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Jamaican English, including Jamaican Standard English, is a variety of English native to Jamaica and is the official language of the country. [1] A distinction exists between Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois (a creole language), though not entirely a sharp distinction so much as a gradual continuum between two extremes. [2]
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Reggae is especially popular through the fame of Bob Marley. Jamaican music's influence on music styles in other countries includes the practice of toasting, which was brought ...
Reggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ /) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. [1] A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.
The sound system remained successful when the conservative, BBC-modeled Jamaican establishment radio refused to play the people's music, while DJs could play whatever they wanted and favored local sounds such as reggae. [3] The sound systems were big business, and represented one of the few sure ways to make money in the unstable economy of the ...
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Here provides a list of Jamaican/Jamaican influenced music genres, sub genres and derivative forms: Ska. Rocksteady.
Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. [2] It is a fusion of African rhythmic elements and European elements, which reached peak popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. [3] Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box ...
Dub music. Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is commonly considered a subgenre of reggae, though it has developed to extend beyond that style. [1] Generally, dub consists of remixes of existing recordings [2] created by significantly manipulating the original, usually through the ...
In Jamaican dancehall music, a riddim is the instrumental accompaniment to a song and is synonymous with the rhythm section. Jamaican music genres that use the term consist of the riddim plus the voicing (vocal part) sung by the deejay. A given riddim, if popular, may be used in dozens—or even hundreds—of songs, not only in recordings but ...