Reggae

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Originating Location: Jamaica

Originating Era: 1960s

Contents 1 Key Artists 2 Key Albums 3 Genre Description 4 Further Reading

[edit] Key Artists

• Bob Marley
• Johnny Clarke
• Horace Andy
• Barrington Levy
• Lincoln Thompson
• Lee "Scratch" Perry
• King Tubby
• Coxsone Dodd

[edit] Key Albums

• Lincoln Thompson - Humanity
• Lee "Scratch" Perry - Double Seven
• Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration

[edit] Genre Description

Reggae is an offshoot of ska, and is a bit slower than ska is. Like ska, it's got many different forms and continues to evolve into genres like Dancehall. It's also become sort of a house-genre for the rastafarian movement, and as such, there has been a lot of controversy about it, over the references to marijuana and homophobia in the lyrics.

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[edit] Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page