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ragga

Last updated: Thu Oct 23 2025 09:39:21 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Ragga, short for raggamuffin, is a subgenre of dancehall that emerged from Jamaica in the 1980s, characterized by digitally produced rhythms and rapid-fire vocal delivery over sparse, bass-heavy beats. The style emphasizes electronic production over live instrumentation, creating an aggressive, energetic sound that became foundational to modern dancehall. Ragga's influence extends globally, shaping hip-hop, reggaeton, and electronic music while maintaining its roots in Jamaican street culture and sound system traditions.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
18		1972	Various Artists	The Electric Boogie Ep	ragga
28		1977	Various Artists	Ragga Ragga Ragga 2010	ragga
75		1977	Various Artists	Ragga Ragga Ragga 2008	ragga
52		1987	Various Artists	500% Dynamite	jamaica ragga	jamaica # 51
74		1987	Various Artists	Reduced Phat 2%	breakcore dance drum and bass electronic electronica idm jungle ragga rave techno	jungle # 23 rave # 71
34		1987	Pato Banton	Never Give In	ragga reggae
4		1987	Various Artists	Sampler, Vol. 18
56		1991-09-03	Poor Righteous Teachers	Pure Poverty	hip-hop ragga
8		1992-07	Ragga Twins	Shine Eye	breakbeat hardcore old school hardcore ragga rave	breakbeat hardcore # 21 old school hardcore # 65
23		1992-12-04	Beenie Man	Cool Cool Rider	dancehall ragga reggae
81		1993	Damian Jr Gong Marley	Welcome To Jamrock Bw Hey Girl	reggae	dancehall # 48 jamaica # 63 reggae # 90
49		1993	Bounty Killer	Nah No Mercy
20		1994	Herbert Grönemeyer	Cosmic Chaos	dance euro house ragga techno	euro house # 81
80		1994	Bob Marley	Soul Rebel	ragga
29		1995	Diverse Artister	Dancehall Draft Picks 2007	dancehall ragga ragga-reggae	ragga-reggae # 69
73		1995	Macka B	Hold On To Your Culture	british dancehall ragga reggae
2		1995-07-17	Beenie Man	Blessed
6		1995-10-27	Asian Dub Foundation	Facts and Fictions	electronic
12		1997	Red Rat	Oh No ... It's Red Rat	ragga
21		1998	Lady Saw	Raw The Best Of Lady Saw	ragga ragga-reggae	ragga-reggae # 65
62		1998	Sizzla	Kalonji	ragga reggae
72		1998-02-10	Lady Saw	Raw: The Best Of Lady Saw	dancehall dancehall reggae female vocalists pop ragga ragga-reggae rap reggae	dancehall reggae # 29 ragga-reggae # 87
40		1998-12-08	Lady Saw	99 Ways	dancehall female vocalists hip-hop ragga rap reggae
9		1999	Yellowman	Yellow Christmas	dancehall dancehall reggae jamaica ragga roots reggae	jamaica # 13
94		1999	Mr. Vegas	Heads High	dancehall reggae ragga	dancehall # 73
35		1999	T.O.K.	The biggest ragga dancehall anthems 2002	dancehall ragga
42		1999	Sizzla	Good Ways	reggae
30		1999	Gentleman	Trodin' On
16		1999-06-18	Gentleman	Trodin On
24		2000	Capleton	More Fire	reggae dancehall	dancehall # 18
31		2000	Le Maximum Kouette	Lundi Je M'y Mets	french ragga ska
41		2000	Percubaba	Percubaba	ragga reggae
55		2000-03-21	Sean Paul	Stage One	reggae
69		2000-07-11	Beenie Man	Art And Life	reggae
7		2001	Tanto Metro & Devonte	Reggae Gold 2002	dancehall ragga ragga-reggae	ragga-reggae # 54
47		2001	Yellowman	Look How Me Sexy	dancehall jamaica ragga roots reggae	jamaica # 50
51		2001	Wayne Marshall	The biggest ragga dancehall anthems 2002	dancehall jamaican ragga reggae	jamaican # 84
36		2001	Bob Marley	Soul Shakedown	ragga
97		2001-07-03	Sizzla	Taking Over	dancehall ragga reggae	dancehall # 61
37		2001-09-14	Shimshai	I Sense Your Presence	ragga
79		2001-10-30	T.O.K.	My Crew, My Dawgs
25		2002	Bounty Killer	Ghetto Dictionary: The Art Of War	alternative jamaican ragga reggae	jamaican # 76
89		2002-06-18	Wyclef Jean	Masquerade	ragga
87		2002-08-19	Beenie Man	Tropical Storm	dancehall ragga reggae	dancehall # 32
38		2002-11-12	Sean Paul	Dutty Rock	dancehall reggae	jamaican # 31 reggae # 78 dancehall # 95
58		2002-11-19	Elephant Man	Higher Level	dancehall ragga reggae	roots # 40
61		2002-11-19	Sizzla	Da Real Thing	reggae
39		2003	Sizzla	Ever So Nice	dancehall ragga reggae
60		2003	Gentleman	Ovaload	dancehall german ragga reggae
84		2003-09-30	Sizzla	Rise To The Occasion	dancehall ragga ragga-reggae reggae	dancehall # 19 ragga-reggae # 95
82		2003-12-03	Elephant Man	Good 2 Go	dancehall ragga	dancehall # 4
13		2004	Masala	Long Play	ragga reggae
27		2004	Bass Medium Trinity	Mówisz I Masz	dancehall polish ragga reggae
59		2004	Jahsta	el mensaje	dancehall ragga reggae
88		2004	Bob Marley	Keep On Skanking	ragga
43		2004-08-30	Sam Ragga Band	The Sound of Sam Ragga	ragga
53		2005	Sean Paul	Masterpiece Riddim-Promo	ragga reggae
71		2005-04-06	Vavamuffin	Vabang!	reggae	polskie # 41 reggae # 44
100		2005-06-18	Jamal	Rewolucje	ragga reggae dancehall	reggae # 29 dancehall # 68
86		2005-06-21	T.O.K.	Unknown Language	dancehall ragga ragga-reggae	dancehall # 31 ragga-reggae # 96
99		2005-09-12	Damian Marley	Welcome to Jamrock	reggae	dancehall # 87 jamaica # 94 reggae # 100
15		2005-09-12	Assassin	Infiltration	dancehall ragga
44		2005-09-26	Sean Paul	The Trinity	reggae dancehall	reggae # 86 dancehall # 92
95		2006	Eastwest Rockers	Ciężkie Czasy LP	dancehall ragga	dancehall # 50
67		2006	Eastwest Rockers	Ciężkie Czasy [kk10]	reggae
78		2006	Sizzla	Ain't Gonna See Us Fall	ragga
93		2006	Eastwest Rockers	Ciezkie czasy	ragga reggae
66		2006-07-25	Beenie Man	Undisputed	jamaican reggae	jamaican # 95
10		2007	Bezegol	Rude Bwoy Stand	portuguese ragga reggae	portuguese # 38
98		2007	Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana	When The North & South Collide Unloaded - Screwed	dancehall jamaica ragga	dancehall # 79 jamaica # 99
92		2007-02-20	Anthony B	Higher Meditation	meditation	roots reggae # 41 dancehall reggae # 86 meditation # 97
22		2007-08-24	Gentleman	Another Intensity	reggae
14		2008	Alicetea	Muzyka Moja Broń	ragga reggae
54		2008-03-04	Sizzla	Rastafari	dancehall ragga reggae
11		2008-05-02	Cali p	Lyrical Faya	dancehall dancehall reggae ragga reggae roots	roots # 24
5		2008-06	Ragga Twins	Ragga Twins Step Out	breakbeat hardcore dancehall drum and bass ragga rave reggae	breakbeat hardcore # 22
83		2008-07-07	The Bug	London Zoo	dubstep	dubstep # 8
90		2008-09-22	Busy Signal	Loaded	ragga
96		2008-11-17	Bob One	Jeden	ragga reggae dancehall	dancehall # 26
45		2009	Марлины	В собственном соку	acoustic percussion ragga reggae russia soul	russia # 62 percussion # 88
57		2009	Collie Buddz	On The Rock	ragga
65		2009	Cidade Verde Sounds	Missão de Paz	ragga rap
68		2010	Culcha Candela	Das Beste (Deluxe Version)	dancehall german ragga reggae
32		2010-03-15	Raggafaya	uo matko!	ragga reggae
85		2010-08-13	Vavamuffin	Mo' Better Rootz	dancehall polish ragga reggae roots	dancehall # 20 roots # 91
76		2010-08-27	Irie Révoltés	Mouvement Mondial	dancehall reggae ska	dancehall # 52
1		2011-01-28	GrubSon	Coś więcej Niż Muzyka(Noc)	dancehall hip-hop ragga
91		2011-11-25	Culcha Candela	Flätrate	dancehall german ragga reggae	dancehall # 37
19		2012	TaLLib	Prosto z serca	dancehall ragga reggae
17		2012-03-19	Hint	Daily Intake	dancehall ragga
64		2012-11-19	Luciano	Contemporary Roots Reggae Vol. 1	ragga reggae
77		2013-05-03	Irie Révoltés	Allez!	dancehall french german punk rock ragga reggae ska ska punk
26		2013-12-01	W.K.?	Kaleidoscope	ragga
33		2015	Марлины	К истокам	acoustic bass percussion ragga reggae russia russian soul	russia # 48 percussion # 80
46		2015	Ras Luta	Love Sen-C Music Prezentuje Megamix By JR Stress-Witamy W Polsce (Mixtape)-(Bootleg)	dancehall polish ragga
70		2017	Luísa e Os Alquimistas	Vekanandra	dub electronic pop ragga world
3		2017-11-24	Kroko Jack	Extra Ordinär	gangsta rap hardcore hip hop ragga trap
48		2018-02-20	Amara La Negra	What a Bam Bam	ragga
63		2023	Various Artists	Riddim Driven Tabla	dancehall ragga tabla	tabla # 95
50			Hot Caribbean Miziks	Hot Caribbean Miziks Vol.02	dancehall francophone ragga zouk	francophone # 65 zouk # 90

Related genres

• dancehall
• reggae
• dub
• jamaica
• jungle
• rap
• roots
• ragga-reggae
• roots reggae
• hip-hop