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Roots reggae music

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Roots reggae is a subgenre of that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer. Lyrical themes include poverty, social issues, resistance to government oppression, criminality and the wicked Babylon. Many artists are Rastafarians. The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered to 1969 – 1985 with artists as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, Max Romeo, Horace Andy, Ijahman Levi, Bunny Wailer, Lincoln Thompson, and groups as Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Culture, Abyssinians. Producers were Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bunny Lee, Joseph Hoo Kim and … read more
Roots reggae is a subgenre of that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer. Lyrical themes include poverty, social issues, resistance to government oppression, criminality and the wicked Babylon. Many artists are Rastafarians. The heyday of roots reggae is usually consider… read more
Roots reggae is a subgenre of that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer. Lyrical themes include poverty, social issues, resistance to government oppression, criminality and the wicked Babylon. Many artists are Rastafarians. The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered to 1969 – 1985 with artists as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, … read more

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    Bob Marley

    2,021,031 listeners

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    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    2,136,259 listeners

  3. Image for 'Peter Tosh'

    Peter Tosh

    676,084 listeners

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    Burning Spear

    455,796 listeners

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    Black Uhuru

    452,797 listeners

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    Israel Vibration

    309,812 listeners

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    Toots and The Maytals

    630,575 listeners

  8. Image for 'Max Romeo'

    Max Romeo

    416,706 listeners

  9. Image for 'Gregory Isaacs'

    Gregory Isaacs

    488,627 listeners

  10. Image for 'Steel Pulse'

    Steel Pulse

    376,152 listeners

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1 Play track Legalize It Peter Tosh
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2 Play track Is This Love Bob Marley & The Wailers
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3 Play track Sun Is Shining Bob Marley
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4 Play track Night Nurse Gregory Isaacs
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5 Play track Marcus Garvey Burning Spear
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6 Play track Jamming Bob Marley & The Wailers
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7 Play track Redemption Song Bob Marley & The Wailers
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8 Play track Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley & The Wailers
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9 Play track One Love Bob Marley
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10 Chase The Devil Max Romeo
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Top Albums

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    Legend

    Bob Marley & The Wailers 836,183 listeners

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  2. Image for 'Legalize It'

    Legalize It

    Peter Tosh 287,592 listeners

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    Exodus

    Bob Marley & The Wailers 331,226 listeners

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    Natural Mystic

    Bob Marley 420,930 listeners

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    Heart Of The Congos

    The Congos 144,699 listeners

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    Reggae

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    Dub

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    Roots

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    Dancehall

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