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Reggae fusion is a fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae and/or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip-hop/rap, R&B, jazz, funk, soul, disco, electronic, and Latin music, amongst others.
Reggae ( / ˈrɛɡeɪ /) 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. [1] 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.
Commercial performance. Rastaman Vibration was a great success in the US, becoming the first Bob Marley release to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart (peaking at number eight), in addition to releasing Marley's most popular US single "Roots, Rock, Reggae", the only Marley single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 51.
Tumba is a style of Curaçao music, strongly African in origin, despite the name's origin in a 17th-century Spanish dance. Traditional tumba is characterized by scandalous, gossiping and accusatory lyrics, but modern tumba often eschews such topics. It is well known abroad, and dates to the early 19th century.
Boogie On Reggae Woman. " Boogie On Reggae Woman " is a 1974 funk song by American Motown artist Stevie Wonder, released as the second single from his seventeenth studio album, Fulfillingness' First Finale, issued that same year. Despite the song's title, its style is firmly funk/ R&B and neither boogie nor reggae.
Lovers rock. Lovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s. [ 1]
"Pon de Replay" is a pop, dancehall and R&B [11] [2] [3] song that infuses a reggae style. [ 12 ] [ 4 ] According to the digital music sheet published at musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of F-sharp minor and is set in common time with a moderated dance groove , with a metronome of 100 beats per minute . [ 12 ]
Back 2 Life (Live It Up) " Back 2 Life (Live It Up) " is a reggae fusion, R&B and hip hop song by American recording artist Sean Kingston, featuring vocals from American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur T.I. The song was released on June 5, 2012 as the lead single from Kingston's third studio album, Back 2 Life .