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A couple of years ago, recalls calypso/soca tunesmith Anslem Douglas, there was a nasty little trend slithering around the Caribbean music community. Singers began to bandy about a word called "skettell," a derogatory term for women, roughly equivalent to "whore" or "girl who'll do just about anything." Artistically, he was offended by such jargon, so one night, the Trinidad-bred Douglas sat down and conjured up a wicked…


From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.00

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