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Reggae fusion is a mixture of reggae or dancehall with elements of other genres, such as hip hop, R&B, jazz, rock, drum and bass, punk or polka. [12] Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, it was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined.
Pages in category "Reggae genres" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Reggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ /) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during 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.
Reggae genres (7 C, 27 P) M. Reggae musicians (11 C, 34 P) R. Reggae record labels (3 C, 63 P) Reggae record producers (4 P) Reggae, soca and calypso radio stations ...
This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories.
Emanating from the island nation of Jamaica, reggae went global in the 1970s on the backs of Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, whose loping bass lines, measured beats and ...
Reggae is one of the music genres first created in Jamaica. In the late 1960s, around the same time of toasting, reggae grew out of early Ska and Rocksteady. Reggae became popular around the world, due in large part to the international success of artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.
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: