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Jungle

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UK genre of the early 1990s built from chopped breakbeats run at high speed under reggae and dancehall basslines, with MCs working crowds sound-system style. It grew where Britain's Jamaican sound-system culture met hardcore rave, and fed directly into drum and bass.

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UK dance-music histories; Bass Culture.

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Story · Well supportedBritish ragga and the jungle turn

Before jungle had a name, London's ragga deejays were already writing its vocabulary.

Story · Well supportedThe originators of fast chat

In 1982, a 19-year-old on a South London sound system deejayed faster than anyone had heard, and a UK style was born.

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