Dancehall History Script
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Lucía Hugener Carroquino I am a student who is going to produce a section of the show of The 8th Note, which is a programme about contemporary music, focusing each programme on one music genre. The show is broadcasted on Sundays at 12:15 am, lasting for 45 minutes. The show is structured in many different sections such as an historical overview of the music genre, interviews, latest news along with debates, music recommendations, and games. I decided to produce the historical overview section because I think it is a very representative part of the programme, since it allows to know in depth a music genre and listen to many different artists. This section is a feature that should be 10 minutes long, but I have made a short representative piece of 4 minutes of how it should sound like. DANCEHALL HISTORY SCRIPT CONTROL STUDIO SFX “Airplane landing” FADE IN “Dancehall beat” Today, we are travelling all the way to Jamaica to learn about the origins and evolution of dancehall. FADE OUT “Dancehall beat” “Audio 1 Documentary” FADE IN “Dancehall beat” Dancehall is named after the Jamaican dance halls were music was played by local sound systems. It started in the ghettos in Kingston in the late 1940s, among people that didn’t have the means to participate in dances uptown. Sound systems were a way of having a community radio. People would set up a system with a record player and speakers and put different recordings. Anyone could go to listen to the music for free. Originally, most of the (the records came from America). FADE OUT “Dancehall beat” “Audio 2 Documentary” FADE IN “Song 1” In the late 1970s, the mutation of the sound systems gave rise to dancehall as a musical movement. Its creation is attributed to Sugar Minott, who debuted in 1977 with the album 'Live Loving'. Lucía Hugener Carroquino CROSSFADE “Song 2” Already in the 80's, dancehall became associated with the culture of deejays. In Jamaican music, a deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and "toasts" to an instrumental riddim. A whole new wave of deejays overtook the older toasters. Some of these new deejays were Ranking Joe, Clint Eastwood and Yellowman. CROSSFADE “Song 3” Yellowman, is one of the most successful early dancehall artists. He is considered to be the ‘king of dancehall’ and became the first Jamaican deejay to be signed to a major American record label. FADE OUT “Song 3” SFX “Money” FADE IN “Song 4” The early 1980s also saw the emergence of female deejays in dancehall music, such as Lady G, Lady Saw, and Sister Nancy. FADE OUT “Song 4” SFX “DJ stop” We’ve reached the 2000's and dancehall has gained mainstream popularity in Jamaica, as well as in many parts of the world. This was seen with artists such as Sean Paul, whose single "Get Busy" became the first dancehall single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. FADE IN “Get busy” Since the mid-2010s, dancehall has gained worldwide popularity and has influenced numerous artists. CROSSFADE “Song 5” And now we travel back to Spain to listen to Fyahbwoy, one of the most famous national dancehall singers. Fyahbwoy, also known as “El chico de fuego”, is one of the founders of the Madrid Dancehall Crew. CROSSFADE “Song 6” Last but not least, we cannot forget about Bad Gyal. In recent years, the Catalan singer Lucía Hugener Carroquino has become the biggest representative of FADE OUT “Song 6” the national dancehall. And here ends our journey through the evolution of dancehall, a musical genre that has spread from the ghettos of a Jamaican city and has dazzled the whole world. .