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Skank (band) Skank is a Brazilian band from Belo Horizonte. Having begun in 1991, they sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums as of 2004. Initially intending to mix dancehall with traditional Brazilian styles, later the band changed its sonority t ...
, a Brazilian rock/pop/reggae/ska band ** ''Skank'' (album), the band's self-titled debut album * Skank (guitar), a guitar technique used in reggae, ska, and rocksteady * Skank beat, a drum beat common in punk and heavy metal music


Other art, entertainment, and media

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Skank (dance) Skanking is a form of dancing practiced in the ska, ska punk, hardcore punk, reggae, drum and bass and other music scenes. The dance style originated in the 1950s or 1960s at Jamaican dance halls, where ska music was played. Ska music has a ...
, a form of dance related to ska, grime and hardcore punk * ''Skank'' (magazine), a British satirical magazine published 1994-97


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The Rockafeller Skank "The Rockafeller Skank", usually called "Funk Soul Brother" by fans, is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 8 June 19 ...
", a song by Fatboy Slim *
Ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
, a music genre that originated in Jamaica * Slut (disambiguation) {{disambiguation