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Nice it Up Jamaica old school reggae oldies and great music mix

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Reggae, style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's dominant music. By the 1970s it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed.Reggae (/'r?ge?/) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.

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