Dancehall of Uganda

The dance music in the country modeled after the Jamaican Dancehall. This has been the most powerful pattern of music in the country pop music company for the better part of the previous 2 years. The pattern of music is very similar to the Jamaica pattern and so like all introduced genres, the only major similarity is the languages uses. Though most dancehall musicians will perform in their indigenous dialect, in this case Luganda, many of them will every now and then try to impressionist the Jamaican patois. In the early mid-90s when the country’s pop industry was just starting to be created, the initial international music to make an impression on Uganda musicians was the Raggemuffin music in Jamaica during that period. Musician such as Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks became the motivational for Ugandan musicians such as Ragga Dee, Rasta Rob, Shanks Vivi, and Menton Krono. The dominant sound that was used by these musicians was the Dem Bow beat which was formed by Shabba Ranks. Locally, this sound is known as the Kadu Kadu, which is a verbal fake of the type of the sound it brings out. This beat became the foundation on the country dancehall was to be built on later, just like with the Reggaeton. New musicians in the early 90s like Mega Dee and Emperor Orlando joined the fight. During in the end of the century, dancehall, or raga as it was/is commonly known has already became the renowned music genre. Upcoming musicians such as Bobi Wine and Chameleone, Bebe Cool consolidate the scene and joined it. But they did not make any mark of development in the quality and sound of the music they produced, as it continued pretty naive hugely based on Dem Bow. In the hence ward, the quality of music became equal to the quality of production that is available. Chameleone became the initial dancehall musician to try to combine these reggae sounds with other genres such as Kadongo Kamu and Soukous. During in the year 2006, there was a type of artists learning the genre but also without much progress in pattern or sound. During this period, Jamaica dancehall had already taken a place turn away from the harsh reggae sound based on chatting over naive riddims and there was a new pattern if dancehall known as deejay like Vybz Kartel and Busy Signal who were deejaying over more advanced riddims.

 

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