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Article: INTERVIEW: SOJA spills on state of reggae
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- February 5, 2008
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Raiza Canelon
University Wire
02-05-2008
(Mustang Daily) (UWIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- When asked to describe a typical reggae band, you might picture a stereotypical group of Jamaican guys sitting on the beach, with their hair in dreads, smoking joints, singing about peace and love. This may be especially true if the name of the band is SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army).
However, these men, who have played reggae for the past 11 years, didn't come from Jamaica. They are a group of guys from Washington, D.C., and the only thing about them that screams "We are a reggae band!" is that three of the five members have dreadlocks. But that's where their tie to the stereotype ends.
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