Home / Music / Tough Gong blends funk, reggae, and calypso into Afro-Caribbean soulMusic linernotes album music cymandeTough Gong blends funk, reggae, and calypso into Afro-Caribbean soulCymande’s Tough Gong doesn’t sit still — it moves between funk, reggae, calypso, and soul, all held together by Afro-Caribbean rhythms. The blend is what makes it. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCymande leaned into reggae on Tough GongCymande is pronounced sih-MAHN-dayCymande's Tough Gong title nods to Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studioCymande's Second Time Round fuses funk with Caribbean rhythmsCymande's recordings became hip-hop sample gold for De La Soul and the FugeesExploreBeethoven's late string quartets were written by a completely deaf manStarless and Bible Black was David Cross's last full album with King CrimsonFacing You was Keith Jarrett's first solo album — three years before the Köln ConcertGolden Heart was Mark Knopfler's first album without Dire StraitsSchoenberg's String Quartet No. 2: atonality with a soprano and a line from another planetPrevious Wildside was Loverboy's last album with the original lineupNext Three Burnin' tracks started with Lee Perry sessions