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called "juggling." The energy in the dance halls became very sexual, with increasingly revealing clothing, scandalous dance styles, and cruder lyrics from the DJs. Previously, sexual lyrics had been merely suggestive, but the new "slack" lyrics, part of the rebellion against fading
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in popular culture. Political and cultural changes along with shifting public tastes led to a new dancehall culture that became an increasingly important institution for West
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proclaimed, "I never know why they call it slackness. I talk about sex, but it's just what happens behind closed doors. What I talk is reality".
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music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and pronunciation varies throughout the
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615:List of reggae festivals
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670:Sound system (Jamaican)
211:Du Noyer, Paul (2003).
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22:refers to vulgarity in
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511:Roots reggae artists
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380:Reggae punk
375:Reggae rock
323:Lovers rock
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387:Reggaestep
365:Moombahton
306:Dub poetry
141:References
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710:Blue Beat
655:Suedehead
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569:Australia
552:Mauritius
535:By region
394:Reggaeton
284:Dancehall
86:Yellowman
79:Rastafari
52:Nyabinghi
43:selecting
28:dancehall
20:Slackness
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665:Dubplate
650:Skinhead
645:Rude boy
562:Zimbabwe
465:Toasting
445:One drop
419:Two-tone
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584:Pacific
557:Nigeria
455:Singjay
414:Singjay
37:music,
680:Riddim
594:Poland
542:Africa
469:Deejay
450:Reverb
409:Seggae
311:Psydub
296:Dembow
275:Genres
265:Reggae
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