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Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady. Reggae is based on a rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the off-beat, known as the skank. The tempo is generally slower than that found in ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually has accents on the 2nd and 4th beat in each bar, there being four beats in a bar.

Reggae is often associated with the Rastafari movement, an influence on many prominent reggae musicians from its inception. Reggae song lyrics deal with many subjects, including faith, love, relationships, poverty, injustice and other broad social issues.
Reggae: same beat rythem more or less the whole way through.
Reggae by peggy the pirate December 28, 2007
reggae is a decent form of music, and people insult it all the time. What the real problem is is that people are unaware of what is really reggae and what isn't. any loser can quote bob marley but here you go
bands that are reggae: bob marley, the wailers, gregory isaacs, etc.
bands that are not reggae - slightly stoopid, sublime, 311, matisyahu, pepper, the expendables
reggae by nickr519 November 10, 2007
Someone who is either crazy, high (or stoned), drunk or acting strange.
(i.) "Man, that guy is reggae.", "Let's get reggae, yo!"
(ii.) "We are so going reggae! Oh Yeah!"
(iii.)"Have you heard the new reggae single of...?"
Reggae by sammerzxx October 7, 2006
Reggae is Gay

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Reg-gay

You are Re-Gay, Reggae is gay. If reggae had lips they would taste like asshole.
A subgenre of folk music developed by Caribbean culture in the 1960s. It combines genres like Calypso, Soul, Folk, South American World Music. Famous and Popular for African or Caribbean style people.
I am not from Jamaica, but I still have a favourite genre of reggae music.
Reggae by Dogmilk57 Nightcore January 24, 2021

Reggae fusion 

Reggae fusion, or reggaefusion, is a term that is used to describe the style of mixing reggae or dancehall with different influential elements of other genres whether it be hip hop, r&b, pop, techno or house, rock, alternative, jazz, drum and bass etc. It originated in the late 80s and became popular in the mid-late 90s.
Dave: did you hear "Calabria" by Enur and Natasja,

Cindy: ye i love it. It's one of the hottest reggae fusion songs ever!