History, A New Understanding! Yayy!

According to an internet Jamaican guide, “Dance is a part of Jamaican culture and everyday life, and it always has been. Whether European settlers or African slaves, every new Jamaican brought their own native dances, and many have evolved and combined to form traditional Jamaican dances” (http://jamaica-guide.info/arts.and.entertainment/dance/). Although the style of dancehall movements was and still is the most popular style of dancing, another style came before. This genre of dancing was called Ska. Ska steps came along when the dances and the music were starting to slow down and the fast beat type of music was not being favored as much. Jamaicans loved to dance, so in order for them to stay on the dance floor just a little bit longer, the tempo of the music was forced to slow down. “In the UK, Ska was also known as "blue beat" music. Rock steady, and later, reggae sprang from the loins of Ska in the late 1960s”, reported Paul Saxby, a journalist who wrote the article on Jamaican dance music. Examples of slow reggae music that we still dance to today would be some of Sean Paul’s music like Slow Motion, and Bashment Party sung by another artist. Another famous song, that has aired in the movie, “Save the Last Dance”, was the song, Murder She Wrote sung by Chaka Demus & The Pliers. So as years passed, both fast tempo upbeat songs mixed with slow motion tunes are played and enjoyed by everybody.