Meaning
A song made in direct reply to another — answering a rival's lyrics, a 'diss', or an earlier hit, often in a lyrical war or clash between artists. Answer tunes fuel dancehall's tradition of back-and-forth musical battles, where each side records a response to top the last, and the crowd (and the charts) decide who won.
Examples
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Him drop a answer tune fi di diss.
He dropped a reply song to the diss.
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Di answer tune sharper dan di first one.
The reply song was sharper than the first one.
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Every diss get a answer tune.
Every diss gets a response song.
Origin
From 'answer' + 'tune'; a reply song in a lyrical exchange. See [[diss-tune]], [[soundclash]].
How it’s used
A song made in reply to a rival's track/diss. See [[diss-tune]], [[soundclash]].