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The 17 pages that link to Ska, each with the reason it gives.

• SyncopationBroader topic: Ska foregrounds offbeat accompaniment as a defining rhythmic feature.

• ReggaeNarrower topic: Reggae developed from ska as its tempo slowed and bass became more prominent.

• Bob MarleyNarrower topic: The Wailers began recording during ska’s prominence in Jamaica.

• RocksteadyNarrower topic: Rocksteady slowed ska’s rhythmic drive and shifted more attention to bass.

• Studio OneRelated: Studio One recorded key ska performers and helped establish the genre’s recorded sound.

• Jamaican sound systemRelated: Ska became a central sound-system dance music in the early 1960s.

• Island RecordsBroader topic: Island’s early releases helped bring Jamaican ska recordings to listeners abroad.

• MentoBroader topic: Ska inherited elements of mento’s instrumentation and rhythmic vocabulary.

• The WailersNarrower topic: The group's first records grew from ska, the dominant Jamaican style of their early years.

• Lee “Scratch” PerryNarrower topic: Ska formed part of the musical history from which Perry’s reggae production developed.

• The SpecialsNarrower topic: Its rhythmic pattern is the foundation of the Specials’ sound.

• SkinheadRelated: Ska was among the Jamaican sounds embraced by early skinheads.

• Toots and the MaytalsRelated: The Maytals began recording in the ska era, adapting its brisk rhythms to vocal-group songs.

• Bob Marley and the WailersNarrower topic: The group began recording during ska’s rise in Jamaica.

• Jimmy CliffNarrower topic: Cliff’s early recordings grew out of Jamaica’s ska era.

• Laurel AitkenNarrower topic: Aitken’s career is closely tied to ska’s emergence and early popularity.

• Manu ChaoRelated: Ska became one of the dance rhythms Chao folded into Mano Negra’s sound.