Are there any reggae fans in da house?

if so holla if you hear me!

i love jamaican music a lot. they do some interesting
versions of american soul music.

(this is for little pill & mr. g...thanks for giving props
to the late great Robert Nesta MArley.)

maxi priest & shabba ranks:your body can't lie to me
chaka demus & pliers:murder she wrote
marcia griffiths:electric boogie

charles "youngca' marley

Reggae, Dancehall fan right here

:wOOt:

one of the greatest moments i have experienced was to go to Jamaica in 2000 for Sumfest...5 days of non stop concerts...i needed a vacation after my vacation but it was sooo worth it...amazing weather...amazing people...amazing artists!!!

dub is cool

G-Corp, Rocker's Hi Fi

I will admit that I am not what you would call a true reggae fan, but I do own tons of Bob Marley and Pete Tosh music. I know by admitting this that it definitely "dates" me, but I love both of these guys and I still enjoy listening to their music even after all these years.

kisscamille said:

don't apologize. having bob and peter is a good enough
template for reggae. you can't go wrong with those 2 rastas,
mon!

lillith said:

i hear ya loud and clear,lillith!

youngca "rub ba dub"

i'll give ya these names...
steel pulse...third world...lady saw...patra (what happened
to the queen of da pack?) admiral bailey...cutty ranks!!!

Yes star...Me love de music from I man was a likkle yout.

abierman said:

!!! Has anyone listened to Musical Youth?

What up tho?!

Lee Perry

Steele pulse

Black Uruhu

Michigan and Smiley

Agustus Pablo

Creation Rebel

Gregory Issacs

Dennis Brown

Garnett Silk

Mad Professor

The Upsetters

For all of you novice out there a great place to begin is "the story of Jamacian music" it's a four cd set that traces the orgins to the present a must have for any reggae fan.

Oh yeah and Bob Marley mon!

kiss85 said:

musical youth? oh man they were hot for a little bit in
the early 80's! i got their only 2 albums.

the jamaica j5 huh?
pass the dutchie,youth of today (a real cool song) and
the young generation...all from their YOuth of Today
debut album!

what ever happned to them?

sinisterpentatonic said:

well said. the Island Records box set 'The History of
JAmaican Music 1958-1993 is an excellent start for anyone
who has the money and wants a good primer for jamaican
music.

everyone sinisterp mentioned is a must get for someone who
wishes to "really' get into jamaican music.

here's a few people that i highly reccommend a novice reggae
fan search the wrecka stow bins on:

lady saw: she's sort of the jamaican version of millie jackson...lewd lyrics...catchy rhymes,pretty good singer..
for people who were into patra in the 90's...ms. saw is
way better!

half pint: "the pint" does ragga well...sings his ass off..
"greetings from the box set sinisterp mentioned is a good
indication of Hp's abilities

shabby ranks...very rude mon. but was he popular for a while
here in the states! check him out.

yellowman: oh MAn! this dude is even raunchier than shabba.
of of my fave songs by him is a version of "i'm getting
married in the morning".

cocoa tea:superb singer. nuff said.

now for the people U must get. (these folk go back a long
ways..but when i really PLAY reggae these people are IT!

of course Bob marley & wailers: catch a fire,burnin'
rastaman revolution,exodus,uprising...the box-set songs of
freedom...live at studio one (early to mid 60's bob when
he was doing R & b ska stuff ...polcie fans this is the
real deal...stuff sting checked out b4 he and the boys
did their ska rock stuff)

greogry issacs: (the jamaican marving gaye) the cool ruler,
whom i've seen twice when he came to chicago is cool as
cool can get...superb singer of love songs:

best songs,cool down the pace,night nurse,sad to say you're
leaving,substitute,can i change your mind ( a nice
version of the tyrone davis 7o's hit ) rumours,front door

any albums by this guy is worth it.

these early r& b reggae vocal groups:
the heptones,melodians,the gaylads (the names funny...but not their singing) the paragons(they did the original tide
is high that blondie had a hit with)

the mighty diamonds (right time is a great song and album!)
ken boothe (think of sam cooke & wilson pickett)
big youth
keith slim smith and the uniques: slim is one of my all-time
favorites...if you love curtis mayfield-this dude sings
just like him...with a stronger gospel edge.

slim does incredible versions of smokey,temptations,curtis,tunes. a must to get.

marcia griffiths (sang with marley )
and last but not least
derrick harriott: another great singer...does smokey,tempts,
stylistics,chi-lites songs...singer of superb technique.

ok...these people U should check into. I kid you not!

rock on mon. murder style!

I love Reggae, but I love's my SKA!!!

youngca said:

If Im not mistaken, I think the lead singer was shot and killed back in the 90's, after they broke up

How can U not reggae?! Its great. I love all those old Trojan records and Bob Marley, 1 of the greatest recording artists ever surely?!

Reggae is great music, don't have much of it (well, almost all Bob Marley albums and a fair share of Peter Tosh) but I love it!