#Jamaica6Music - help pick the Ultimate Jamaican Playlist

On Monday Jamaica will celebrate it’s 50th year of independence, and we at Now Playing would like you to help us honour the vast array of music the small Caribbean island has given rise to.



Throughout August, BBC 6 Music and 1Xtra will have programmes dedicated to the nation which despite being smaller than Wales in population has helped shape music to what it is today. David Rodigan will host A Month of Sundays throughout the month, while Don Letts will sit in for Gilles Peterson on Saturday afternoons culminating with a Carnival Special on August 25.



Toots and the Maytals and Jimmy Cliff will also be dropping into 6 to perform exclusive sessions, they’ll be Jamaican themed documentaries but we want you to now help us with choosing tracks to be included in the Ultimate Jamaican Playlist.



Where to start (we aren’t sure which is why we’re asking you) but you could go for:

* Anything from reggae to dub and ska for starters

* Some of the elements which has shaped Jamaican music like American rhythm and blues or calypso and soca from Trinidad and Tobago

* The music it has inspired from early hip hop and rap to British jungle in the 90s

* And there’s always a certain Marley family which has created some pretty awesome music



As always let us know what you want us to play on Sunday from 6pm by leaving a comment here or on our Facebook page, Tweet us using #Jamaica6Music, drop us an e-mail us or add a track onto our collaborative Spotify playlist of all things Jamaica.