Old School Ska Mix Jamaican Rocksteady & Vintage Ska | The Skatalites, The Specials, Madness

Ska music evolved from Jamaican rocksteady in the 1960s, characterized by offbeat guitar rhythms, deep basslines, and energetic horn sections, to the British 2-Tone revival movement of the late 1970s and 1980s, which preserved and transformed these foundational elements while adding new social and political dimensions, as exemplified by artists like The Skatalites, The Specials, and Madness.