{
  "name": "Reggae",
  "description": "Developed in the 1960s; shuffling \"bubble\" and offbeat rhythms played on an organ, and staccato guitar and piano chords known as \"skank.\"",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/reggae/",
  "parent": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall",
  "level": "sub",
  "children_count": 18,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Deejay",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/deejay/",
      "description": "Reggae in which a deejay (similar to an MC in Hip Hop) talks or chants lyrics over a pre-recorded reggae rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Deejay",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/deejay/",
      "description": "Reggae in which a deejay (similar to an MC in Hip Hop) talks or chants lyrics over a pre-recorded reggae rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Digital Dancehall",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/digital-dancehall/",
      "description": "First, pre-Ragga style of Dancehall to popularize Electronic rhythms that arose in the mid-1980s.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Digital Dancehall",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/digital-dancehall/",
      "description": "First, pre-Ragga style of Dancehall to popularize Electronic rhythms that arose in the mid-1980s.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dub",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dub/",
      "description": "Primarily instrumental Reggae which developed from the extensive use of studio techniques and effects like reverb and delay.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dub",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dub/",
      "description": "Primarily instrumental Reggae which developed from the extensive use of studio techniques and effects like reverb and delay.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lovers Rock",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lovers-rock/",
      "description": "Smooth, quiet Reggae beats with lyrics focusing on romance and love.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lovers Rock",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lovers-rock/",
      "description": "Smooth, quiet Reggae beats with lyrics focusing on romance and love.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pacific Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pacific-reggae/",
      "description": "Developed in Pacific island communities, incorporating elements from local Oceanian Music styles.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pacific Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pacific-reggae/",
      "description": "Developed in Pacific island communities, incorporating elements from local Oceanian Music styles.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pop Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pop-reggae/",
      "description": "Light, commercial form of Reggae designed to crossover and break through to a more mainstream Pop audience.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pop Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pop-reggae/",
      "description": "Light, commercial form of Reggae designed to crossover and break through to a more mainstream Pop audience.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Roots Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/roots-reggae/",
      "description": "Primarily defined through the political, spiritual, and socially conscious messages of its lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Roots Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/roots-reggae/",
      "description": "Primarily defined through the political, spiritual, and socially conscious messages of its lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Seggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/seggae/",
      "description": "Fusion of Séga and Reggae, popular on Mauritius and other Mascarene Islands.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Seggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/seggae/",
      "description": "Fusion of Séga and Reggae, popular on Mauritius and other Mascarene Islands.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Skinhead Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/skinhead-reggae/",
      "description": "Early subgenre prominent from 1968 to 1971; known for its high tempos and driving rhythms compared with the more languid pace of most later styles.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    },
    {
      "name": "Skinhead Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/skinhead-reggae/",
      "description": "Early subgenre prominent from 1968 to 1971; known for its high tempos and driving rhythms compared with the more languid pace of most later styles.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Reggae"
    }
  ]
}