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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.All reggae rhythms are in 4/4 time but this style of music (including ska and rocksteady) is typified by the accent placed on the 2nd and 4th beats in the bar. This is normally formed from short, sharp upstrokes on the guitar (or stabs on the piano) on beats 2 and 4.
If you just play a short single chord on beats 2 and 4 on a guitar you'll soon get the ska vibe even if there's no other instruments.
As an aside, rocksteady tends to see the bass emphasising beats 1 and 3 and the guitar sticking to the same 2 and 4 beats.