Caribbean music is vivacious and spirited with a wide variety of styles and influences. Caribbean music itself can be divided into five different themes.

1. Race and Ethnicity
Caribbean music has French, Puerto Rican, American, and African influence and songs reflect on ethnically while at the same time prompting cultural indemnity.

2. Music Sex and Sexism
The music reflects love betrayal, and loss it also reflects the struggles of male and female roles in Caribbean society.

3. Caribbean International
Due to Caribbean's migrating to North America their music has spread to such cities as San Diego, Cleveland, New York, and Detroit, these songs also reflect living in such cities.

4.Unity/Diversity in Continent of Islands
Caribbean Islands divided politically, geographically, language, and political domain and can be dived into three cultural zones, Spanish, French, and English. All are influenced musically be American popular music such as R&B.

5. Music and Politics
Within the Caribbean there is a lot of toil, poverty, and repressive/corrupt government and music has been a form of escape from it while at the same time reflects these trails.

These themes together build the foundation of Caribbean music as a whole. Each theme brings an interesting aspect to the music.


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