Research from Dele evolution of reggae

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Jamaican folk music evolved into mento which is an updated version. it was acoustic and sung by old people shakers , guitars marimba.
Ska upbeat and fast because people be dancing to it, overtime people got bored of it the slowed it down to rock steady before reggae, lovers rock very slow and romantic. Then it evolved to dance hall abashment.

Reggae became very popular in the 1960's and is mostly lead by the drums and bass, the sound of the bass is thick and heavy. Reggae is known for talking about social criticism, religion: however some song talk about love and socialising. This was because during these times and the past there was a lot of issue among religion because of people choosing whether to be Rastafarian or not, furthermore there was a lot of war and fighting and the music would on stop it temporarily. Also as time passes and different sub genres of reggae were introduced people would get bored of the old genres barbecue of the sound and people couldn't dance and enjoy themselves that why genres like dance hall are fast and have an upbeat tempo so people can groove to it were as rock steady is much slower and has a more down tempo. Other predecessors of reggae were blues, jazz an these played a part in leading up to rock steady

Top songs of artist:
Bob Marley-Everything's gonna be alright
I Shot The Sheriff
Bad Boys
Is This Love

Pete Tosh- Don't Look Back
Equal Rights 
Johnny B Good
Get Up Stand Up

History of reggae artist
Bob Marley 1945-1981
Ziggy and Damien Marley (sons of Bob Marley)
Pete Tosh 1944-1987
Dennis Brown 1957-1999

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