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Reggae Music
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In Jamaica during the 1950s, American R&B was most popular, though mento (a form of folk music) was more common in rural areas. A fusion of the two styles, along with soca and other genres, formed ska, an extremely popular form of music intended for dancing. In the 1960s, reggae and dub emerged from ska and American rock and roll.
Starting the late 1960s, a rock-influenced form of music began developing -- this was called rocksteady. With some folk influences (both Jamaican and American), and the growing urban popularity of the Rastafari movement, rocksteady evolved into what is now known as roots reggae.
In the 1970s, a style called Lovers rock became popular primarily in the United Kingdom by British performers of ballad-orien ...
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KEYWORDS: reggae, ska, dub, reggae music, reggae ringtones, ragga ringtones, reggae ringback tones, ska ringtones, dub ringtones, rocksteady ringtones
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