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REGGAE DANCEHALL club. 2000s - 2010s.

Dancehall tracks for clubs.
Aidonia. Alkaline. Aidonia. Alkaline. Alozade. Beenie Man. Capleton. Dancehall Mix 2015, Vybz Kartel, Aidonia, Alkaline, Mavado & More. Deablo. Empire Jason. Konshens. M1. Major Lazer "Watch Out For This. Masicka. Notch. Popcaan. Punanny. QQ & Salty. Razor B. Sean Paul. Shenseea. Tanya Stephens. The Bug. Vybz Kartel. Vybz Kartel, Masicka. Vybz Kartel, Wiz Kid. 
DANCEHALL (2000/10s RnB style). 

New almost RnB sounding production style on the old Jamaican Dancehall sound (below), picked up now by artists around the world for radio and club hits. This is the style most ppl in the UK will know.
Alkaline. Alaine. Alkaline. Busy Signal. Charly Black. Chris Martin & Lia Caribe. Dawn Penn No, No No. Demarco. Dexta Daps. Konshens. Masicka. Mavado. Popcaan. Popcaan x Drake. Protoje. Sean Paul. Shenseea. Tanya Stephens It's a Pity.. Tenor Saw. Tifa. Vybz Kartel. 
DUB. 1970s - present. 

Originally a subgenre of reggae, taking out the vocals for resampling, adding reverb & echo, spread across Europe and USA, mixing with many other experimental and electro styles over the decades. 
African Head Charge. Androcell. Ascendent Dub. Basic Channel. Black Chow. Black Uhuru. Black Crucial. B.Q.E. Dub Essence. Grouch. Ishan Sound. King Jammy. Massive Attack. Medicinal Vibes. Osborne in Dub. Prince Jammy. Relentless. The Aggrovators. Synaesthesia Dub. The Bug. Transcendental Dub. Vex'd. 
RAGGA. 1980s - 2010s. 

Dancehall Reggae style often with the MC just talking over the bass, similar to Hip-Hop, only the Jamaican version!
Abba. Bagga Worries. Bam Bam. Beenie Man. Big Up. Blue Lagoon. Buddy. Build Me 3 Coffins. Cali P. Chaka Demus & Pliers. Glamma Kid. Glamma Kid Big Ting. Ini Kamoze. Kahn. Lily Allen. Major Lazer. New Blood Spilt. No Doubt. Ragga Twins. Seeed. Shaggy. Snow. Sound Murderer Remix Remarc. Super Cat. Teddybears. Tes La Rok. The Bug. The Ragga Twins. Worries In Da Dance. 
REGGAE DANCEHALL (xtra playlist). 1980s - 90s. 

Just an easy listening, feel good, kinda, dancehall playlist in the classic style. 
DJ Gio Guardian Sound. Abba. Admiral Bailey. Alkaline. Bam Bam. Beenie Man. Blue Lagoon. Brick & Lace. Buju Banton. Busy Signal. Charly Black. Che'Nelle.  Ding Dong. Dirtsman. General Degree. Glamma Kid. Harry Toddler & Ikel Marvlus. Johnny Osbourne. Kranium. Nah Lef Ya. Popcaan. Sean Paul. Serani "No Games". Shola Ama. Super Black. Super Cat. Tarrus Riley. Terror Fabulous. Vybz Kartel. 

 
REGGAE DANCEHALL (OldSkool). 1980s - 90s. 

Really took off in the 80s as  club and dance experiments going beyond the Reggae sound of the 70s. Much more use of Jamaican dialect (patois) over "Riddim" beats. Many songs can share the same Riddims. 
Abba. Admiral Tibet. Baby Cham. Barrington Levy. Bounty Killer. Cali P.. Damian Marley. Dawn Penn No, No No. Eek. Glamma Kid. Inner Circle. Junior Reid. Lady Saw. Louchie Lou & Michie One | Rich Girl. Mexican Bean. Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie. Old School 90's Dancehall. Buju banton. Beenie man. Red Rat. Flex. Sugar Minott. Snow. Yellowman. 
 
REGGAE. Late 1960s - 2010s. 

Probably the most distinctive genre coming out of Jamaica. While Roots Reggae (below) explores the actual history - the African & especially Ethiopian roots - of the people of Jamaica, much else is songs about love, life and everything else, sharing the same tempo & singing style.
Adala. Afroreggae. Al Campbell. Alborosie. Alpha Blondy. Althea and Donna. Amos and Josh. Anthony B. Anthony Johnson. Bob Marley. Beres Hammond. Bunny Wailer. Chezidek. Cocoa Tea. Conkarah & Rosie Delmah. Debbie Jacobs. Desmond Dekker. Dilly Dally Brooklyn. Don't Cry. Duane Stephenson. Dynamq. Erick Smith. Ethiopians. Gregory Isaacs. Jah Cure. Jimmy Cliff. Karibu Nyumbani. Ken Boothe. Long Shot. Bebe Cool and Irene Ntale. Mutima. Nairobi Yangu. Peter Tosh. DJ Influence. Queen Omega. Radio & Weasel. Rita Marley. Salama. Sha Biggy. Shaydee. Scooby Bakora. Sublime. Tarrus Riley. The Gaylads. The Pioneers. The Skatalites. The Upsetters. Toots & The Maytals. TuneDem Band. UB40 & Pato Banton. UNAJUA. The Upsetters. 
ROOTS REGGAE. Late 1960s - 2010s. 

Similar to conscious Hip-Hop, which explores awareness of history and the relations between people through HipHop, Roots Reggae explores the African & especially Ethiopian roots of the people of Jamaica  (much of which is airbrushed out of British history too).
Adala. Afroreggae. Al Campbell. Alborosie. Alpha Blondy. Althea and Donna. Amos and Josh. Anthony B. Anthony Johnson. Bob Marley. Beres Hammond. Bunny Wailer. Chezidek. Cocoa Tea. Conkarah & Rosie Delmah. Debbie Jacobs. Desmond Dekker. Dilly Dally Brooklyn. Don't Cry. Duane Stephenson. Dynamq. Erick Smith. Ethiopians. Gregory Isaacs. Jah Cure. Jimmy Cliff. Karibu Nyumbani. Ken Boothe. Long Shot. Bebe Cool and Irene Ntale. Mutima. Nairobi Yangu. Peter Tosh. DJ Influence. Queen Omega. Radio & Weasel. Rita Marley. Salama. Sha Biggy. Shaydee. Scooby Bakora. Sublime. Tarrus Riley. The Gaylads. The Pioneers. The Skatalites. The Upsetters. Toots & The Maytals. TuneDem Band. UB40 & Pato Banton. UNAJUA. The Upsetters. 
ROCKSTEADY. 1960s - 1970s. 

1960s Jamaican bands similar to jazz groups picking up and running with the Ska "offbeat" to put down these feel good numbers. Many classic groups.
Alton Ellis. Bob Marley and The Wailers. Bobby Ellis & The Crystalites. Dave & Ansell Collins. Delroy Wilson. Derrick Harriott. Desmond Dekker. Eric 'Monty' Morris. Gladstone Anderson with Lynn Taitt & The Jets. Hemsley Morris. Hopeton Lewis. Jimmy Cliff. Joanne Dordon. Joy In The Morning. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes. Keith & Tex. Ken Boothe. Ken Parker. King Tubby. Laurel Aitkel. Little Boy Blue. Marcia Griffiths. Fred. Phyllis Dillon. Prince Buster & All Stars. Queen Majesty. Roland Alphonso. Roy Shirley. Rukumbine Shenley Duffus. Simmer down. Slim Smith & The Uniques. The Sensations. That Wonderful Sound. The Abyssinians. The Cables. The Gaylads. The Jamaicans. The Kingstonians. The Melodians. The Paragons. The Silvertones. The Techniques. The Tennors. Toots and the Maytals. Twelve Minutes To Go. Val Bennett. 
CLASSIC SKA. 1950s - 80s. 

Coming from Mento & Calypso, the original Jamaican "Offbeat" tempo genre which has led to Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub, & the rest. Picked up in the UK in the 80s, in "2-tone" ft. mixed white & black groups (eg The Specials). 
Bongo Man. Dandy Livingstone. Derrick & Patsy. Guns of Navarone. Hopeton Lewis. Jimmy Cliff. Leonard Dillon: Train To Skaville. Living In Jungles. Lord Tanamo. Phoenix City. Pickney Gal. Rude Boy Gone A Jail. The Ethiopians. The Maytals. The Skatalites. 
CALYPSO. Early 1800s. 

Very cheerful Afro-Caribbean song and dance style from Trinidad and Tobago. Ska and Rocksteady borrowed from its characteristic Rhythm.
Lord Melody. Black Stalin. Brother Marvin. Calypso Rose. Fire In Your Wire. God Bless Our Nation. King Radio. Lord Blakie. Lord Brynner. Lord Invader. Lord Kitchener. Lord Melody. Lord Nelson. Merchant. Mighty Composer. Mighty Dougla. Mighty Sniper. Mighty Sparrow. Progress. Shadow. The Sinking Ship. 

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