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The 43 pages that link to Reggae, each with the reason it gives.

• World musicRelated: Its global circulation complicates the boundary between world music and mainstream popular music.

• Punk subcultureRelated: Punk musicians and audiences in Britain shared scenes and musical exchanges with reggae.

• JamaicaRelated: The genre became one of Jamaica’s most influential cultural exports.

• New wave musicRelated: Reggae rhythms entered new wave through artists who adapted its spacious grooves.

• RastafariRelated: Reggae carried Rastafari themes and language to audiences around the world.

• BackbeatCompared with: Its characteristic offbeat accents offer a different route to rhythmic emphasis than a standard backbeat.

• Bob MarleyNarrower topic: Marley’s international career made reggae familiar to audiences far beyond Jamaica.

• SkaCompared with: Reggae retained ska’s Jamaican roots but developed a slower, more spacious rhythmic feel.

• Dub musicNarrower topic: Dub most often reworks reggae recordings, preserving their rhythmic foundations while altering their presentation.

• RocksteadyRelated: Reggae inherited rocksteady’s bass emphasis while developing its own rhythms and production.

• Bass guitarRelated: Reggae often gives the bass line a leading melodic and rhythmic role.

• Studio OneNarrower topic: Studio One’s catalogue traces the transition into reggae and influenced its later sound.

• DancehallNarrower topic: Dancehall arose from reggae’s musical and cultural environment.

• Jamaican sound systemRelated: Reggae recordings and rhythms became central to sound-system sessions worldwide.

• Lauryn HillRelated: The Fugees incorporated reggae influences into their hip-hop sound.

• Serge GainsbourgRelated: Gainsbourg adopted reggae rhythms on Aux armes et cætera, prompting debate over his use of Jamaican music.

• Globalization of musicBroader topic: Its international reach spread Jamaican sounds and political messages through records and live performance.

• Island RecordsNarrower topic: Island’s releases made reggae a major part of international popular music.

• MentoBroader topic: Reggae followed mento in Jamaica’s musical history, though through intervening styles such as ska and rocksteady.

• Rap musicRelated: Jamaican toasting and sound-system culture helped shape rap’s early performance practices.

• The WailersNarrower topic: The Wailers became one of the most influential groups in reggae.

• Burna BoyRelated: Its sound and political tradition inform his genre-blending songs.

• Calypso musicCompared with: Reggae shares Caribbean roots but developed a different rhythmic language and history.

• Hawaiian musicCompared with: Reggae provides the rhythmic foundation for the local hybrid style Jawaiian.

• Jungle musicRelated: Reggae supplied jungle with musical references, vocal samples, and a lineage of bass-centered dance music.

• King TubbyNarrower topic: Dub emerged from reggae’s recordings and became one of its most influential branches.

• Lee “Scratch” PerryNarrower topic: Perry worked within reggae while pushing its recordings toward the studio-centered form of dub.

• Grace JonesNarrower topic: Reggae rhythms and Jamaican musical traditions inform several of Jones’s recordings.

• Jamaican cuisineRelated: Music and food travel together as prominent expressions of Jamaican culture abroad.

• The Miseducation of Lauryn HillRelated: Reggae rhythms and Jamaican musical references broaden the album’s stylistic palette.

• DreadlocksNarrower topic: Reggae carried images and associations of Rastafari locks to international audiences.

• Toots and the MaytalsNarrower topic: The group helped shape early reggae, including its name and vocal style.

• Benjamin ZephaniahRelated: Its rhythms and political energies informed the sound and delivery of Zephaniah’s poetry.

• Bob Marley and the WailersNarrower topic: The band’s music became one of reggae’s most internationally recognized forms.

• Jimmy CliffNarrower topic: Cliff became one of reggae’s most internationally recognized performers.

• Music of NigeriaCompared with: Reggae influenced Nigerian musicians but developed from a different national and historical tradition.

• Sean PaulNarrower topic: Dancehall grew from reggae, whose rhythms and cultural history underpin his music.

• Alpha BlondyNarrower topic: Its Jamaican sound is the musical foundation Blondy reshaped with West African languages and themes.

• Buju BantonNarrower topic: It provides the broader tradition encompassing Banton’s roots-oriented recordings.

• Gregory IsaacsNarrower topic: Isaacs built his career within reggae, adapting its rhythms to his smooth singing.

• History of JamaicaBroader topic: Reggae became one of the most widely recognized cultural legacies of modern Jamaica.

• JamaicaRelated: Reggae carries Jamaican musical traditions to audiences around the world.

• Music of HawaiiCompared with: Jawaiian music adapts reggae’s rhythms within Hawaii’s local musical culture.