Reggae

Styles

In Jamaica however, new styles are nowadays becoming more popular, among them, dancehall and ragga (also known as raggamuffin). Dub is an instrumental sub-style of reggae. Mixing techniques employed in dub have probably influenced Hip hop, drum and bass and other styles. In any case, the toasting or dee jaying first used by artists such as U-Roy and Dillinger had a world-wide impact because Jamaican DJ Kool Herc used them as he came up with a new style later called hip hop or rap music. In the Jamaican sense of the word, a "DJ" is an "MC" or rapper, whereas the term "DJ" describes the music selector in the US. Therefore what is called dee jaying, toasting or chatting in Jamaica is called rapping in most other parts of the world.

Related Topics:
Dancehall - Ragga - Dub - Hip hop - Drum and bass - Toasting - U-Roy - Dillinger - Kool Herc - Rap music - Rapper - US - Rapping - World

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