Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around 1979, with exponents such as Yellowman, Super Cat, Barrington Levy and others who went on to become the Roots Radics. It is also known by some as "Bashment" and in the early 1990s the term Raggamuffin was established. The style is characterized by a DJ singing and rapping or toasting over raw and danceable music riddims ^*. The rhythm in dancehall is much faster than in reggae, with drum machines replacing acoustic sets. In the early years of dancehall, some found its lyrics crude and bawdy ("slack"), though it became very popular among the youths of Jamaica. Like its reggae predecessor it eventually made inroads onto the world music scene.

This deejay-led, largely synthesized speechifying with musical accompaniment departed from traditional conceptions of Jamaican popular musical entertainment. Dub poet Mutabaruka maintained, "if 1970s reggae was red, green and gold, then in the next decade it was gold chains". It was far removed from its gentle roots and culture, and there was furious debate as to whether it ought to be considered some sort of extension of reggae music.(http://niceup.com/history/bbc/dancehall.html)

In the late 1990s, many practitioners returned to the Rastafari movement and changed their lyrical focus to "consciousness", a reflection of the spiritual underpinnings of Rastafarianism. Various varieties of dancehall achieved some crossover success outside of Jamaica during the mid- to late-1990s. In 2001, pop star Shaggy went 6 times platinum with his album Hotshot. The next year, he received various nominations from the American Music Awards and the Grammy Awards, and he has won two World Music Awards. Also some Dancehall-tunes (voiced riddims) became popular during the summer of 2003, especially Sean Paul's Get Busy. In the same year renowned dancehall superstar, Red Rat, collaborated with Burning Vision Entertainment, to make the popular video for '1 Foot In'.

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imroyaltyx3 (Sarah Jerome) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:16:57 -0000
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djpaulmichael (Paul Michael) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:16:30 -0000
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Ch3rri3pop (Spinderella ) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:15:19 -0000
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DrumandBassRec (Drum&Bass Records) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:27 -0000
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Wish I had my "Dancehall queen" movie......mad I lent tht sh*t out. Haven't seen it since 2006. Don't even remember who I lent it too...smh
Dwiz0 (Dwizza) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:08:49 -0000
Wish I had my "Dancehall queen" movie......mad I lent tht sh*t out. Haven't seen it since 2006. Don't even remember who I lent it too...smh
damm i need to dance some dancehall/reggae havent gotten my grind on in a while
xcheerbabe978x (kirsy ramirez) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:06:51 -0000
damm i need to dance some dancehall/reggae havent gotten my grind on in a while

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