creole and Afro-Latino American and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Dominican Républicain (DR) Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Cuba, Martinique, Dominica, Panama, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad
Brasil, Hondunras and Columbia as well as Canada, France, Western Africa and Haitian communities in the Untited States most notably New Orleans.
Hey Destin,
Is it true that Rara-Bòday musician s use the Rara-Bòday song s as a way to “voye pwen,” which in English literally means “sending the point"?
Is it true that Rara-Bòday musician s use the Rara-Bòday song s as a way to “voye pwen,” which in English literally means “sending the point"?
by Negre Marron Records June 10, 2019