Need some good reggae

[BananaKing]

If you want some more upbeat Ska/Soul/Reggae, you could always check out the Aggrolites and The Specials. Other than that, +1 to all that has been said before.

[b_carville]

The Harder They Come soundtrack is one of my faves.It has great cuts by Jimmy Cliff,Toots & the Maytells &More.Not a bum cut on it.

Here's some other coolstuff.

Black Uhuru. Their "Red" album is best.The Best of is great too.

Burning Spear. The Marcus Garvey album is classic.

The Heptones. The Nightfood album is killer

Linton Kwesi Johnson. British based(Jamaican born)dub poet.Recites his excellent poetry over killer grooves.This is not typical dancehall stuff.Seek out his Bass Culture album.I thought it was the best album of 1980 period.Forces of Victory is great too.Almost all his work is.

[firststringer]

Shameless plug for my acoustic reggae(ish) band:
http://chrisdasilvaband.com/

[Jluckie3]

Blue King Brown, Alpha Blondy etc.

[dezuiri]

+1 on Groundation. It's my favorite group right now. My favorite CD is Each One Teach One.

[jerry]

There are a couple various artist CDs out there that have excellent roots bass playing on them.

Select Cuts From Blood & Fire: Excellent sampler of some lesser know artist like King Tubby, Keith Hudson etc.


The Front Line collection: Excellent sampler of bands like The Mighty Diamonds, Gladiators, Culture, Twinkle Brothers etc.

Lee Perry's Arkology: A Bible of reggae grooves, kinda like the Motown box for reggae.

[HolmeBass]

Alpha Blonde as mentioned, and Lucky Dube.

[four2oh]

few more not mentioned yet, that you should definitely have a listen to:

Israel Vibrations

Steel Pulse

Gregory Issacs

The Abyssinians

Horace Andy

Barrington Levy

Prince Jammy

Scientist

Twilight Circus (excellent dutch Dub by the ex-bassist/drummer from Legendary Pink Dots)

[bass12]

Originally Posted by four2oh

few more not mentioned yet, that you should definitely have a listen to:

Israel Vibrations

Steel Pulse

Gregory Issacs

The Abyssinians

Horace Andy

Barrington Levy

Prince Jammy

Scientist

Twilight Circus (excellent dutch Dub by the ex-bassist/drummer from Legendary Pink Dots)

Good suggestions (though most have already been mentioned). I just wanted to point out that Ryan Moore (Twilight Circus) is actually Canadian - he just happens to now live in the Netherlands.

[kauhi17]

Here are some of my favorites:

1)Ooklah the Moc (Local reggae band from Honolulu)

2)Groundation

3)Steel Pulse

4)Natural Vibrations (Local reggae band from Honolulu)

5)SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army)

6)Twinkle Brothers

7)Dubkonscious (Local Reggae Band from Honolulu)

8)Iration

9)Street Pharmacy

10)Rebelution

[wickedmrrogers]

Originally Posted by AmazingGracePlayer

I'm looking for some good, upbeat reggae or some reggae/hip-hop combination of some sort.

some of my favorite new school reggae acts.

Jr Gong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-eWbLGUc78
Katchafire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClyOYm02Ktg
Fat Freddys Drop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEQfSmT1QE
The Black Seeds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyUcmoIkl0
Bedouin Soundclash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ottxoY1utTg


theres soooo much more out there. I'll post some more at another time.
hope yous guys enjoy.

[newbold]

The Easy Star All Stars.

http://www.myspace.com/easystarallstars

These are the same guys that took Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and remade it - while keeping the same tempo (for all of you dark side of Oz fans) and same level of musicianship as pink floyd.

From there, look at the rest of the Easy Star Records lineup. John Brown's Body is a great start.

Also, Lions are a great reggae act from L.A.

http://www.myspace.com/lionsbread

[Soverntear]

my fave raggae right now is:
Alborosie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M05PUtJfSxI

if anyone knows of artists who are similar in style to albo, let me know. his sound is so fat, and his lyrics are just nasty.


lol i just noticed this is for upbeat raggae, my bad

[Sounbwoy]

Since you're looking for more upbeat, modern stuff, MOrgan Heritage has been mentioned. Also look at Chezidek, Beres Hammond, Tarrus Riley (highly recommended), Glen Washington, Cha'Maine and any amount of compilation stuff that's out there. Only thing about the compilation stuff, is that almost all of it will be electronic.

[Willy Camero]

Anything Clinton Fearon (Gladiators, Black Ark, Yabby You) plays on bass is boss. A good hip-hop/reggae/dub weave comes courtesy of The Drastics outta Chicago. Victor Rice too. Keep listening to Family Man, though, I always hear something new and cool after all these years.

[DogBone]

This thread is a goldmine!

Keep 'em coming!

[One Drop]

Also, Augustus Pablo, Horace Andy, Cornell Campbell, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Kevin Boothe, The Mighty Diamonds,Leroy Smart, etc.

Look for producers' work like Lee Perry, King Tubby, Joe Gibbs, Harry Mudie, the aforementioned A. Pablo, Niney The Observer, etc.

Too much great stuff out there, you will never get bored finding quality Roots, Dub, DJ, Rockers, Rock Steady, and Ska recordings, and you will recognize riddims from each era and style as they are versioned and versioned again.