Artist	Song
Michigan & Smiley	Nice Up the Dance
from Rub-A-Dub Style (1992)
Marcia Griffiths	Fire Burning
from Strictly the Best, Vol. 6 (1992)
Barrington Levy	Under Me Sensi
from Bong Hits (2008)
Brigadier Jerry	Jamaica, Jamaica
from Universal Music Family: Reggae for Kids (2009)
Kevin Lyttle	Turn Me On
from Turn Me On - Single (2004)
Sizzla	Black Woman & Child
from The Best of Sizzla - the Story Unfolds (2002)
Capleton	Alms House
from Dancehall 101 Vol. 6 (2009)
Charlie Chaplin	Diet Rock
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1995)
Cham	Ghetto Story Chapter 2 (Featuring Alicia Keys)
from Ghetto Story (2006)
Nardo Ranks	Burrups
from Strictly the Best, Vol. 2 (1991)
Tony Rebel	Fresh Vegetable
from Dancehall 101, Vol. 2 (2000)
Yami Bolo	Conqueror
from 4 Rebels (2001)
Everton Blender	Ghetto People Song
from Rootsman Credential (1999)
Johnny Osbourne	Water Pumping
from Mr. Budy Bye (1995)
Junior Reid	Boom-Shack-A-Lack
from King At The Controls (2006)
Elephant Man	Jook Gal Featuring Bone Crusher/ Lil' Jon and Kiprich
from Good 2 Go (2007)
Papa San	Hippitti Hippitti Hop
from Strictly the Best Vol. 5 (1992)
Bitty McLean	Baby Tonight
from Reggae Gold 2006 (2006)
Lone Ranger	The Answer
from The Best of Studio One (2006)
Collie Buddz	Blind to You
from Collie Buddz (2007)
Anthony B	Dem No Like Me
from More Love (2004)
Tippa Irie	Hello Darling
from Sampler 2 (1988)
Wayne Wade	Poor & Humble
from Can't Stop Us Now - Linval Thompson Productions (2002)
Spragga Benz	Girls Hooray (Hey, Ho!)
from Reggae Gold 1994 (1995)
Mikey General	As a Man Thinketh
from Exalt Jah (2003)

Comment:

One way or another, dancehall reaches into almost every era of reggae history. The first artists to point in a dancehall direction were still cutting their tracks with roots ruler Coxsone Dodd at his legendary Studio One, like Michigan & Smiley, whose “Nice Up the Dance” was sprinkled with rub-a-dub style and a sample from Dodd’s classic ’60s production “Real Rock.” Likewise with the Lone Ranger, whose hit “The Answer” revolves around a riff from rocksteady star Slim Smith’s 1967 single “Never Let Go.” And on the more modern side of things, Elephant Man showed how much hip-hop and dancehall have in common, through his summit meeting with Atlanta crunk kings Lil’ Jon and Bone Crusher on “Jook Gal.”

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