Dancehall, the marriage of digital beats and slackness: that moment and music in which lyrics about guns, women's body parts and men's sexual prowess come together, epitomised by 'Wicked In Bed', Shabba Ranks' 1989 international hit. This rough and very upfront style of street reggae music, a form which literally originated in the dancehall, was first developed in the late 1970s as Henry 'Junjo' Lawes set off a flood of productions. As digital technology took over in the mid-1980s, dancehall adapted naturally, resulting in ragga - short for the self-explanatory 'raggamuffin'. - ReggaeXplosion