Easy Snapping is widely regarded as the first recorded song in a genre that would later be called SCA. Easy Snapping was the first SCA song because it inverted the emphasis in the beats. That new SCA rhythm made the dancers at sound system parties go totally nuts. But songs like Easy Snapping help make SCA immensely popular all over Jamaica.
Jamaica is famous around the world for its music, including genres like ska, dub, and reggae. It’s tempting to think that the powerful amplifiers and giant speakers at the dance parties were designed to perfectly capture Jamaica’s indigenous sounds. But it’s actually the other way around. Those speakers and amps came first. And the electricians, mechanics and engineers who built and adapted that technology would then play a decisive role in the creation of Jamaica’s modern music. They helped pioneer approaches to making and performing music that would spawn whole other scenes from the Bronx to the UK.
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