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Mento
- Genre family
- Caribbean
- 2000s recordings
- 8
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Mento
Mento is a branch of the Caribbean family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Mento is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Louie Ramírez and Stanley Beckford.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCaribbean
Current genreMento
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
8 recordings2000s starting recordings
01Ali Baba2007 · Mento · rockOpen in new tab 02Fi Mi Gal2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 03Brown Gal2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 04Three Little Birds2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 05Hold Him Joe2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 06Donkey man2004 · MentoOpen in new tab 07Sam fi man2004 · MentoOpen in new tab 08Oh Jah jah2004 · MentoOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2000s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2000s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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