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All the best reggae albums from all the best reggae artists. The lists below are far from complete yet! Nough respect to all great artists not yet mentioned!

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Buju Banton

DANCEHALL REGGAE:
Modern Dancehall:
BUJU BANTON - Mr. Jamaica, leading the current dancehall generation.
SIZZLA "KALONJI" - Defiant lyrics and unapologetic attitude.
ANTHONY B - The militant truth & rights chanter.
BEENIE MAN - Dancehall wicked and rude, explicit lyrics galore
BOUNTY KILLER - Rude Boy/Reality Dancehall
CAPLETON - More Fire
JUNIOR KELLY - Conscious Voice/ BoboDread On the Rise
MODERN DANCEHALL ARTISTS - Mr. Vegas, Bushman, Goofy, Cobra, Elephant Man, Sean Paul, etc. etc.
PATO BANTON - Rootsie dancehall in late 80s and 90s stylie
SHABBA RANKS - King of the 1990s Slackness Dancehall Generation
SHAGGY - Funny and Popular 90s Dancehall
SISTER CAROL - Great Original Rootsy Dancehall!
TONY REBEL - Great Modern Conscious Dancehall
Classic Dancehall:
BARRINGTON LEVY - Classic Dancehall Strong and Irie
BIG YOUTH - Dreadlocks Dread/Train To Rhodesia
DILLINGER - Often Conscious, more often funny, classic dancehall master
EEK-A-MOUSE - The Wa-Da-Do-Dem-Dem Man
I ROY - One of the Founding DJs of Reggae Dancehall
U ROY - KING OF THE DANCEHALL TOASTERS
YELLOWMAN - King of 80's dancehall

Bob Marley ROOTS REGGAE:
Modern Roots:
LUCIANO - A brilliant singer-writer & performer.
GARNETT SILK - A modern roots super star gone too early
MYKAL ROSE - The Voice of the Ghetto.
MORGAN HERITAGE - a fresh and conscious new real roots reggae band.
LEE PERRY - The musical Genius, master singer, master dubber, master producer
MYSTIC REVEALERS - Modern Roots with the real Classic Roots Vibes
UB40 - Modern Popular UK Reggae
YAMI BOLO - Original Modern but Classic Roots Singer
ZIGGY MARLEY and the Melody Makers - Conscious Modern Roots Reggae
Classic Roots (most of these artist are still producing modern roots of course):
BOB MARLEY the KING of REGGAE, and the legendary WAILERS
ABYSSINIANS - Classic Roots, beautiful and powerful
AL CAMPBELL - Irie Classic Roots
ALBERT GRIFFITHS and the GLADIATORS - Classic Roots at its best
ALPHA BLONDY - The Multi-lingual, Political, Rocking Reggae Star from Ivory Coast
ASWAD - One of the Greater UK Roots bands
BERES HAMMOND - The Smooth Singer, spreading love and emotion.
BLACK UHURU - Great Original Roots Reggae Band with distinct sound
BUNNY WAILER - Mystical Iriginal Roots Veteran
BURNING SPEAR - Solid, Original, Conscious Roots
CHRISTMAS REGGAE - Reggae, Ragga, Rasta Xmas
CULTURE - Iriginal Conscious Roots Reggae Band
DENNIS BROWN - The late, great, alround veteran Crown Prince of Reggae
DON CARLOS - Roots Superstar!
ETHIOPIANS - Great Original Classic Roots
FREDDIE MCGREGOR - The Revolutionist, Roots Rock Reggae Veteran
GREGORY ISAACS - Mr. Lovers Rock, The Cool Ruler
HORACE ANDY - Distinctive voice, Great Lyrics, Irie Riddims
IJAHMAN LEVI - Conscious Roots still-too-little-known Very Great Reggae Singer
ISRAEL VIBRATION - One of the utterly best conscious roots bands ever
JIMMY CLIFF - "The Harder They Come" and MUCH more...
JOHN HOLT - Timeless Classic Roots
JOHNNY OSBOURNE - Great Solid Classic Roots
JUNIOR BYLES - Very Irie Classic Roots
JUNIOR REID - Roots as it used to be
LINVAL THOMPSON - Smokey, Irie, and Authentic Roots
LUCKY DUBE - Great Voiced and Conscious South-African Reggae Roots
MAX ROMEO - Strong and Irie Classic Roots/Dancehall
MIGHTY DIAMONDS - Reggae's Greatest Sweet Reggae Harmony Group
PETER TOSH - The Bush Doctor, a Revolutionary Roots Rebel
PRINCE FAR I - The Voice of Thunder
STEEL PULSE - many of their albums really are KILLERS
SUGAR MINOTT - Conscious and beautiful roots(y dancehall)
THE ABYSSINIANS - Conscious Reggae Harmonies
THE SKATALITES - FOUNDATION SKA (and REGGAE!)
THIRD WORLD - Roots Reggae Ambassadors
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - Authentic and irie classic roots with a distinct own sound
TWINKLE BROTHERS - Great Authentic Roots Reggae
WAILING SOULS - The Sufferers' Sound
THE REGGAE GRAMMY 2000 NOMINEES

Lee REGGAE DUB:
AUGUSTUS PABLO - The Dub Legend
LEE PERRY - The musical Genius, master singer, master dubber, master producer
KING TUBBY - The Dub Master
The MAD PROFESSOR - Topranking Dub Originator
MIKEY DREAD - Great Original Dub/Dancehall artist
MUTABARUKA - Defiant Master Dub Poet - Check It!
OKU ONUORA - Master Dub Poet
SCIENTIST - Top-ranking Dub-ologist!
ZION TRAIN - Top UK Live Dub band
MAD PROFESSOR - DUB MASTER



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Irielion Reggae Recommendations:
Dancehall Reggae: Buju Banton, Sizzla, Anthony B.,
Roots Reggae: Luciano, Garnett Silk, Mykal Rose, Morgan Heritage and LMS,
Reggae Dub: Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry,
Various: Reggae Books, Reggae T-shirts, Bob Marley T-shirts, Reggae Posters.

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