Dancehall

Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed in the late 1970s, initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of reggae than the roots style that had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or “ragga”) becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms with little connection to earlier reggae rhythms. Modern dancehall is also known as bashment Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Clint Eastwood

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Tuesday 14 February 2012
Lifaz Productions Live Wire Empire Tuesday 14 February 2012	Water St Music Hall Rochester, NY, Rochester, United States 43.160485 -77.611405	1 going Add shout
Thursday 1 March 2012
True Press with Gappy Ranks True Press, Gappy Ranks Thursday 1 March 2012	Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach, California, Los Angeles, United States 33.855878 -118.390489	1 going Add shout
Saturday 10 March 2012
Gappy Ranks Gappy Ranks Saturday 10 March 2012	Mt Tabor Portland, United States 45.512266 -122.612649	1 going Add shout
Saturday 2 June 2012
Free Press Summer Fest Major Lazer Saturday 2 June 2012	Eleanor Tinsley Park Houston, TX, Houston, United States 29.761341 -95.386248	13 going 1 shout
Sunday 11 November 2012
Cancelledhi Sunday 11 November 2012	Manor House Annadale-on-Hudson, NY, United States	Add shout

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humaniac wrote:
December 2011

me gusta

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November 2011

no vybz kartel in top artists oh wow [2]

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Drachenmutti wrote:
September 2011

i'd even prefer "hollydays" in Guantanamo Bay... bevore i listen to this. sucks !!!

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xyupayx wrote:
August 2011

Big up me breda !!

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Akana_ wrote:
July 2011

have you seen this yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI31kgVzy5I

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Akana_ wrote:
July 2011

i love this!

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M-Mayakovski wrote:
March 2011

what a fucking shit. gaawd... [2]

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sweetlike21 wrote:
February 2011

love this was a i heard when i was young my mum wud have it on every sunday good times

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I-Topz wrote:
February 2011

u nuh listen fi reggae! ?u gwaan listen fi wat den?reggae ah me disease

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BartiTorun wrote:
December 2010

EWR, Toruń zaprasza:D:D

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eddyshum wrote:
November 2010

Debut album "BLOT!" Russian raggamuffin , ragga jungle band DUBSTEPLER http://www.lastfm.ru/music/dubstepler/Blot!

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gabibees wrote:
November 2010

dutty wine!

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LanFill wrote:
November 2010

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Zingerr wrote:
October 2010

ееее, качает)

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Illuminka wrote:
September 2010

<3

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obinnaollawa wrote:
July 2010

Mi name Dj Obino,more lire, more love, more tunes, more dub. Thank God 4 Reggae musik.

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ernastephen wrote:
June 2010

Big up to u all first time in de game

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Vapetzi wrote:
May 2010

cancer

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gueopardo wrote:
May 2010

Greetings from Spain, respect breddas & sistas, I present to you the new video of ...Lion Sitte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANbs0hxa-WA. jahwo/man....thaanks.

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January 2010

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