reggae?

[Synthemesc]

someone school me.

Ive got some bob marley stuff that i really like from a box set. (who the cap fit, jah live, johnny was, rat race, crazy baldheads etc.) other than that im clueless on this genre. can anyone recommend some raw gritty soulful music similar to described?

[highlife]

hmm, here's some more root/ dancehalls stuff (a little heavier than bob, tosh and the like):

barrington levy
eek a mouse
steel pulse (definitely check them out, 'earth crisis' and 'true democracy' are really good or check for their best of album)
midnite
israel vibration
don carlos
hugh mundell
gregory isaacs
lacksley castell
rod taylor
twinkle brothers

there are a bunch of other dope groups/artists i'm forgetting. for a start, def. check out steel pulse. they're one of the bigger names on that list and prolly easy to find.

[_Unknown*]

'life mentioned alot of great names... heres a few more

Augustus Pablo (more of an instrumental tripped out reggae vibe)

Junior Reid ... individual stuff as well as his group's (Black Uhuru) music... and if you dont know who he is, he's the guy on "Game - One Blood" and "WuTang - One Blood Under W"...

Roots Covenant (http://www.myspace.com/rootscovenant) - dope local SD reggae band (homeboys of mine)

Stranger (http://www.myspace.com/strangerband) - another dope local SD reggae band

Mikey Dread

[cycledelikwon]

Lee Scratch Perry

[Ipatch]

Roots and dub gets old quick... I've been banging more dancehall than hip hop lately. I'm diggin the mid-90's, early ragga-style shit... "Buju Banton; The Early Years" has been in heavy rotation the past couple weeks.

Midnite and Morgan Heritage are two of the better roots bands out right now. Midnite has more of the classic reggae feel to them, Morgan Heritage is a little more contemporary.

[Mike Castillo]

King Tubby
Sizzla
Beenie Man
Mr. Vegas
Cocoa Tea
Yellowman
Linval Thompson
Michigan & Smiley
The Paragons
*Pretty much any Trojan Box Set you can get your hands

This is off the top of my head.

[_Unknown*]

Roots and dub gets old quick.
never!

Cocoa Tea
my sister just named her new puppy Cocoa Tea

[SIDA 73]

those along with some that I could think of...


roots:

abyssinians
johnny clarke
dillinger
jacob miller
horace andy
the gladiators
johnny osbourne
culture
burning spear
israel vibration
Pablo Moses
junior murvin

[twisted_harmonix]

all of the above are better than floppismahoo.

dont listen to bopishapoo.

[tgone]

do yourself a favor and get some Alpha Blondy

[Blame One]

dont even know where to start. Thats 80% of my vinyl. Basics.. Mighty Diamonds, Mighty Threes,Tappa Zukie,... Moderns.. Sizzla, jah cure, Garnett Silk (rip), I wayne...

[complete]

Ipatch whatsup with a(some) mixtape(s)


i'll send you some cd's and shit. hook it up.

i get tired of the same ol shit

[tgone]

Garnett Silk (rip)

Yep, Garnett Silk is essential.

I know you're feeling some Luciano too.

[Blame One]

Yep, Garnett Silk is essential.

I know you're feeling some Luciano too.

Luciano is the man. Once when I was watching him rock, he busted a back flip in the middle of his song (no joke)... I was like damn... and still kept the breath control.

[Balgie]

Check out all the artists from the Virgin Islands. Niyora has a new album that is good. Army is another good one. Bambu Station. I also like Soldiers of Jah Army and Groundation. With this lack of decent hip hop lately I have been listening to nothing but reggae. Check out reggaetraders.com/bt for some live recorded shows.

[WhALE]

Coolin' out on the raggea tip is essential. It's so good. I've been jaming it a lot lately...

I have no new artists to add that haven't been mentioned, but there are some good ones up there...

[Synthemesc]

damn guys thanks for all the input! so far ive hecked out steel pulse, midnite and eek. all are great im gonna have to keep goin down this list.

heres a faaaar stretch. if anyone has seen the (pretty obscure) skate video Rising, it was made probobly 10 years ago and its mostly florida/tampa shit anyways theres one reggae song in it and ive always wanted to know who it was. theres nothing about the music in the credits. thats a definite shot in the dark needle in a haystack...

[highlife]

thats a definite shot in the dark needle in a haystack...

try to describe it in lyrics or sounds. there is a great movie called 'rockers' which has a really good soundtrack with all kinds of sic riddims (http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Riddim) and some niyabinghi (http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Mansions_of_Rastafari).

get on slsk or something...

[Synthemesc]

ill have to get the ol vhs from my parents house but ill hit you with some lyrics over the weekend. consider it a challege.

[highlife]

could it be this vid (http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/news/article/0,23271,1541679,00.html)?

edit: maybe not, cuz you said it's an older one from 10 years ago. i'll keep looking.

the sdtrk sounds pretty dope, though, for this 'rising son' vid:

1. Dave Grohl/C-Minus "Vile"
2. Murs "Transitions Of A Rider"
3. Lexicon "Sedated"
4. Gossip "Standing In The Way Of Control"
5. Transplants "1,2,3,4,5,6,7"
6. Wajeed & Invincible "The Place Where We Dwell"
7. Fishbone "CHEYENNE Star Forever More"
8. Maddvillian "America's Most Blunted"
9. The Peak Show "Tainted Love"
10. Optimus "Pot Of Rain"

11. Steel Pulse/ Damian Marley "No More Weapons"
12. Procussions "Little People"
13. Kurupt /Everlast "Kuruption"
14. Charlie Early "Mexican Radio"
15. Queens Of The Stone Age "Mexicola"
16. Gnarls Barkley "Just A Thought"
17. Slightly Stoopid "Still Be You"
18. Team Sleep featuring Chino of the deftones "Ataraxia"
19. Mark Bell "Revolution"
20. Brant Bjork and the Bros "Dr. Aura"
21. bonus song Second Coming featuring Jay adams on vocals "No Family"

[Synthemesc]

^ not that one. the skate vid is just called Rising.

by the way Roller Skates is about the best song ive heard in a couple years. thanks

[highlife]

Roller Skates is about the best song ive heard in a couple years. thanks

yeah, that's one of their most popular tracks. you should try to post all the details of that skate vid from the box. i've yet to find anything on the net for 'rising skate video.'

[Synthemesc]

it was made by a skate shop in Florida called World Market which is probobly RIP by now. theres one clip from it on youtube but its not the guys part that skates to the reggae song. hmmm

[highlife]

here it is. (http://www.skimthefat.com/provideos/showvideo.cgi?videoID=124079&showsoundtrack=1)

but it's prolly the track labeled "???" for paul urich's part. only other track it could be is "it matters" by firehose (edit: no, they're rock/ alternative).

[Synthemesc]

that makes the mystery that much worse eh

[_Unknown*]

Come see Roots Covenant perform at Canes in Mission Beach.

Playing with Stranger and Twilght Circus from Holland!

March 17th ....21+ $12 , $15 day of show!

[SIDA 73]

Also peep out some dope sd reggae

as said before
Stranger
Elijah Emmanuel & the revelations... been following this cat for years... hes really dope. Dope Bilingual roots reggae
Tribal Seeds- dope young cats
Dubshack- Dope young cats as well

theres more dope bands here in sd also..

[highlife]

^tight, i'll look out for that.

i know diego roots is pretty bangin'. i know a guy that used to be their keyboardist, and i last saw them when they performed the reggae sunsplash at sigma ki (sp?) at SDSU prolly like 2003 or something.

man, i was on a good one that day, state is gnarly like that!

[Blame One]

that makes the mystery that much worse eh


if you can get me some lyrics, theres a good chance I will know who it is and the song.

[Marklar]

if you can get me some lyrics, theres a good chance I will know who it is and the song.

challlllonge!!!!

[Synthemesc]

if you can get me some lyrics, theres a good chance I will know who it is and the song.

OK if it comes down to it, ill just send you the damn vhs. i wondered who it was waaaay back in high school, here i am graduated from college.

[twisted_harmonix]

saw ziggy at the track yesterday. excellent show. and it was free which makes it even better.

[ironphreik]

someone school me.

Ive got some bob marley stuff that i really like from a box set. (who the cap fit, jah live, johnny was, rat race, crazy baldheads etc.) other than that im clueless on this genre. can anyone recommend some raw gritty soulful music similar to described?

Bunny Wailer: Blackheart Man
The Congos: Heart of the Congos
Peter Tosh: Legalize It
Dr. Alimantodo: Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Madlib: Blunted in the Bombshelter

[tgone]

GREAT thread.

currently in rotation:

barrington levy - here i come
dennis brown - Superstar
gregory isaacs - night nurse

[Synthemesc]

yea i fell in love with steel pulse - earth crisis and coco tea.

[Ipatch]

GREAT thread.

currently in rotation:

Buju Banton- Buju & Friends- The Duets
Nickodemus
Burro Banton

So some dude came through the job last week wearing a Reggae Rising t-shirt... chatted him up and it turned out to be the head electrician. He said that shit went great this year... lotta people, everything smooth.

Man, what's up with everybody around here liking that soft reggae shit? Where's the dancehall heads at?

[tgone]

Man, what's up with everybody around here liking that soft reggae shit? Where's the dancehall heads at?

well i think there's a time and place for everything. dancehall runs the dancehall, and lover's rock and roots are suitable for the chillout. there's nothin like puttin on some Cool Ruler or Dennis Brown with your lady friend. drinkin corona's on a hammock and listenin to jimmy cliff is one of my favorite activities...me and don carlos have smoked plenty o' blunts.

http://www.reggaetrain.com/images/pic_gregory_isaacs.jpg

[Ipatch]

your lady friend

Ha ha, I'm just used to the lil rivalry going between me and my lady... I give her shit about her lovers rock every chance I get.

[highlife]

^what do you consider soft? IMO, it's stuff like ragga and club stuff.

anything roots and lovers rock is straight fire. just classic riddims with graceful vocals. nicodemus is tight. i've found only one LP at a local record show. haven't been able to find anything since. the cover is him in a dope ass white suite and fedora. tracklisting off the top is:

computer, knife & fork (dope track, kind of electronic riddim)
strawberry fields
can't remember the rest

'gunman connection' (http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1409) looks dope! scientist was just down here at belly up with ranking joe (pissed i missed it). i've got 'dancehall style' and 'she love it in the morning' on MP3 but his LPs are hard to track down. the one i have sounds more electronic but in a good way if that makes sense. i'll check the name when i get home.

do you know which album the track off shortkut's 'blunted w/ a beat junkie' is from? the lyrics go something like, "all people ____ gon'to america...we say spliff, dem say j, we say fish, dem say filet..." something about forward and replay, something about OK, i cannot remember the rest.

he's got a unique flow like eek-a, and i really dig it, although i can't understand half the stuff he's talking about. computer, knife & fork? hahahaha!

tgone, i heard some richie spice, jah cure and i-wayne on that young lions comp. DOPE stuff, man! thanks of for putting me on.

[tgone]

tgone, i heard some richie spice, jah cure and i-wayne on that young lions comp. DOPE stuff, man! thanks of for putting me on.

for sure.

check out "superstar" by Dennis Brown. the whole album is covers...including a version of black magic woman. he does some otis redding too.

http://www.roots-archives.com/artwork/albums/1820.jpg

[tgone]

yea i fell in love with steel pulse - earth crisis and coco tea.

easily one of the best roots albums of the 80s

[ironphreik]

Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

[chunturo]

thank you, tgOne for the Night Nurse reference! Mashing!!!
How come no one said anything about Israel Vibration? They got polio and skank harder than any of us do!!

[twisted_harmonix]

don carlos


harvest time is an excellent album

[highlife]

How come no one said anything about Israel Vibration? They got polio and skank harder than any of us do!!

hmm, here's some more root/ dancehalls stuff (a little heavier than bob, tosh and the like):

barrington levy
eek a mouse
steel pulse (definitely check them out, 'earth crisis' and 'true democracy' are really good or check for their best of album)
midnite
israel vibration
don carlos
hugh mundell
gregory isaacs
lacksley castell
rod taylor
twinkle brothers

there are a bunch of other dope groups/artists i'm forgetting. for a start, def. check out steel pulse. they're one of the bigger names on that list and prolly easy to find.

IV is mad dope. i really like their LP, 'why you so craven.'

[chunturo]

my bad, highlife, on the oversight.. peace

[luke_warm]

i went to maui this summer and my fiance's cousin was driving us around in a little nissan truck and all we listened to was reggae and cunninlinguist. it was surreal. the beaches in hawaii are top notch. water is perfect, warm, clear, relaxing. shit like that i'll probably be thinking about in my last moments alive.

[eons]

shit like that i'll probably be thinking about in my last moments alive.

what if you get hit by a truck and die instantly and have no time to think?

[JamesKellyDawson]

I haven't read anything on this post except for Luke Warm's and the first post. From what Luke is sayin', Hawaii is definitely on it when it comes to reggae. I think the islands are holding it down worldwide right now on reggae. If anybody disagrees, that's perfectly fine. I'm not trying to argue. If you know some better stuff, let me know.
As for Hawaii stuff, check out:

Ooklah The Moc
Groundation
Katchafire
B.E.T. (Big Every Time)
Natural Vibrations
Pepper (if you wanna call it reggae, but it is Hawaii)
Fiji
Lahaina Grown
....and my favorite, Sashamon


Other reggae faves include:

Warrior King
Damian Marley
Stephen Marley
Capleton
Sister Nancy
Chuck Fender
Collie Buddz (kinda Sean Paul-ish)
Eek A Mouse
Israel Vibration
Junior Reid
Norris Man
Pato Banton
Tanya Stephens
Turbulence


Plug to:

Diego Roots
Slightly Stoopid




PEACE

[twisted_harmonix]

Lahaina Grown

hell yeah i remember listening to the island reggae radio station everyday in hawaii and they would play "big ship" by lahaina grown. such a chill song.

[highlife]

freddie mcgregor's album 'big ship' is nice. i'll check for those artists you posted, james. you heard of bruddah waltah and butch helemano?

[twisted_harmonix]

yeah the lahaina track is a remake of freddie's.

[JamesKellyDawson]

Yup.

How's the SD life highlife? Still in Mission?

[highlife]

i'm in north PB now. just moved back from linda vista. SD is lovely, as always. def. need to get back in the water, though! i haven't seen tony (your cuz) in a while. he still workin' at WF? you're in HI now, huh? must be catchin' some kine waves?

shoots!

related, and very sad sidenote: did you hear about emery kauanui? (http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070911/news_1m11hendrick.html) and the PB labor day riot? gnarly.

[JamesKellyDawson]

Good times out in Hawaii! Stoked to hear you got back to the beach! Yup, Tony is still at World Famous. He's going to school at Grossmont now and living with his parents. His brother, Chris is working there too so it's all in the family! Never heard about the Labor Day riot, but Emery was my good friend. That was a fucked up episode and it's still on-going. The homies all miss Emery very much. He's restin' with the big dogs now though! On another note, we're having one of the illest air shows ever in Honolulu right now! Have a good one!