Singjay

As singjay in to dancehall and - Reggae -music artist referred to as a combination of deejay and singer between Toasting change and the actual singing, the singing is almost always in the foreground. Both merge into a single performance. But there are also Singjays who only use singing.

history

The merging of singing and deejaying began in the early days of reggae music. Artists like Big Youth began to fill their songs with a combination of singing and toasting in the late 1960s. The first publications of this kind were u. a. Sky Juice , Every Nigger Is A Star and Hit The Road Jack . The term Singjay came about later. One of the earliest artists to be called Singjay is the Jamaican musician Michael Rose . At the end of the 1970s he tried to integrate scat into his roots songs, but with little success. As the rhythm of reggae music began to change, the content of the songs also changed. With this thematic change came a change in the vocal style. The newly created singers of this time were called rockers in Jamaica. Musicians such as B. Barrington Levy or Little John represented this rocker Singjay style. In the mid-1980s, the Singjay style was dominant in the Jamaican mainstream. In dancehall, deejay only came to the fore again between the beginning and the middle of the 1990s.

Well-known Singjays

Beenie Man , Buju Banton , Courtney Melody , Daville , Eek-A-Mouse , Mavado , Mr. Vegas , Nitty Gritty , Pinchers , Tenor Saw , TOK , Sizzla , Wayne Marshall , Wayne Smith , Wayne Wonder , Yami Bolo