On the wings of rap's continuing fascination with exotic ports of call (from Rio to Kingston), rap heavyweight Def Jam brought the two genres closer than they'd ever been with Def Jamaica, a collaboration with the Island/Tuff Gong label axis (all three of which are owned by Universal). Dancehall artists started picking up the slack(ness) starting in the summer of 2002, led by the wildly popular diwali rhythm as well as killer crossovers from Sean Paul ("Gimme the Light," "Get Busy"), Wayne Wonder ("No Letting Go"), Elephant Man ("Pon de River, Pon de Bank"), and Tanto Metro & Devonte ("Give It to Her"). Though hip-hop ruled the singles charts all through 2002-2003, artists weren't progressing very much, reliant on warmed-over R&B as well as the fourth or fifth comeback of the gangsta movement in the past ten years.
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