Meaning
One of the most famous and longest-running sound systems in the world — the 'Stone Love Movement', founded in Kingston in the 1970s and a giant of dancehall sound-system culture. Its selectors, its dubplates, and its dances are legendary, and to say a dance is 'kept by Stone Love' is a mark of the real thing. It stands as a byword for the might and prestige of a top sound.
Examples
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Stone Love a keep di dance tonight.
Stone Love is running the dance tonight.
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Stone Love have di baddest dubplate.
Stone Love has the best dubplates.
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Stone Love run tings from di seventies.
Stone Love has been dominant since the seventies.
Origin
The Stone Love Movement sound system (Kingston, 1970s onward). See Sound system, Selecta.
How it’s used
A world-famous, long-running Jamaican sound system. See Sound system, Sound clash.