Get me some good reggae music besides marley!

I admit the only reggae on my computer is bob marley....I need some more but don't know alot so help me out!

 

burning spear - the gladiators - the viceroys -toots and the maytals - don carlos -
lee perry - culture - bim sherman - peter tosh - wayne jarrett - peace

 

a good place to start might be the joe higgs record 'life of contradiction'

the marley stuff is produced for american ears, a lot of earlier reggae is not

the higgs seems like a stepping stone to me, and still in the classic period

later reggae is easier to get into, but i don't think the quality is always as high, there are days when i absolutely cannot STAND to listen to black uhuru, for example

[or don carlos, sorry heru]

every day is a good day for burning spear though!

abyssinians - augustus pablo - big youth - culture - horace andy - linval thompson - mighty diamonds - prince far i - tapper zukie - u roy - yabby you - peace

 

Agree with the other two guys, real Reggae guru's. i could also recommend joe higgs as that is really where anyone should start in Reggae.

I could also recommend Alton Ellis as a starting point.

I'm gonna have pics on here of my dreads soon. Over a year of preperation haha.

 

i should add that a lot of people like luciano

i don't listen to anything after 1985 as my head is up my ass

 

some of the stuff i like would include

peter tosh, barrington levy, junior kelly, mystic roots, some rasta boti, marlon asher, jah mason, and deffinaltey elijah prophet.

edit: i cant believe i left out, ziggy marley and damian marley.

 

theres so much good reggae artists out there...

eek-a-mouse, burning spear, black uhuru, obs toots and maytals, king tubby, augustus pablo, barrington levy, buju banton, the beat, bunny wailer, uroy, peter tosh, harry j all stars, jimmy cliff, lee "scratch" perry, inner circle, steel pulse (amazing), max romeo, israel vibration, big youth, gregory isaacs, dennis brown, horace andy, the aggrovators, stephen, damian and ziggy marley, desmond dekker - more ska-ish.., delroy wilson, maxi priest, the upsetters, alton ellis, the untouchables, scientist.

all the good ones on my ipod
i suggest u get the trojan playlists too.

 

Got to go Toots and the Maytals man, i saw them live at WOMAD and they kicked ass, seriously, love em

 

pato banton is good stuff
also if you like roots reggae try gregory isaacs.. his music is beautiful.
desmond dekker is pretty freaking amazing too

 

fanton mojah, jah cure, gypyian, daville, culture, turbulance, munga, kevin little, collie buddz, marlon asher, kymani stephen and damian marley, sizzla, michael franti and spearhead, chuck fender, chaka demus n the pliers, sanjay,richie spice, destra garcia,lady saw, i wayne,eek a mouse, pete tosh, humble soul, steel pulse, black uhuru.glen washington,serani,buju banton,capleton,beenie man, shaggy,,,only the song big up ,,,that song is awesome,,mighty sparrow,garnet silk, gentleman,movado,spragga benz, wayne wonder, yeah that should start u up,,, cant tell all my friends over here are africans eh???? Lmao

 

oh man,,,, i almost forgot,,, get a song called sinzia by nameless and bam bam by sister nancy,,,, both are incredible!!!!!

 

Here

The Abyssinians - Wrote some of the best rastafari anthems, and most recognized, to date.
King Tubby- Dub Kind
Augustus Pablo- Dub God
The Mighty Diamonds- Every member probably bleeds roots reggae
Burning Spear- Need he any intro?
Also
The Congos
Culture

the list goes on. so long.

 

Gregory Isaac. His album 'Night Nurse' is a pretty big one.

 

And I love a dub-acoustic group called Slightly Stoopid. Not quite Bob Marley, different music, but nice if you want to venture away from what you are looking for. I recommend them.

 

Tribal seeds

 

Rebelution and Soldiers of Jah Army or good, and I agree with the Imaginary being, Slightly Stoopid is real good, they do some great Bob covers

 

Los Carfes, Gondwana, Cultura Profetica, Dread Mar I, Resistencia Suburbana-> great reggae in Spanish!
But: Moonlight Dub Experiment, Fuerza Dread, Kingo Lovers, Mekatelyu, Salomon, Un Rojo, Talawa-> Amazing reggae from COSTA RICA!!!

 

i can recommend

Shimshai
Uwe Banton
Dezarie
Yahadanai
Everton Blender

 

Rebelution, Passafire, Tribal Seeds, SOJA, Pepper, Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad. That's five current American reggae bands that are killer.

 

Richie spice, and sizzla idk if theyve been mentioned.