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    Reggae Roots

    Reggae 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. 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. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary.It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument....more
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    Reggae Roots (22)

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    Album
    1. 1
      Vintage Love
      Nikesha Lindo
      Vintage Love
    2. 2
      Wash the Tears
      Gramps Morgan
      The Best of The Ultimate Reggae & Dancehall, Vol.1 2007 - 2013
    3. 3
      Riffle
      Jupitar
      Riffle
    4. 4
      Bang Belly
      Gregory Isaacs
      All I Have Is Love, Love, Love
    5. 5
      Money Is The Cry
      Admiral Tibet
      I'm Determined
    6. 6
      Zion Train
      Don Carlos
      Just A Passing Glance
    7. 7
      Girlie, Girlie ft. Davis S, Douglas O & Golding S
      Caribbean Reggae Rockers
      Hot Reggae Nights
    8. 8
      Free Up Yourself
      Everton Blender
      Higher Heights Revolution
    9. 9
      You Are My Sunshine
      Don Carlos
      Just A Passing Glance
    10. 10
      Front Line
      Don Carlos
      Just A Passing Glance
    11. 11
      Babylon Brutality
      Marlon Asher
      Illusions
    12. 12
      Win Some, Lose Some
      Prezident Brown
      Reggae Mixtape Vol.6
    13. 13
      Ganja Spliff
      Perfect
      Reggae Mixtape Vol.6
    14. 14
      Impotent
      Macka Diamond
      Reggae Mixtape Vol.6
    15. 15
      Wait On Me
      Nadine Sutherland
      Reggae Mixtape Vol.6
    16. 16
      Pack Up and Leave
      Norris Man
      Reggae Mix Tape Vol.4 Mixed by DJ Smurf
    17. 17
      Loving Non-Stop
      Junior Kelly
      Reggae Mixtape Vol.6
    18. 18
      Powerfull
      Junior Kelly
      Powerfull
    19. 19
      Jambo Jambo
      Steve RnB
      Jambo Jambo
    20. 20
      Love You Too Much
      Wayne Wade
      Innocent Man
    21. 21
      Without You
      Mikey Spice
      Love By You (Original)
    22. 22
      1 2 3 I Love You
      Tarrus Riley
      Love Situation

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    Reggae Roots

    Reggae 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. 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. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary.It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.

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