{
  "name": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall",
  "description": "Umbrella for related forms of Jamaican Music which have grown beyond their regional roots to become global phenomena.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/reggae-ska-dancehall/",
  "sub_genres_count": 4,
  "sub_genres": [
    {
      "name": "Dancehall",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dancehall/",
      "description": "Developed from Reggae in the late 1970s, when Roots Reggae became more stripped-down, with an increased emphasis on pure rhythm.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall"
    },
    {
      "name": "Reggae",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/reggae/",
      "description": "Developed in the 1960s; shuffling \"bubble\" and offbeat rhythms played on an organ, and staccato guitar and piano chords known as \"skank.\"",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rocksteady",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rocksteady/",
      "description": "Jamaican popular music that blossomed briefly between 1966 and 1968 as an evolution of Ska, being slower, more relaxed, and soulful.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ska",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ska/",
      "description": "Originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, characterized by a signature off-beat rhythm (referred to as the ‘skank’ rhythm), chop-style guitar work, busy bass lines and a use of horn sections.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall"
    }
  ]
}