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((short description|Overview of the subgenres of reggae music))
There are several subgenres of [[reggae]] music including various predecessors to the form.

==Pre-reggae styles==
===Mento===
Reggae grew out of earlier musical styles such as [[mento]], [[ska]] and [[rocksteady]].  Mento is a Jamaican folk music based on traditions brought to Jamaica by West African slaves which blended with later influences such as the [[quadrille]].<ref name="Shaping">"[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130811/ent/ent5.html Shaping Freedom, Finding Unity - The Power Of Music Displayed In Early Mento]", ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'', 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref><ref name="Gleaner1407">"[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140706/ent/ent6.html Mento Purely Home-Grown]", ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'', 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014</ref>  Mento reached its peak of popularity in the 1950s with the success of acts such as [[Louise Bennett]], [[Count Lasher]], [[Lord Flea]], [[Laurel Aitken]], and [[Harry Belafonte]], but is sometimes confused with [[calypso music|calypso]], a similar style from [[Trinidad]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.livrets&content_id=5362&product_id=1176&category_id=128 |title=Frémeaux & Associés éditeur, La Librairie Sonore |publisher=Fremeaux.com |date=1932-06-19 |access-date=2012-07-24))</ref>

===Ska===
Ska began in the 1950s, coinciding with Jamaica's independence from Great Britain.<ref name="Ska Hist. (Reggaska)">((cite web|title=History of Ska|url=http://thereggaskas.com/useful-information/history-of-ska/|website=The Reggaskas|access-date=December 22, 2016|archive-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421051954/http://thereggaskas.com/useful-information/history-of-ska/|url-status=dead))</ref>  By the 1950s, musicians began to absorb the influences [[R&B]] and [[jazz]] from the United States, resulting in the development of [[ska]].  It incorporates elements of mento and [[calypso music|calypso]], as well as American Jazz and R&B, which were popular on Jamaican radio.<ref name="Orig. of Ska (Jamiacans Music)">((cite web|title=Origins of Ska|url=http://jamaicansmusic.com/learn/origins/ska|website=Jamaicans Music.ocm|access-date=December 22, 2016))</ref>  The style is characterized by chord chops on the offbeat, sometimes called "upstrokes".<ref name="Ska Hist. (Reggaska)"/>  The tempo is usually upbeat and often features horns, usually trumpets, saxophones, and trombones, as well as pianos and keyboards, bass, and drums.  In the early-to-mid 1960s, ska became the most popular form of music in Jamaica and set the stage for rocksteady and reggae.<ref name="Ska Hist. (Reggaska)"/>  Many of ska's popular acts such as [[Desmond Dekker & the Aces]], [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]], [[the Skatalites]], [[Toots & the Maytals]], [[Byron Lee & the Dragonaires]], and [[the Melodians]], later became associated with reggae.<ref name="Ska Hist. (Reggaska)"/>

===Rocksteady===
In 1966, many ska musicians began to favour slower rhythms and beats, and the form began to evolve into [[rocksteady]].<ref name=BBC>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ym9n4/Rocksteady_The_Roots_of_Reggae/ |title=Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=28 October 2011))</ref>  A successor of [[ska]] and a precursor to [[reggae]], rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as [[the Gaylads]], [[Toots & the Maytals]], [[the Heptones]] and [[the Paragons]].

==Early reggae==
The "early reggae" era can be traced as starting in roughly 1968. The influence of [[funk]] music from American record labels such as [[Stax Records|Stax]] began to permeate the music style of studio musicians and the slowing in tempo that occurred with the development of rocksteady had allowed musicians more space to experiment with different rhythmic patterns. One of the developments which separated early reggae from [[rocksteady]] was the "bubble" organ pattern, a percussive style of playing that showcased the eighth-note subdivision within the [[Groove (music)|groove]].

The guitar "skanks" on the second and fourth beat of the bar began to be replaced by a strumming pattern similar to [[mento]] and the so-called double chop that can be heard so audibly in the introduction of Bob Marley's "[[Stir It Up]]" was developed during this time. More emphasis was put on the groove of the music, and there was a growing trend of recording a "version" on the B-side of a single. The mass popularity of instrumental music in the ska and rocksteady eras continued in reggae, producing some of the most memorable recordings of the early reggae era. Cover versions of [[Motown]], Stax and [[Atlantic Records]] [[soul music|soul]] songs remained popular in early reggae, often helping Jamaican artists gain a foothold in foreign markets such as the UK.

As a testament to its far reaching impact in other markets, this era and sound of reggae is sometimes referred to in retrospect as "[[skinhead]] reggae" because of its popularity among the [[working class]] skinhead [[subculture]] in the UK during the late 1960s and early 1970s. One Caribbean band based in London, The Pyramids, even released an entire album dedicated to the unruly English youth culture under the name [[Symarip]] which featured songs such as "[[Skinhead Moonstomp]]" and "Skinhead Girl". Eventually the, often experimental, sounds of early reggae gave way to the more refined sound made popular by Bob Marley's most famous recordings. Indeed, this era seems fittingly capped off by the 1973 release of ''[[Catch a Fire]]''. Notable artists from this era include [[John Holt (singer)|John Holt]], [[Toots & the Maytals]] and [[The Pioneers (band)|The Pioneers]].

==Roots reggae==
((Main article|Roots reggae))
[[File:BushDoctor1978.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Peter Tosh]] performing with his band in 1978.]]
Roots reggae usually refers to the most recognizable kind of reggae, popularized internationally by artists like [[Bob Marley]] and [[Peter Tosh]], which dominated Jamaican recordings from around 1972 into the early 1980s. While there are distinct musical characteristics to this era of reggae music, the term "roots" often implies more the message of the music than specifically its musical style and is still often used today to refer either to a musical style/subgenre or to give context to an artists music that may, in fact, cover several subgenres of reggae. Roots reggae, in this descriptive sense, can be typified by lyrics grounded in the [[Rastafari]]an movement's "[[Back-to-Africa movement|Back to Africa]]" message, equation of colonialism and slavery with the Biblical captivity in [[Babylon]], and, of course, the belief in one living God, [[Jah]], manifested as [[Ethiopia]]'s Emperor [[Haile Selassie]]. Recurrent lyrical themes include [[poverty]] and resistance to economic and racial oppression as well as more poetic meditations on spiritual or topical themes.

Musically, the "roots" sound and era have a number of distinct features. Drummers developed more complex kick drum patterns based around the "one drop" of rocksteady and incorporated influences from Funk and R&B. The guitar, piano and keyboard patterns in the music were refined from the creative explorations of the early reggae era into the patterns most recognizable as reggae throughout the world. Simple chord progressions were often used to create a meditative feeling to complement the lyrical content of the songs. This refining of rhythmic patterns and simplification of chord progressions brought the bass guitar entirely to the forefront, helping to make bass one of the most definitive features of reggae as a genre. Producer/engineers like [[King Tubby]], [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] and [[Prince Jammy]] (before he became a king) also played a large role in the development of the roots sound, with their heavy use of tape delay and reverb effects becoming one of the most recognizable features of the music. The roots sound can be best identified in the Jamaican recordings of the late 1970s by artists such as [[Burning Spear]], [[Max Romeo]], [[The Abyssinians]], [[Culture (band)|Culture]] and [[Israel Vibration]].

==Rockers==
The term "rockers" refers to a particular sound of roots reggae, pioneered in the mid-1970s by [[Sly & Robbie]], and popular in the late 1970s. Rockers is best described as a somewhat more mechanical and aggressive style of playing reggae<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqKqiSGzxQUC&dq=%22rockers+music%22+reggae&pg=PA67|title=Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity, and Caribbean Music|first=Dick|last=Hebdige|author-link=Dick Hebdige|date=2 October 1987|page=67|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415058759 |access-date=2 October 2023|via=Google Books))</ref> with a greater use of syncopated drum patterns.

==Lovers rock==
((Main article|Lovers rock))
The lovers rock subgenre originated in [[South London]] in the mid-1970s. The lyrics are usually about love. It is similar, if not a continuation, to [[Rocksteady]]. Notable lovers rock artists include: [[Janet Kay]], [[Kofi (musician)|Kofi]], [[Louisa Marks]], and [[Tradition (band)|Tradition]].

==Dub==
[[File:Lee scratch perry.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Lee "Scratch" Perry]]]]
((Main article|Dub music))
Dub is a genre of reggae that was pioneered in the early days by studio producers [[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee 'Scratch' Perry]] and [[King Tubby]].  It involves extensive remixing of recorded material, and particular emphasis is placed on the drum and bass line. The techniques used resulted in an even more visceral feel described by King Tubby as sounding "jus’ like a volcano in yuh head."<ref>((cite book |last=E. Veal |first=Michael |title=Dub: soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican reggae |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rveYGxIUD4oC&q=Dub%3A%20soundscapes%20and%20shattered%20songs%20in%20Jamaican%20reggae&pg=PA108|publisher=Wesleyan University Press |page=108 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8195-6572-3))</ref> [[Augustus Pablo]] and [[Mikey Dread]] were two of the early notable proponents of this music style, which continues today.

==Rub-a-Dub==
"Rub-a-Dub" is the term for the style of reggae in a more specific era from the late 70's to the mid 80's, and ruled but not limited to one band, the Roots Radics. It's signature sound is a slow tempo and heavy bass line. Back then, it was considered "Dancehall" music.

==Steppa==
Steppers/Steppa in reggae is the typical 4-4 discobeat in essence. The UK styled steppers is the digital bassline style often with effects in the mix.

==Newer styles and spin-offs==
===Hip hop and rap===
((further|Deejay (Jamaican)|Hip hop music|Rapping))
Toasting is a style of talking over music, making heavy use of rhythmic phrasing and rhyme patterns, that was developed in the 1950s by Jamaican [[disc jockey]]s looking to add excitement to the mainly American R&B records they played in outdoor venues, called "lawns", and dancehalls. This style was developed by pioneers [[Count Matchuki|Count Machuki]], [[King Stitt]] and [[Sir Lord Comic]] who took the current style of introducing and speaking over records played by [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound systems]] and developed it into a unique style. As ska moved to rocksteady, this style of vocals gained a wider audience among Jamaican listeners. One of the earliest examples of this style is Sir Lord Comic's 1966 recording, "The Great Wuga Wuga". This style finally gained chart topping popularity in the late 1960s with  [[Deejay (Jamaican)|deejays]] such as [[U-Roy]] and [[Dennis Alcapone]] scoring numerous hits. This style of speaking over records may have had a great impact on a young Jamaican DJ named [[Kool DJ Herc|Kool Herc]], who had emigrated to [[New York City]] in the late 1960s where he began holding parties in the Bronx. It was Kool Herc's parties and the scene that sprung up around them that is generally credited as birth of hip hop and rap. Mixing techniques developed later in [[dub music]] have also influenced hip hop.

===Dancehall===
((Main article|Dancehall))
The dancehall genre was developed in the late 1970s by pioneers such as [[Yellowman]] and [[Eek-A-Mouse]]. The style is characterized by a ''[[Deejay (Jamaican)|deejay]]'' singing and rapping over [[riddim]]s and was originally developed in the sound system culture in the wake of the increased popularity of early pioneers like [[Big Youth]]. The style of these early deejays was developed into a more continual rhythmic pattern of rapping that contained much more melody than the rapping style being developed in America around this time. It is important to note that the rhythmic patterns dancehall deejays developed in their rapping are based around the phrasing and speech patterns of [[Jamaican Patois|Jamaican patois]]. An important characteristic of dancehall was the role of the [[Disc jockey|selectors]] (and later operators) on the sound systems, who would routinely use the volume control on their mixers to remix the riddim around the vocalists rhythmic patterns. Musicians took the rhythms created by this mixing technique and began incorporating them into the music they played and recorded, a style still often referred to today as the "mix". An early example of this in recording would be [[Barrington Levy]]'s 1984 hit, "[[Here I Come (album)|Here I Come]]". ''[[Ragga]]'' (or ''raggamuffin'') is usually used to refer to the type of dancehall music that emerged since the 1980s which is based almost entirely around these "mix" rhythms and contains almost no elements of what is traditionally perceived as reggae. In recording, ragga instrumentation primarily consists of [[synthesizers]] and drum machines. [[Sampling (music)|Sampling]] and [[MIDI]] sequencing is also often used in ragga production. A definitive example of "ragga" might be [[Beenie Man]]'s 1998 hit, "[[Who Am I (Sim Simma)|Who Am I]]". Dancehall is a style and genre that was developed primarily by urban youth in Jamaica, as such its lyrical content is based in the lives of the people who made it and often contains lyrical content considered by many Jamaicans to be overly sexual or violent. In a word, dancehall might be described as "raw" and it has often been maligned in a similar way to [[gangsta rap]] despite the fact that many "conscious" artists continue to release dancehall music. In February 2009, dancehall with lyrical content "deemed explicitly sexual and violent" was banned from the airwaves by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.<ref name="Wright">Wright, André (2009) [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090207/lead/lead1.html "Slack song ban - Kartel's 'Rampin' Shop' among explicit lyrics outlawed"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622163345/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090207/lead/lead1.html |date=2012-06-22 )), ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'', February 7, 2009, retrieved 2010-01-31</ref><ref name="Richards">Richards, Peter (2009) [http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45738 "JAMAICA: Women Cheer Ban on Sexually Degrading Song Lyrics"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402042146/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45738 |date=2012-04-02 )), Inter Press Service, February 11, 2009, retrieved 2010-01-31</ref>

===Raggamuffin===
((Main article|Ragga))
Raggamuffin, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a subgenre of reggae that is closely related to [[dancehall]] and [[dub music|dub]].  The term raggamuffin is an intentional misspelling of ragamuffin, and the term ''raggamuffin music'' describes the music of Jamaica's "ghetto youths".  The instrumentation primarily consists of [[electronic music]]. [[Sampling (music)|Sampling]]  often serves a prominent role as well.  As ragga matured, an increasing number of dancehall artists began to appropriate stylistic elements of [[hip hop music]], while ragga music, in turn, influenced more and more hip hop artists.  Ragga is now mainly used as a synonym for dancehall reggae or for describing dancehall with a [[Deejay (Jamaican)|deejay]] chatting rather than deejaying or singing on top of the [[riddim]].

===Reggaeton===
((Main article|Reggaeton))
Reggaeton is a form of [[urban contemporary|urban music]] that first became popular with [[Latin American]] youths in the mid 1980s to early 1990s.  Reggaeton's predecessor originated in [[Panama]] as [[Reggae en Español|reggae en español]] artist El General . After the music's gradual exposure in [[Panama]], Jamaica influence and heritage in Panama it eventually evolved into reggaeton.<ref name="AskMen">((Cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/toys/special_feature_100/102b_special_feature.html|title=AskMen.com - Vico C|date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224045/http://www.askmen.com/toys/special_feature_100/102b_special_feature.html |access-date=2 October 2023|archive-date=2007-09-27 ))</ref> It blends [[British West Indies|West-Indian]] reggae and [[dancehall]] with Latin American genres such as [[Bomba (Puerto Rico)|bomba]], [[plena]], [[salsa music|salsa]], [[merengue music|merengue]], [[Latin pop]] and [[bachata (music)|bachata]], as well as [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[contemporary R&B]] and [[electronica]]. Notable acts of early Reggaeton style music are Dj Nelson and Dj Playero.

===Reggae fusion===
((Main article|Reggae fusion))
Reggae fusion is a mixture of reggae or [[dancehall]] with elements of other genres, such as hip hop, R&B, jazz, [[rock music|rock]], drum and bass, punk or [[polka]].<ref name="reggae-reviews">((cite web|url=http://www.reggae-reviews.com/fusion.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120628214115/http://www.reggae-reviews.com/fusion.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-28|title=Reggae Fusion|access-date=2008-06-07|author=Big D|date=2008-05-08|publisher=Reggae-Reviews))</ref> Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, it was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined.

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