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V/A "Listen Up - Ska" afrobeats two #1 singlesWelcome to the ska beat!, the sound that came from Jamaica between 1961 1967. Based on the American r&b and doo wop records that the sound systems in Kingston town used to play. The American records style started to mellow out while the Jamaicans preferred a more upbeat sound. So to meet this demand the sound system bosses became record producers to cater for this demand. Sir Coxonne, Duke Reid lead the way by putting the top musicians on the island