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Richard Henry
Sharky RH
Richard Henry and Sharky RH have been listening to Dancehall lately

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A precursor to American rap and hip-hop, Dancehall's roots are in the Jamaican nightclubs of the 1970s. The genre got its start when DJs started talking or "toasting" over prerecorded tracks that they would manipulate by adjusting the sound system's playback controls. Early rap was an Americanized version of toasting, which itself was a descendent of an African-American tradition of playfully trading insults called "the dozens."

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Top 13 World Albums, Winter 2013

Heat things up with Vybz Kartel, or Red Baraat, or maybe even Celtic Thunder.
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Top 13 World Albums, Winter 2013