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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
From listening to some of these tracks, it seems to me that the definition of ska is fairly loose and ambiguous. Some of them could just as easily be classified as rock/punk with horns.
From what I can tell, the most distinguishing feature of a "real" ska track is the reggae-style backbeats.
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Go listen to some Two/Tone orignal Ska...like The Selecter or The Slackers...
That'll give you a feel for what it originated as at least...