dance hall music
Swing venue tunes
Dance hall music is a genre of Jamaican popular music that emerged in the late 1970s, characterized by electronic beats, digital instrumentation, and often explicit lyrics about sex, violence, or boasting.
It evolved from reggae but shifted toward faster rhythms and DJ-style vocal delivery called toasting.
The term comes from the dance halls where the music originated and was performed: The party had a dance hall vibe with heavy bass.
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