Reggae samples span skank guitar loops, deep sub basslines, rimshot-driven drum patterns, reverb-drenched organ chords, and toasted vocal phrases. Emerging in Jamaica in the late 1960s from the earlier styles of ska and rocksteady, reggae absorbed the influence of American jazz and R&B while developing its own distinctly Jamaican character through Rastafarian spirituality, social commentary, and the creative remix culture of dub. Artists like Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert, and Lee "Scratch" Perry shaped the genre's global reach, and its rhythmic DNA went on to inform dancehall, hip hop, and punk movements worldwide.
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