Rude boy

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For other uses, see Rude boy (disambiguation).
"Rudebwoy" redirects here. For the song by Kardinal Offishall, see Everyday (Rudebwoy).

Prince Buster performing at the Cardiff Festival, Cardiff, UK

Rude boy is a

so-called ”Windrush” generation. The use of these terms moved into the more contemporary ska punk movement as well. In the UK and especially Jamaica, the terms rude boy and rude girl are used in a way similar to gangsta, yardie, or badman.[2]

Jamaica

The term rude boy, and the rude boy subculture, arose from the poorer sections of Kingston, Jamaica, and was associated with violent discontented youths.[3] Along with ska and rocksteady music, many rude boys favored sharp suits, thin ties, and pork pie or Trilby hats, showing an influence of the fashions of US jazz musicians and soul music artists. Well-known cowboy and gangster/outlaw films from that period were also influential factors in shaping the rude boy image, as scholars like Rob Wilson, Christopher Leigh Connory, and Deborah A. Thomas have shown.[4][5] In that time period, unemployed Jamaican youths sometimes found temporary employment from sound system operators to disrupt competitors' dances (leading to the term dancehall crasher).[6] The violence that sometimes occurred at dances and its association with the rude boy lifestyle gave rise to a slew of releases by artists who addressed the rude boys directly with lyrics that either promoted or rejected rude boy violence, for example the 1967 song "Rudy a Message to You" by Dandy Livingstone.

Starting in the 1970s, Jamaican reggae music replaced the ska and rocksteady music associated with the rude boys. In the 1980s, dancehall became the main Jamaican popular music genre, drawing some parallels with the earlier rude boys in its culture and lyrical content.[7][8][9]

United Kingdom

In the 1960s, the

jungle, drum and bass, UK garage, and grime – although is still used by many ska and ska punk
bands, old and new – predominantly in the UK and USA.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Rude boy in Jamaican music" – The Gleaner – 1 January 2012 Retrieved 28 January 2013
  2. ISBN 978-1-84513-480-8
  3. ^ "The Rude Boy in Jamaican music". jamaica-gleaner.com. January 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-1-55643-680-2
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  5. ^ Thomas, Deborah A. Modern blackness: nationalism, globalization, and the politics of culture in Jamaica
  6. ISBN 978-1-250-05962-8
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  7. ISBN 978-1-897414-60-6
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  8. ISBN 978-0-7914-2625-8
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  9. ISBN 978-0-8195-6572-3
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  10. ^ Old Skool Jim. Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set liner notes. London: Trojan Records. TJETD169.
  11. ISBN 1-898927-10-3
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  12. ^ Panter, Horace. Ska'd for Life. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2007.
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