GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Mento
- Genre family
- Caribbean
- Starting recordings
- 15
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 The Jolly Boys and Stanley Beckford.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCaribbean
Current genreMento
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Requimbine Song1991 · MentoOpen in new tab 02Rachel1991 · MentoOpen in new tab 03Tenement Yard1992 · MentoOpen in new tab 04We Want More Money1992 · MentoOpen in new tab 05Banana1989 · MentoOpen in new tab 06Take Me Back to Jamaica1991 · MentoOpen in new tab 07Fi Mi Gal2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 08Brown Gal2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 09Three Little Birds2002 · MentoOpen in new tab 10Hold Him Joe2002 · MentoOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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