| 单词 | dancehall reggae |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdancehall reggae 2. Frequently in form dancehall. An up-tempo style of popular music originating in the dance halls of Jamaica and derived from reggae, in which a DJ improvises lyrics, or ‘toasts’, over a recorded rhythm track or instrumental version of a record. Also more fully dancehall reggae. Cf. ragga n., toast v.3 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican bluebeat1964 ska1964 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 dub1973 skank1974 roots reggae1976 skanking1976 roots1979 dance hall1982 ragamuffin1986 ragga1990 bashment1996 1982 (title of record) A dee-jay explosion: inna dance hall style. 1983 S. Davis & P. Simon Reggae Internat. ix. 112/1 Anything him play on sound good at Studio One, de original dance hall sound. 1986 Reggae & Afr. Beat 5 iv. 20/3 Pato Banton and Tipa Irie blew away the uninitiated..with broadsides of UK-style raps that blended the tradition of JA dance hall with live backing sounds. 1989 Newsday (Nexis) 15 Dec. 26 Like hip-hop and house music, dancehall is bass music... Brutal dancehall reggae [is] represented on the radio by songs like Foxy Brown's ‘Sorry (Baby Can I Hold You)’. 1995 Guardian 27 Jan. ii. 11/5 Junglism—assertion of modern cultural identity by Afro-Caribbean kids raised on rocksteady, Marley and dancehall. 2000 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. e27/3 Buju Banton started out as a dance hall toaster, bragging with raspy enthusiasm about girls, guns and macho exploits, including an infamous song about gay-bashing. < as lemmas |
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