These began in the late 1940's among people from the inner city of Kingston such as Trench Town, Rose Town and Denham Town. Jamaican dancehall music is said to be named after Jamaican Dance Halls in which popular Jamaican recordings were played by local sound systems. Vegas, Popcaan, Mavado, Vybz Kartel, Beenie Man among others. Dancehall made a resurgence within the pop market in the late 2000's, with songs by Konshens, Mr. The early 2000's saw the success of newer charting acts such as Elephant Man and Sean Paul. After the popularizing of Buju Banton's dancehall song "Boom Bye Bye" in the early 1990's, dancehall music came under criticism over anti-gay lyrics in a few songs. Other varieties of dancehall achieved crossover success outside of Jamaica during the mid-to-late 1990's. In the early 1990's songs by Dawn Penn, Shabba Ranks, Patra and Chaka Demus and Pliers were the first dancehall megahits in the US and abroad. In the Dancehall vernacular, "bashment" is therefore an adjective instead of a noun. The word "bashment", a term originating in the 1990's, was used to describe a particularly good dance/session. In the mid-1980's, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall ( or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms.
Dancehall brought a new generation of producers, including Linval Thompson, Gussie Clarke and Jah Thomas. Jamaican Dancehall music is a genre of Jamaican popular music with two of the biggest stars of the early dancehall era being Yellowman and Eek-a-Mouse. Brief History of Jamaican Dancehall Music With world renowned artistes such as Beenie Man, Mavado, Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal, Aidonia, and Konshens, Dancehall music has produced some of the most charismatic and energetic artistes with massive sounds.
It is one of the most versatile genres out there and so many artistes all over the world collaborate on tracks that feature Dancehall riddims or try to cut it close to the musicality of its uniqueness. With so much more to come, Dancehall has changed the face of Jamaican music and music in general. Some examples of such dancehall dances include: "Like Glue", "Bogle", "Wine & Dip", "Tek Weh Yuhself", "Whine Up", "Boasie Bounce", "Drive By", "Shovel It", "To Di World", "Dutty Wine", "Sweep", "Nuh Behavior", "Nuh Linga", "Skip to My Lou", "Gully Creepa", "Bad Man Forward Bad Man Pull Up", "Keeping it Jiggy", "Pon Di River", "Willie Bounce", "Wacky Dip", "Screechie", "Daggering”, etc. Many dance moves seen in Hip Hop videos are actually variations of Dancehall dance moves. The popularity of Jamaican dancehall music has spawned dance moves that help to make parties and stage performances more energetic.