15 Facts About Reggae

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Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Reggae is deeply linked to Rastafari, an Afrocentric religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, aiming at promoting pan-Africanism.

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Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages of Rastafari.

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Reggae is noted for its tradition of social criticism and religion in its lyrics, although many reggae songs discuss lighter, more personal subjects, such as love and socializing.

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Reggae has spread to many countries around the world, often incorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres.

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Reggae developed from ska and rocksteady in the late 1960s.

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Reggae's great advantage was its almost limitless flexibility: from the early, jerky sound of Lee Perry's "People Funny Boy", to the uptown sounds of Third World's "Now That We've Found Love", it was an enormous leap through the years and styles, yet both are instantly recognizable as reggae.

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Reggae formed a partnership with Lee Gopthal's Trojan Records in 1968, which released reggae in the UK until bought by Saga records in 1974.

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Reggae scenes consist of two guitars, one for rhythm and one for lead—drums, congas, and keyboards, with a couple of vocalists.

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Reggae is played in time because the symmetrical rhythmic pattern does not lend itself to other time signatures such as.

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Reggae drumbeats fall into three main categories: One drop, Rockers, and Steppers.

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Reggae is noted for its tradition of social criticism in its lyrics, although many reggae songs discuss lighter, more personal subjects, such as love and socializing.

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In June 2007, Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton signed up to the Reggae Compassionate Act, in a deal brokered with top dancehall promoters and Stop Murder Music activists.

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Reggae has spread to many countries around the world, often incorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres.

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Reggae appeared on the Yugoslav popular music scene in the late 1970s, through sporadic songs by popular rock acts Haustor, Sarlo Akrobata, Aerodrom, Laboratorija Zvuka, Piloti and Du Du A In the mid-1980s appeared Del Arno Band, often considered the first real reggae band in Yugoslavia.

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