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Feb 19, 2019 · Dancehall music is a Jamaican genre of urban folk music that evolved from reggae and rap. It is also known as bashment, a term for the music or a party where it is played.
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The earliest known use of the noun bashment is in the 1990s. OED's earliest evidence for bashment is from 1996, in a message posted on the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.reggae. bashment is probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bash n.1, ‑ment suffix. See etymology.
Feb 27, 2017 · A true bashment anthem is recognizable less by its hook than by the chorus of whistles and wall-pounding it earns from an engaged audience.
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Dancehall music, also called ragga or dub, is a style of Jamaican popular music that had its genesis in the political turbulence of the late 1970s and became Jamaica's dominant music in the 1980s and ’90s. It was also originally called Bashment music when Jamaican dancehalls began to gain popularity.
The earliest known use of the noun bashment is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for bashment is from around 1400, in Pearl. bashment is a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: abashment n. See etymology.
Bashment Definition. (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave. (slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
