Last year’s ubiquitous “Cheerleader” featured traces of singer Omi’s Jamaican roots, but it was undeniably a dance-pop song at heart. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was Sean Paul‘s “Temperature” in 2006. The track is a proud, powerful reminder of the Barbados-born singer’s West Indian roots - and a milestone for dancehall: The last song in the genre to hit No. No, the Drake-assisted song isn’t part of a new genre that many in the mainstream media are calling “tropical house.” And no, it isn’t one of the pop anthems we’re used to from Rihanna, like her last album’s lead single, “Diamonds.” As the first half of her ‘Work” video, filmed in the beloved Caribbean restaurant The Real Jerk in Toronto, makes explicit, Anti’s lead single is undeniably drenched in dancehall - a genre with deep roots in Jamaica’s club scene that spun off from reggae in the 1970s. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, isn’t your typical chart-topper. Rihanna‘s “Work,” currently spending its second week at No.

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