Dancehall

Dancehall
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1970s Jamaica, especially Kingston
Typical instrumentsEarly dancehall:

Modern dancehall:
Derivative forms
Subgenres
  • Ragga
  • Reggae en Español
Fusion genres
Other topics
  • Stop Murder Music
  • Slackness
  • TEMPO Networks

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music. It started in the late 1970s.[1] It is a mixture of reggae, hip hop, and R&B.

References

  1. ↑ Niaah, Sonjah Stanley (July 10, 2010). DanceHall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. ISBN 9780776607368.
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