GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE

Dancehall

Genre family: Reggae / Ska / Dub
1990s recordings: 4

ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE

Meet Dancehall

Dancehall is a branch of the Reggae / Ska / Dub family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Dancehall is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Beenie Man, Eek‐A‐Mouse and Mad Cobra.

GENRE FAMILY

Its place in the genre family

Parent genreReggae / Ska / Dub

Current genreDancehall

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CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE

1990s · Jamaica · Dancehall

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1990s Jamaica Dancehall

ESSENTIAL LISTENING

1990s starting recordings

4 recordings

01Nah Bow1998 · Dancehall · dancehallOpen in new tab 02Good Body Gal1992 · Dancehall · dancehallOpen in new tab 03Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry1992 · Dancehall · dancehallOpen in new tab 04Oh Me Oh My1997 · Dancehall · dancehallOpen in new tab

KEY ARTISTS

1990s artists

Artist·Dancehall

Beenie Man

Artist·Dancehall

Eek‐A‐Mouse

Artist·Dancehall

Mad Cobra

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

1990s albums

Album·1992

Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry

Album·1997

RAS Portraits

Album·1998

Power Train

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CURRENT NODE · Genre

Dancehall

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Why they connect

main styleBeenie ManDancehall and Beenie Man share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleMad CobraDancehall and Mad Cobra share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleEek‐A‐MouseDancehall and Eek‐A‐Mouse share an artist-to-genre connection.
belongs toReggae / Ska / DubDancehall is a subgenre of Reggae / Ska / Dub.
genreOh Me Oh MyOh Me Oh My is connected with Dancehall.
genreGood Body GalGood Body Gal is connected with Dancehall.
genreNah BowNah Bow is connected with Dancehall.
genreHard to Wet, Easy to DryHard to Wet, Easy to Dry is connected with Dancehall.

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GenreReggae / Ska / Dub