Ska vs. Reggae

Skanoun

A style of Jamaican dance music combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues.

Ska

Ska (; Jamaican: [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues.

Reggaenoun

A form of music originating in Jamaica and associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Reggaenoun

popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

Reggae

Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora.