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Dancehall artist Blak Twang
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You can hear it in hip hop, UK garage records, it's all gravy and it's even got shiny pop acts like No Doubt sampling the Kingston style.

Dancehall music or, as some people call it, bashment or ragga, takes the vibes of traditional reggae and mashes it up with the beats and booty of American hip hop and RnB.

This music has been around for time... Since 1960s Jamaica in fact.

But how do you define the dancehall sound?

slick
dancehall as been around before i was born it has always been underground. Just now artist have been signed up nd making music videos. I dont like the fact that its becoming commerical, but theres nothing can do about it. I love the music, the hype it has, the new dances it brings to dance and all the riddim tracks!

balymonte
this is the true hip hop why because dancehall was long before hip hop from the mid 60's with IROY and UROY reppin fi yawd pon di mic. this music has been around fi almost 40 years now. and still going strong