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FROM THE DRUMMING OF THE TAINOS TO THE PULSATING BASS LINES OF THE JAMAICAN GHETTOS.”
The Book begins with a study of the indigenous Taino tribe. It traces how their music was influenced by African culture. It conceptualizes how the music of Africa and its intersection with these early Caribbean inhabitants has become the mainstay of Jamaican music to this day.
A Hit Mek details the various forms of Jamaican music that have gone on to influence the body of world music over many generations. This includes music forms such as Kumina, Jonkunnu, Folk, Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, and Dancehall, as well as their many spin-off genres, including Lovers Rock, Dub music, Dub Poetry, Jazz, Gospel, and Fusion.
Most importantly, ‘A Hit Mek’ analyzes Jamaica’s Sound System phenomenon, which introduced the music world to ‘sonic rapture.‘
A Hit Mek’ further solidifies how Jamaican music went on to influence world-leading genres like Dubstep, Rock, Punk, Pop, Disco, House, Techno, Hip-Hop, Trap, Reggaeton, Ambient, Trip-Hop, Jungle, Garage, Drum & Bass, Ragga Soca, India’s Bhangra-Muffin, and Africa’s Afrobeats.
Bob Marley likened Jamaican music to the ‘Kings music.‘
This Book will prove to its readers that Jamaican music and its derivatives are the ‘King of World Music.’
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