History

The story goes that reggae was born in Jamaica, in the year 1962 when the island gained its independence from the UK. This is when the rock began to go through immigration and tuned radio stations from the United States.  


The band Toots & The Maytals released in the late 60's a disc titled "Do the Reggae ', which is for many, this style of music originating in Jamaica itself. 


The reggae was characterized by rhythmic melodies with regular cuts styles that were carried out on a rhythm section (Beat), and drums playing in the third beat of each measure.While you could see the influence of predecessors like ska rhythms and rocksteady, reggae was essentially a slow melody.

What is Reggae?

Today it is a musical genre that is very remotely associated with Rastafarianism, but many bands play this kind represent or profess any ideas of this movement.  


currently has Confucian reggae with various styles of music and created varying amounts of music. 
The reggae tends to accentuate the second and fourth beat of each  bar , serving to put the guitar or emphasis on the third beat or to keep the line from the second to the fourth. It is usually this "third beat" both the speed and the use of complex bass lines, what distinguishes reggae rocksteady.


The greatest exponent of reggae is Bob Marley, reggae legend, the king of reggae. Quin has immortalized the reggae and continue from high purity are in addition to 'Bobby': Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Lucky Dube, Eddy Grant, Sumo, The Etiophians, Burning Spears, Sly & Robbie, Third World, Patrice, among others. 

Meaning Of The Lion Of Judah

"Lion" in the positive sense means Divine Truth in Power! That's why Christ is called "The Lion of the tribe of Judah." When the prophet Daniel saw a lion emerging from the sea, he saw the symbolic representation of the New Age in which the Divine Truth of the Word is preparing to conquer a new spiritual territory.

The Lion denotes the no-fear of one who is imbued with Divine Truth ...Those who are with the divine truths of the Word are like lions even if they have more physical strength than a ram. Candidates successfully passing the ancient Mithraic initiations were called "lions" and were marked on the forehead with the Egyptian cross  
(Ankh). At the same Mithras is depicted often with the head of a lion and two pairs of wings.

Lyric

The lyrics of reggae professed against racism and all forms of discrimination, and presents a high social and political content. Note that many of its representatives have spread religious content, but this does not mean that reggae is the music of the Rastafarian religion. Reggae music is popular throughout Jamaica, mainly expressing the feelings of the ghetto and the dispossessed. 


(Song Bankrobber The Clash, which tells the story of a son about his father, such as poverty and injustice pushed him to become a bank robber)

Ska Ska Ska!

Musical genre that emerged in 1950, direct percursor Rockstady and later reggae. 
Born in the capital of Kingston, Jamaica. 
Its main feature totally eliminate discrimination, particularly in black people.