Reggae Fusion

 

Reggae fusion is a genre of reggae that mixes reggae and/or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, jazz, funk, soul, disco, electronic and latin. Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, no official term had been used to describe this practice. Artists such as UB40 were described using terms that joined the various genres they performed (e.g. "reggae funk", "reggae pop", "reggae-disco"). It was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined. 

 

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (1983) 

 

Snow - Informer (1992) 

 

 

UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry (1983) 

 

 

Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper (1994)

  

Aswad - Don't Turn Around (1988)

Maxi Priest - Close to You (1990)