Genres · Afro & Latin
Dancehall
Jamaican party music: heavy riddims and MCs chatting over the beat.
- Tempo, BPM
- 90–105
- Where it started
- Jamaica, late 1970s
What it sounds like
Reggae's faster, harder party cousin. A riddim (the beat) with heavy drums and bass, and a vocalist “toasting”: half rapping, half singing in Jamaican patois. The same riddim is often used for many songs.
Hear it
Sean Paul, “Get Busy”
Sean Paul took dancehall to every club in the world. This is the Diwali riddim.
2003 · Posted by Atlantic Records · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- A deep, bouncing riddim
- Fast, rhythmic chatting in patois
- Air horns and DJ shout-outs between songs
Go if
You want a loud, flirty, whine-your-waist kind of night.
Hear it this week
5 nights- Tonight · 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
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28
- Tomorrow · 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
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- 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
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- 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
Sat
31
- 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
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1
Nights with a DJ who plays dancehall, from the venues' posts.
DJs who play it
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