Ragga

Quick meaning: Ragga is a noun meaning (music) A subgenre of reggae and dancehall influenced by hip hop and digital production techniques such as sampling.

Meaning

(music) A subgenre of reggae and dancehall influenced by hip hop and digital production techniques such as sampling.

Example Sentences

Fling a ragga riddim like it's '03

The song samples Ricky Martin's hit Shake Your Bom-Bom but adds ragga's roughness. When Bam Bam comes on, the crowd goes wild.

Tosh's brand of roots reggae, with its emphasis on uplifting anthems and melodic riffs, now sounds as dated as The Wailers' earliest incarnation as a straight-up ska band, especially when listened to alongside the shuddering bass of most contemporary ragga tracks.

A sub-genre of reggae, ragga is a modern Jamaican sound with ties to the oldest traditional music of that island-nation. The name is taken from the word “raggamuffin”, a term used for disenfranchised youth. One popular ragga singer called Half Pint said, “A lot of people interpret raggamuffin as if it [is]^([sic]) a criminal morality.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reggae, raggamuffin, rocksteady, reggeaton, riddim, ragtime.

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