The ska is an old music that was born in Jamaica in 1950. Firstable this music was clasic music and was located when dancehall to after past be a popular movement in 1970's. In this moment was create the stereotype of rudeboy. The specifics characteristics of this lifestyle was determinated by the contemporany situation in Jamaica: Poor people, social injustice, xtreme laisure of the youngs and love for music, made a big movement whit diferents characteristics in the way of speak, walk, dance, and life.
The ska was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues.
It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat.
In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods.
Later it became popular with many skinheads.
Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods:
the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave)
the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave)
the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s
