Women Ah Run Tings
Women Ah Run Tings was an all-female dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou .../ reggae/ R&B/ hip hop Canadian group that existed from 1993 through to at least 2002. Nominated for a Canadian Reggae Award three times, the group was founded by Lady Luscious (Jannett Scott-Jones). La Bomba, a rapper, said "It was the first time I had met a bunch of females who thought it was cool to rock walls and play music." Members At various, and sometimes overlapping, times: * MC Luscious * Tini * Derek Graham, guitar * La Bomba, rapperMelnyk, Adam, ''Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti'' (Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House Media, 2011) p. 76 * Paula Gonzalez * Mick the Specialist, bass * Angel, vocals * Rexx, rapper References External links Music vide ...
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Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms. Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities. In the 2000s, dancehall experienced worldwide mainstream success, and by the 2010s, it began to heavily influence the work of established Western artists and producers, which has helped to furth ...
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Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term ''reggae'' more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument. Reggae is d ...
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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ...
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La Bomba (rapper)
La Bomba may refer to: Music * "La Bomba" (Ricky Martin song), 1998 * "La Bomba" (Azul Azul song), 2000, also covered by King Africa Books *''La Bomba'', a book by José Antonio Gurriarán People * Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) or La Bomba (born 1980), Spanish basketball player * Alberto Tomba or Tomba la Bomba (born 1966), Italian alpine skier See also *Bomba (other) *La Bamba (other) La Bamba may refer to: * ''La Bamba'' (film), a 1987 film based on the life and death of Ritchie Valens * "La Bamba" (song), a folk song best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens * La Bamba Mexican Restaurant, an American fast casual T ...