Konshens
Birth name Garfield Spence
Origin Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Dancehall
Occupations DJ, Singer
Years active 2005 – present

Garfield Spence aka Konshens is a Jamaican dancehall artist a past student of Excelsior High School.

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Biography [link]

Konshens' hits have included "Winner", "Rasta Impostor", "This Means Money", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Gal Dem A Talk", "Realest Song", "Represent", "Do Sumn" and "Forward".[1]

His 2005 single "Pon Di Corner" was a major hit in Japan, and led to a month-long tour of the country and a Japan-only album release.[2]

He made a guest appearance on Tarrus Riley's Contagious album, deejaying on "Good Girl Gone Bad", which was also released as a single.[3]

During 2009 and 2010 he toured extensively outside of Jamaica.[1][2] He has a large fanbase in Guyana and Europe, where his "Gal Dem Talk" single was a major hit, and he performed at Guyana's National Stadium in May 2011.[2]

His album, Real Talk, was released by Japanese label Koyashi in 2010.[4] A second album was also announced to be released in Jamaica on Tad Dawkins' Tad's International label.[4] Konshens also launched his own Subkonshus label in 2010, working with new acts including his brother Delus.[4]

In May 2011, he was one of several high-profile Jamaican celebrities to take part in a march in Torrington Park calling for an end to political rivalry in the area, commemorating a fire in May 1980 at the Eventide Home which killed over 150 elderly women, for which politically motivated arson was suspected.[5]

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

  • ?? (2006) - Japan only
  • Real Talk (2010), Koyashi
  • Mental Maintenance (2012), Subkonshus Music

Singles [link]

  • "Pon Di Corner" (2005) - with Delus
  • "Rasta Imposter"
  • "This Means Money"
  • "Good Girl Gone Bad" (feat. Tarrus Riley)
  • "Winner" (2008)
  • "Realest SONG" (2010)
  • "Gal Dem A Talk" (2010)
  • "Realest Medz" (2010)
  • "Weak"(reggae) (2010)
  • "Represent" (2011)
  • "Forward" (2011)
  • "Buss A Blank" (2011)
  • "Bounce Like A Ball" (2011)
  • "Jamaican Dance" (2011-Just Dance 3)
  • "Gal A Bubble" (2012)
  • "Do Sum'n" (2012)
  • "Shat A Fyah" (2012)

References [link]

  1. ^ a b "Konshens lives in the heart of the streets", Jamaica Star, 23 April 2011, retrieved 2011-06-10
  2. ^ a b c "Konshens falls in love with reggae music", Jamaica Observer, 11 March 2011, retrieved 2011-06-10
  3. ^ Kenner, Rob (2009) "Reggae Singer With a Legacy, a Following and a Mission", New York Times, 21 August 2009, retrieved 2011-06-10
  4. ^ a b c Jackson, Kevin (2010) "Catch Di Riddim: Konshens to release two albums", Jamaica Observer, 5 November 2010, retrieved 2011-06-10
  5. ^ Robinson, Corey (2011) "Eventide fire remembered: Torrington Park marks anniversary with demand for an end to political rivalry", Jamaica Observer, 23 May 2011, retrieved 2011-06-10

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Bedroom General

by: Konshens

[Intro:]
Hey Russian
Di gal dem don't talk
Let make up their mind
Dem nuh want nuh idiot a tek up dem time
So when dem ready fi connect up dem line
Wi dem haffi find
Cause we a
[Chorus:]
Di bedroom general
Not a likkle and scraple
Wi have the remedy fi take care of all gal
Short and tall gal a you with dem all gyal
A We grab on gyal
We a di bedroom general
Not a likkle private
Know fi do di work properly, we know how fi style it
G spot hidin, we search out and find it
A wi, grab on gal
[Verse 1:]
Di gal dem a talk seh
Some bwoy a rookie to di league
Marathon fi run and dem a bawl fi fatigue
But wi, full up of gal from wi di likkle bit a [?]
Satisy di need
Man di pickney if dem read
Mi seh mi tuff like a hardcover book back
Beat up gal body like a drum bup bap bup bap
Guinness and di Snappa dem inna mi back a put back
Gal a look back and crawb up foot back
[Chorus:]
Di bedroom general
Not a likkle and scraple
Wi have the remedy fi take care of all gal
Short and tall gal a you with dem all gyal
A We grab on gyal
We a di bedroom general
Not a likkle private
Know fi do di work properly, we know how fi style it
G spot hidin, we search out and find it
A wi, grab on gal
[Verse 2:]
When di gal dem a call up mi name inna di hair dresser parlor
Dem cyan seh mi weak through mi morgue
Gyal haffi seh mi buss di net and tear down di flank like a ball
Aks Tanisha aks Tamara
And Paula
When mi move to di miggle
Nuttn nah tickle a nuh comedy nuh joke fi yuh giggle
When yuh get up yuh a jiggle and a wiggle
Mi stamp mi class, pull di ears pon di ass
[Chorus:]
Bedroom general
Not a likkle and scraple
Wi have the remedy fi take care of all gal
Short and tall gal a you with dem all gyal
A we grab on gyal
We a di bedroom general
Not a likkle private
Know fi do di work properly, we know how fi style it
G spot hidin, we search out and find it
A wi, grab on gal
[Outro:]
Di gal dem don't talk
Let make up their mind
Dem nuh want nuh idiot a tek up dem time
So when dem ready fi connect up dem line
Wi dem haffi find
Cause we a
Di bedroom general
Not a likkle and scraple
Wi have the remedy fi take care of all gal
Short or tall gal a you with dem all gyal
A wi grow on gyal




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