Bashment
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Bashment may refer to:
- another name for dancehallDancehallDancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
, a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around 1979 - a term meaning 'party' in Jamaica, with Sound SystemSound system-Technology:* Sound reinforcement system, a system for amplifying audio for an audience* A high fidelity, sound system intended for accurate reproduction of sound in the home...
that was developed in the late 1940's, also sometimes used to denote a particularly good party - "Bashment Boogie," a song by Roots ManuvaRoots ManuvaRodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
, produced by Lotek from his 2001 album Run Come Save MeRun Come Save MeRun Come Save Me is the second album released by Roots Manuva. It was released on the Big Dada label in August 2001."Witness " features in the films Children of Men and Kidulthood over the end credits of the first episode of teen drama Skins and in episode 13 of season one The Wire.-Track listing:#... - Bashment, Play by British playwright, Rikki Beadle-BlairRikki Beadle-BlairRikki Beadle-Blair was born in July 1961, in Camberwell and raised in Bermondsey, both in south London. He is a British actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, aerobics teacher, designer, choreographer/dancer and songwriter of West Indian origin....
, exploring the controversy around dancehall reggae music and the consequences of homophobic lyrics - bashment slang term for masturbation. for example "i has a bash"
- "The Bashments", name of a ska, rocksteady, reggae group from Ontario, California.
- Junko KudōJunko KudōJunko Kudo, alias Junko, Junko Bashment, or Dancehall Queen Junko, is a Japanese professional dancer, specialising in reggae dance, known internationally in reggae circles as the first foreign "Dancehall Queen".-Biography:...
Junko Bashment Kudo, 2002 Dancehall QueenDancehall QueenDancehall Queen is a 1997 independent Jamaican film starring Audrey Reid who plays Marcia, a street vendor struggling to raise two daughters.Detailed item informationDescriptionA street vendor discovers dancehalls and begins to live a double life....
from JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...