WTF is Dancehall? The Insanely Influential Genre That Inspired Sampling, Hip Hop, Dubstep & More

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As one of the coolest and most innovative genres, dancehall basically invented the use of sampling and looping in music. The open use of "riddims", however, was bewildering to me before I discovered what it was all about. Playlist of songs in this video & more: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Cr3h4tPlIpHo1ilzQFLeC ALL SONGS IN THIS VIDEO (In order of appearance): 0:11 Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng 0:32 Josey Wales - Let Go Mi Hand 0:37 Michigan & Smiley - Diseases 0:45 Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm 0:51 Sister Nancy - Bam Bam 1:09 Eek-a-Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem 1:43 The Mighty Diamonds - Pass the Kouchie 2:20 The Skatalites - Guns of Navarone 2:24 Alton Ellis - Rock Steady 2:27 Toots & The Maytals - Do The Reggae 2:40 Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number (live) 2:59 U-Roy - Wake The Town 3:54 Kool Herc - Break beat demonstration 4:42 Sugar Minott - Herbman Hustling 5:04 Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going 5:12 Sugar Minott - Unknown song (if anyone can ID please comment) 5:36 Yellowman - Life Story 5:53 Yellowman - Ooh We 6:35 Sister Nancy - Every Woman 7:27 King Tubby - Money Dub 7:50 Digital Mystkiz - Haunted 8:24 Eek-a-Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem 12” version 9:05 Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng 9:12 Alton Ellis - Mad Mad 9:26 Yellowman - Sensemilla 9:34 Sound Dimension - Full Up 9:50 Sound Dimension - Real Rock 10:18 Wayne Smith - Under Mi Sleng Teng 10:34 Tenor Saw - Pumpkin Belly 10:40 Sublime - Caress Me Down 10:41 David Bowie - Hang Onto Yourself 11:49 Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman 11:56 Sean Paul - Get Busy 12:24 Easy Star All Stars - Exit Music (For a Film) 12:52 Kanye West - Famous 12:56 Sister Nancy - Live at Boiler Room, NYC 13:32 Yellowman - Yellow Like Cheese (live) A big special thanks to: Beth Lesser, author of "Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture" Hit Me With Music (2011) Documentary Beat This! A Hip-Hop History (1984) Documentary Don Sinclair Reggae Vibes (YouTube Channel) Riddimguide.com The Red Bull Music Academy Hot 97, New York City