The Irish accent was a major influence on the accent of Jamaican English.

Jamaican music's influence on music styles in other countries includes the practice of toasting, which was brought to New York City and evolved into rapping.

Jamaican music continues to influence the world's music.

King Tubby ( January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989 ) was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer, known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s.

The group released several singles in the first half of the 1970s on labels such as Micron and their own Ital label, and were an early example of the Rastafari movement's influence on the Jamaican music scene, taking a clear lead from The Abyssinians.

They collaborated with numerous Jamaican artists such as King Tubby, Lee Perry and Gladstone Anderson amongst others and became a large influence upon future dub musicians.

Homemade bread-making, an art in many villages, is a reflection of the British influence that includes pastries such as cheese rolls, pine ( pineapple ) tarts, and patties ( similar to the Jamaican patty ).

A strong reggae and ragga influence emerged in 1991 and 1992, with uplifting piano melody loops or Jamaican reggae samples used at normal speed layered on top of frenetic 150 to 170 BPM breakbeats.

Most importantly, their influence on music, especially from those of Jamaican descent invented and created Reggaeton.

Jamaican music began to influence British pop music, punk rock and the 2 Tone genre with the rise of the ( often interracial ) bands, such as The Specials, Madness, The Selecter and The Beat.

As the Jamaican diaspora grew in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, rude boy music and fashion, as well as the gang mentality, became a strong influence on the skinhead subculture.

Jamaican Food Facts The Jamaican cuisine is quite diverse and mention must be made of the Rastafarian influence.

Musically, he has been influenced by the oppression that, in his opinion, Spain has over Basque Country and, although most of his lyrics are in Basque, his compositions are a melting pot of different cultures, with a big influence of Jamaican and electronic music ( especially drum and bass ), which he commonly mixes over Basque instruments.

The first Jamaican style to emphasise the first beat in the bar, it spread from the UK, where Levy had been developing the sound, and became another influence upon dancehall.

Though Jamaican jerk sauce certainly was derived from African ancestry, it is something that was adapted and modified over hundreds of years as various cultures added their influence.

Trojan skinheads, influenced by traditional 1960s skinhead culture, are named after Trojan Records, to stress the influence of black Jamaican music and the rude boy style to the skinhead subculture.

Puerto Limon is known for its Jamaican ancestry and reggae rhythms which had a direct influence on the sound of the band.

Mighty Diamonds are a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence.

Jamaican Creole uses pan ( from English " upon ") for the present progressive and wa ( from English " was ") for the past progressive.

The most frequent meanings referred to either a form of erotic dance or sexual intercourse ; such usage is frequently present in names of reggae songs, for instance, of The Silvertones ' " Dub the Pum Pum " ( where pum pum is Jamaican slang for female genitalia ), Big Joe and Fay's " Dub a Dawta " ( dawta is Jamaican slang for girlfriend ).

As a result of Planno's actions, the Jamaican authorities were asked to ensure that Rastafarian representatives were present at all state functions attended by His Majesty, and Rastafari elders, including Planno and probably Joseph Hibbert, also obtained a private audience with the Emperor, where he reportedly told them that they should not immigrate to Ethiopia until they had first liberated the people of Jamaica.

As an album regarded by many as the start of the gangsta rap movement, Criminal Minded played an important role in reaffirming the social acceptance of having Jamaican roots.

Other similarities include the fact that some Accompong Maroons formation bear the passing resemblance to the Irish reel ; and the Jamaican Constabulary is patterned after the Royal Iris Constabulary, complete with the red stripe on the pants leg.

Coffee is mainly grown around the Blue Mountains and in hilly areas, where one type, Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, is considered among the best in the world because at those heights in the Blue Mountains, the cooler climate causes the berries to take longer to ripen and the beans develop more of the substances which on roasting give coffee its flavor.

However, these deadly fish are considered a delicacy among the Jamaican population, due to the high levels of vitamin B < sup > 12 </ sup > which is found within the fatty tissue which is abundant in this fish.

The manufacturing sector is an essential contributor to the Jamaican economy.

The Jamaican road network consists of almost 21, 000 kilometres of roads, of which over 15, 000 kilometres is paved.

This is similar to the way American and Jamaican youth used rap and reggae / dancehall as a means to communicate their feelings on social, cultural, and political issues.

A potato chip ( known as a crisp in British English and Hiberno-English ; as a chip in American, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Singapore, South African, Jamaican English and as either a chip or wafer in Indian English ) is a thin slice of potato that is deep fried or baked until crunchy.

The term " raggamuffin " is an intentional misspelling of " ragamuffin ", a word that entered the Jamaican Patois lexicon after the British Empire colonized Jamaica in the 17th century.

Ska (, Jamaican ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

Ali G is a stereotype of a white suburban male from Staines ( now Staines-upon-Thames ) who imitates rap culture as well as urban British and Jamaican culture, particularly through hip hop, reggae, drum and bass and jungle music.

A deejay ( alternatively spelled DJ ) is a Jamaican musical term for a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and " toasts " to an instrumental riddim ( rhythm ).

Ginger tea is often made from fresh ginger, as well as the famous regional specialty Jamaican ginger cake.

It is associated with Jamaican dub and reggae musician Augustus Pablo who popularized it in the 1970s.

Winston Rodney, OD ( born 1 March 1945 ), also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician.

A gun fight breaks out between local drug dealers and a Jamaican gang called the Jamaican Posse, whose leader is a drug kingpin known as Screwface ( Basil Wallace ).

Another Jamaican named Nesta ( Evans ) arrives and Hatcher is able to sit him down but Nesta tells him to go after Screwface alone and jumps out the window to his death.

At the house of Leslie, Hatcher now realizes that the only way to stop the Jamaican Posse is to bring down Screwface.

# Ragga soca: A fusion of Jamaican dancehall and soca ( chutney music replaced with dancehall music ) so it is dancehall and contemporary calypso, which is an uptempo calypso beat with moderate bass and electronic instruments.

The world record in this event is 36. 84 seconds, held by the Jamaican team as set 11 August 2012 at the Games of the XXX Olympiad held in London.