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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.
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.
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. [4] [5] Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.
According to Henriques, the sound system has also played an influential role in the global influence of Jamaican music internationally. [14] It has "proved itself to be one of the most efficient of musical distribution mechanisms," (218) which has resulted in Jamaican music's influence on genres such as Hip hop, Jungle, and Dubstep. [14]
Reggae fusion is a fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae and/or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip-hop/rap, R&B, jazz, funk, soul, disco, electronic, and Latin music, amongst others.
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. [1] A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques, the Paragons, the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, [2] Delroy ...
Dancehall pop is a sub-genre of the Jamaican genre dancehall that originated in the early 2000s. [1] Developing from the sounds of reggae, dancehall pop is characteristically different in its fusion with western pop music and digital music production. [2]