Exploring The Birth Of Reggae

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Although no proper documentation has been done something that has plagued Jamaica's early music - it is widely accepted that the birth of reggae occurred in mid-late 1968. Many musicologists believe that it was a spontaneous occurrence, occasioned by the will of some musicians to experiment with the existing rocksteady beat. "The ska riff on top of a slowed-down rocksteady bass line, with a touch of mento," was how one critic described it. In my mind, The Beltones' No More Heartaches, also in 1968, completes the quartet of recordings that represented the earliest pieces to define the reggae genre.

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