Record
New Level Unlocked
Alkaline2016
At a glance
- Artist
- Alkaline
- Released
- 2016
In the issue
Jamaican Dancehall
For the obsessed · 1979-1995 · Members
New Level Unlocked topped the Billboard Reggae Charts for eighteen weeks in 2016, breaking a five-year drought during which no dancehall record had reached number one in its own category.
The rest is in Jamaican Dancehall, a members' issue.
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Terms
- Roots reggae
- A style of reggae from the 1970s emphasizing Rastafarian spirituality, social commentary, and themes of repatriation and resistance, usually with deep basslines and soulful vocals.
- Sound system
- A mobile setup of turntables, amplifiers, and large speaker stacks used to play recorded music at outdoor parties and dances, especially in Jamaican and Caribbean culture.