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Much of the hypnotic, deeply rhythmic backbeat that drives popular reggae music from Jamaica is derived from a traditional African-Jamaican hybrid music form called mento. This all-acoustic music was popular in the early 20th century and was rarely recorded, remaining isolated in the obscurity of Jamaica’s local folk culture. Featuring acoustic guitar, banjo, rumba-box (a crate-size thumb piano), and bongo drums, mento music is punctuated by biting double-entendre lyrics sung in ballad form. The music’s topical rhyme and rhythm schemes are a direct influence from Trinidadian calypso music.
"Take Me Back to Jamaica" from Jolly Boys: Sunshine 'n Water (Cat.# RCD 10187) (p)1991 First Warning-Rykodisc. All Rights Reserved.
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