reggae
 

im looking for some good reggae music.... anyone know of some???????

Depends on what kind you are looking for. For starters, I HAVE to recommend "Legend" the greatest hits album by Bob Marley. It is the best primer on "traditional" reggae that I know of. From there, you can move on to Jimmy Cliff and a host of other artists.

Then you have the modern reggae infused hiphop acts. Leading the charge is Ms. Dynamite, followed by (barf) Sean Paul and Shaggy.

Nothing is wrong with Ziggy Marley, nor any of the other of the Marley clan. They all come from greatness.

If you like Dancehall reggae, look into Sean Pauls earlier stuff, or even Snow (the white guy who did "informer"). There are more out there, but I really don't know many of them, save for Bounty Killer.

bob

bobs great.... i like his older stuff alot more... and the newer hip hop mixed shit isnt my stuff.... i have heard some stuff that was good, on a cd "reggae his from Hawaii and other places" or something like that, definately some good shiznat on that... but i forgot all the names of the artists

Man o Man, you are missing out on some real good reggae if you just stick to Bob (I love Bob). Check out the following artists...They are a good "beginners gudie to reggae"

-THE HARDER THEY COME SOUNDTRACK (various artists...Jimmy Cliff, The Maytals, Desmond Dekker)
-Junior Murvin
-Horace Andy
-Lee Scratch Perry
-The Upsetters
-The Skatalites
-Max Romeo
-The Heptones
-Augustus Pablo
-The Congos
-Justin Hinds and the Dominos
-Steel Pulse
-Culture
-Peter Tosh

and the list goes on and on.
The earlier the stuff, the better (in my opinion).
Lee "Scratch" Perry's Anthology is a must have. I can't think of one song on their that I don't like.
Also another good album to get is the TROJAN BOX SETS that you can find at Best Buy for a decent price. They range from...Dancehall Collections, DUB Collections, SKA (the real ska, not this shitty punk ska people seem to think is real ska) Collection and so forth.
I love all types of music...from Breakbeat techno...to Jazz, Classical .... to Old R&B. The only music I don't like is cunt-ry music and new R&B (R Kelly and shit like that). Even though there are a few gems here and there with those as well.
But reggae, is by far my favourite. It can put you in a mellow mood, or it is good back ground music for almost any social event, or it can make you want to dance. Go check out some from the list above...and don't just check one song from each...try a few songs from each artist. You will be bound to like some of it..and in turn love most of it.
ONE LOVE

Now, my uncle owns People Productions... The company that puts on the largest reggae festivle in the world... Reggae on the River. It's in North Cali in Humbolt County... the Mary Jane capital of the USA.

Check it out... he always has the best in reggae and world music.

Holy FUCK!!! That festival looks like a lot of fun. Plus I didn't even know the "Slim Kid TRE" hardson was doing solo work. Thanks for the link.

you'll prolly like Toots and Maytals

I've found some great Bob Marley live shows for download...

bob marley is all i know hah.. great stuff though.

one way i expanded my reggae pallette was by tuning in to dish network's reggae channel. when i hear something i like i just jot the artist down. voila!

also, i just found this internet music show a few weeks back. lots of older reggae being played....

live show tue 9:00 EST.
http://www.internetwork.com/jrdub/live.htm

archives
http://www.internetwork.com/jrdub/dir.htm

what style do you like? roots? dub? dancehall?
c_b

go and get super ape by the upsetters. Dem mans bring more fyiah to dem rowdy yoot!

I agree with Jim Kata's list: Here are a few more:

Israel Vibration
Burning Spear (Marcus Garvey Album)
Buju Banton
Augustus Pablo
Sizzla
YellowMan
Josey Wales
Gladiators

Check out "Roots Reggae" if you're just getting into it. Then you can experiment with the Dancehall Stuff, Dub Reggae, and the new Hip Hop/Reggae from Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder, and the like.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Songs Of Freedom is a phenomenal 4-disc set that's also very user-friendly.

capleton & anthony b. as new breed artists....
propably the best reggae / ska / dub / rocksteady records are made years ago. everybody should take close look TROJAN´s record box sets. many oldie classics .

Can't go wrong with Bob. Buju Banton & Peter Tosh are good.

Eeka mouse and yellow man are pretty damn good to listen too but it takes a spliff or two to fully get their vibe

It's all about Cappleton. Hardcore, Rah Rah Reggae.

I recently discovered http://www.dub.com/

Which has some very useful links and downloads.

if your not picky about genre's ( i.e. ska/rocksteady/reggae) here's a list -

Bob Marley (with or without the original wailers)
Peter Tosh
Bunny Wailer
Desmond Dekker
Fats Domino
The Skatalites
Warsaw (local band here that i love)
Ben Harper
Jack Johnson
Rx Bandits
The Toasters
Jimmy Cliff
Toots and the Maytals