raggae

[piscaries]

i'm just getting into this music and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of where to start. i'm looking for dub and dancehall kind of stuff...

[jukka]

king tubby is pretty cool.........my friend is very much into this stuff so i could ask him for some "hot tips" !!??!!


i don't like raggae, oh no i love it !!! :)

[pille'ocheoni]

sister carol...is the shit......if your into bob than peter tosh,marley family but you dont want that stuff,you want more underground roots......eek a mouse......yellowman........le t me go to work and take some notes.we ahve a huge collection of roots and regge,tonic,dancehall,dub,ska. ....oh yeah check out the oringianl ska,donr by the masters....skatialacs......i might have spelled it wrong but its spelled like a cadillac,but take out the ca,and replace it with ska.ill get back on that:)/p

[namshub]

beanie man, spragga-benz, lady saw, general degree, cutty ranks, sugar slick,red rat.... this is some of my favourite stufff at the mome. god i wish i lived in jamaica.

[JE:5]

My girlfriend is well into her dancehall ragga stuff, she has loads of stuff on the Greensleeves label, so that might be worth checking out.

[owain_k]

Lee "Scratch" Perry - King of Dub Supreme :)

Check Trojan Records....they were like the biggest Reggae/Dub exporter back in the day.......

If not, I caught a recent compilation series called "Blood Lines" on One Stop Records, which compiles alot of the Trojan back-catalogue, a great introduction at any rate........

[dOn`T dO iT]

Admiral Bailey , Elephant man (purveyor of operatic ragga), Tenor Saw, Anthony B, Lexus , the list goes on but basically in the ragga/danchall arena it`s better to go by the "riddim" rather than by artist....ie:They`ll bring out a new riddim and the ragga mafioso(capleton, Beenie man, Bounty Killer, Lady Saw, Elephant man etc.)will each release 7"`s with their own vocals and arrangement of the same riddim... So first find a bad-ass ttune THEN go for your fave artist`s version and you will be satisfied vocally, lyrically AND musically.

KiLL A sOuNd bWoY..

[tsr_tomas]

yeah boy.


the specials (ska)
rancid (cheak out "timebomb", it´s SKA. but still).
dessmond dekkers
skatelites
judge dread
eek a mouse
goofy man
dave and ansell collins
peter tosh
maytalas
and many more.
you should really listen to Eek a mouse "ganja smuggling" or "weed weed weed".

cheers
tomas

[piscaries]

thanks for all of the tips everyone. so far i've listend to eek a mouse and i'm really liking their stuff. also buju banton caught my ear. elephant man was good and i still haven't heard much of the scientist, but i'm diggin' him too. all the ska stuff i'm pretty familiar with. there was a big ska scene in the town i grew up in. still more diggin' to do....

[wheezer]

@piscaries

there's a 4 cd set floating around soulseek kalled "the history of jamaican music" that gave me a real good start into this muzak...

[ischo]

you've gotta check out SLY & ROBBIE,

they've got ill production-styleezZ....
and of course king tubby :!

[Ava]

a really good dancehall record with an interesting twist is 'the excitement' on germaican records. half JA half german ragga tunes. ragga sounds really good in german. its got a wicked mr vegas tune as well.

actually, i've only borrowed this of a mate so if anyone knows where i good find a copy that would be grand

[invisibleplanet]

i can recommend my personal favourites:

dr. alimontado and the son's of thunder: featuring sly dunbar and robbie shakespear on drum and bass..
ijahman: carrying heavy loads in super-spiritual reggae stylee..
black uhuru: to me, they were the best reggae band ever!