Reggae Endz.Com is the brainchild of G. Nembhard aka
DJ NattyG, WRSU FM, Radio Personality and A-Town
Records, JA. Executive Producer. The term Reggae
Endz is synonymous with "Reggae Corner.'
Accordingly, we are please to welcome all Reggae
Music lovers to our little "corner" of the Reggae
world. We intend to present a new generation of
talents.
It is Reggae Endz.Com desire to bring something new
and fresh to aid the proliferation of Reggae Music.
We also recognize that with the globalization and
continued evolution of the music, as a relevant art
form, an ear must be lent to the little known, the
unknown and the veteran artists, not just the "few"
established or mainstreamed artists.
Reggae
Endz.Com feels that we have a responsibility to
provide a venue for those artists that do not have
the luxury of having their music brought to a global
audience. So, it was towards this end that Reggae
Endz was conceptualized. Our collaboration with
A-Town Records and other small Independent labels
will enable us to showcase some of the music unknown
"jewels."
Welcome to the ENDZ!
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 The
origins of Reggae can be traced back to the many
forms of folk music that were popular in Jamaica in
the 1950's. The first recorded Jamaican music was
Mento which drew heavily from all the forms of folk
music. It was often referred to as Jamaican Calypso,
however only some of the more uptempo. Mento tunes
sounded similar to Calypso. Mento music had begun in
the 1940's and by the time it reached the first
Jamaican recording studio in the winter of 1951-52;
it was well-established and very popular. Jamaican
music comes from an African foundation, influenced
by the music of Europe, especially England & France.
Ska remained popular throughout the
60's, however from 1965 to 1967; the ghetto youth of
West Kingston were developing their own version of
Ska which was referred to as 'Rude-Boy' music. It
was a more dynamic version of Ska and its lyrics
addressed their ghetto lifestyle. Cluet Johnson AKA
"Clue J" was important to the development of Clement
"Coxsone" Dodd's desire in the late 50s to establish
a distinctive Jamaican musical sound. Clue J's
distinctive stage greeting - skavoovie, lead some to
define this as the root of the term Ska.
In the early 1970's, Reggae produced
yet another offshoot in the form of Dub. Dub, which
is now used throughout the world of dance music to
describe a remix, originated in Jamaica in 1967,
initially in the quest for sound-system exclusivity.
Dub, in the now familiar form of radically remixed
versions of tunes with the lyrics stripped down or
removed, arrived in 1972, and was largely due to the
contribution of King Tubby, boss of the leading
sound-system in Kingston and a superb engineer.
Reggae is closer to the chanting, meditative
Nyabinghi sound, and lends itself to musical
meditation.
Jamaican music itself has changed
considerably over the past 35 or so years. Dub music
is the result of the engineer restructuring the
sound on the mixing board. Lover’s rock, deejays,
dubs poetry all come from the root. Dancehall and
Jungle music are the latest trends in this
ever-changing Jamaican sound. The emigration of
Jamaicans and other West Indies to Europe and North
America has both spread the vibe and blended other
musical ideas to Reggae. All in all, Reggae has
exerted an international impact remarkable for such
a small nation - the loudest island in the world.
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