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Trap-dancehall: evolution of the sound or dilution of the riddim?

One side

Natural evolution & global bridge

The other

Dilution of the riddim core

What was argued

Two documented positions: some hear trap-inflected dancehall - 808s, trap drums, melodic auto-tuned delivery, associated with Vybz Kartel's later work and a younger generation of producers and deejays - as the genre's natural next step and a global bridge; traditionalists argue hip-hop cadences and trap beats dilute dancehall's riddim-and-selector core.

The records this concerns

Sources

DancehallMag; Boomshots; The Face