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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.
"Bam Bam" is a 1982 song by Jamaican dancehall recording artist Sister Nancy. The song's chorus was inspired by the 1966 song of the same name, by The Maytals and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. [1] The song's instrumental samples the 1974 song "Stalag 17", by Ansell Collins, a well known riddim, alternatively known as a backing track used ...
"Murder She Wrote" is a song by Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, from their 1993 album Tease Me. It was first released as a single in 1992 and again in late 1993 by Mango and Taxi Records, reaching number 27 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1994, [3] and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending 17 weeks there.
1990 Reggae Dance Hall (Rohit) 1991 Fire Inna Dancehall (King Dragon) 1991 Strange (Pow Wow) 1992 Pray for Them (Sonic Sounds) 1992 Rough Cut (Pow Wow) 1993 In Action (Pow Wow) 1993 Pray Fi Dem (RAS) 1995 No Place Like Home (VP) 1996 Gi Mi Di Loving (Melodie) 1999 Victory (Interscope) 2003 God & I (Gospo Centric) 2005 Real and Personal ...
Her father is reggae singer Ken Fyffe, who has toured with the Congos and worked with vintage reggae groups the Sparkles and the Eternals. [2] [3] As a child she used to sneak out of the house to travel round the island with renowned soundsystem Black Scorpio. [4] After leaving school, Lady G met dancehall deejay Lord Sassafrass, who became her ...
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., (born 17 October 1984) [1] is a Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artist.He is known by his stage name Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana. [2] [3] Shatta Wale changed his name to "Bandana'' after senior high school and released the hit track "Bandana from Ghana".
Marion Hall (born 12 July 1969; formerly known by the stage name Lady Saw) is a Jamaican singer and songwriter whose career has spanned over two decades.Formerly known as the Queen of Dancehall, she is known for her guest appearance on No Doubt's "Underneath It All," which went triple Platinum and won a Grammy for No Doubt.
However, in 2003, he returned to live performance as part of the Dons of Dancehall UK tour. [4] He also appeared at Reggae Sumfest alongside deejay Kiprich in 2007, as well as the 2010 "Reewind and Come Again" in New York, which included a host of dancehall performers from the 1980s and early 1990s. [2] [8]