Reggae
is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.The term is sometimes
used in a broad sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, including ska,
rocksteady and dub. The term is more specifically used to indicate a particular
style that originated after the development of rocksteady. In this sense, reggae
includes two subgenres: roots reggae (the original reggae) and dancehall reggae,
which originated in the late 1970s.Reggae
is founded upon a rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the back beat,
known as the skank. The beat is generally slower than that found in reggae's precursors,
ska and rocksteady. Reggae
is often associated with the Rastafari movement, which influenced many prominent
reggae musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. Reggae song lyrics deal with many subjects,
including faith, love, sexuality and broad social issues. Reggae
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