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There's no decent reggae after the early 1980s, apart from UB40 knock off bands. Give me the Pioneers, Dave and Ansel Collins or Justin Hinds any day.

nicoco 5y ago
Wouln't you call groundation at least decent?
TacticalCoder 5y ago
> There's no decent reggae after the early 1980s ... Big reggae fan here (old reggae) but Mike Love, "Permanent Holiday" is quite something: https://youtu.be/fU7hZ3smj0g https://youtu.be/fU7hZ3smj0g
- jawilson2 5y ago
  Holy crap. Thanks for this.
dashwehacct 5y ago
twism 5y ago
Beres Hammond, Jah Cure, Gyptian, Bitty mcLean ... ? I could go on. Relatively newer artists but on dub (old school) style riddims
- okl 5y ago
  The Frightnrs!
throw_m239339 5y ago
This is nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epH_KNnwYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epH_KNnwYE
kingsloi 5y ago
I'm sure there's a million other reggae artists that I've yet to discover, but nothing personally hits more than roots reggae, I wish there were more of 1970s-1990s Lacksley Castell, Hugh Mundell, Johnny Osbourne, Barrington Levy, Sammie Dread, Johnnie Clark, etc, etc,
- TacticalCoder 5y ago
  Going to listen to some you mentioned I don't know... Just from the top of my head in case some here don't know them (if I start looking in my archive I'll find lots of stuff)... Not all "roots" but it's old stuff. Zap Pow, "This is Reggae music": (I used to start my reggae compilation with this one) https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU Bunny Wailer: https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw Errol Dunkley: https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 Ranking Dread: https://youtu.be/hkM14QObC9o https://youtu.be/hkM14QObC9o (this one is really cool for the song talks about many OG reggae artists) Jo Jo Bennett: https://youtu.be/6Gawp4UPO2I https://youtu.be/6Gawp4UPO2I Marcia Griffiths: https://youtu.be/ZA9FUDw3TNk https://youtu.be/ZA9FUDw3TNk (the theme is not "roots" but, darn, she's a good Jamaican reggae singer) Max Romeo: https://youtu.be/XcMNfX5yh28 https://youtu.be/XcMNfX5yh28 John Holt: https://youtu.be/smWVKR_LYjs https://youtu.be/smWVKR_LYjs Horace Andy: https://youtu.be/RCHTAu4In70 https://youtu.be/RCHTAu4In70 Linval Thompson: https://youtu.be/2f7G9HFEbao https://youtu.be/2f7G9HFEbao
  - okl 5y ago
    Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Don Carlos, Carlton & The Shoes, Garnett Silk, Bob Andy, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul... Personally I prefer the sound of the late 60s — Rocksteady: The Paragons, Lynn Taitt, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Phyllis Dillon, Bob & the Beltones, The Progressions...
    - kingsloi 5y ago
      I appreciate the recommendations! Roots reggae was the only music I played my baby was in the hospital. So much so, I actually created a Spotify playlist of all of the songs we jammed together to. Let me know what you think https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP
dylanz 5y ago
Midnite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJADi9axZ4E&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJADi9axZ4E&t=9s. RIP Vaughn.
blacksmith_tb 5y ago
Presumably plenty of Jamaicans (and others) would disagree, but I do personally like the sound of the 70s recordings best, especially the dubs, The Revolutionaries, Roots Radics, etc. Newer reggae has a lot of newer pop in it, auto-tune, plastic-y production.
- winternett 5y ago
  It was never meant to stay the same, the old riddim culture went on for a long period without change... New dancehall is a bit too soft for me as well, I like ragga most, but I do miss the classic "red light" love song era... I'm working to remix some of the classics myself, and to create new vibes (without using auto tune). There are many artists working low key on different sounds, but right now the industry is pushing the bubble-gum-gangster sound that is most popular right now... You've got to search real deep on YouTube for the best stuff.
- Spastche 5y ago
  I like the sound of those records too. I kinda wonder how much of it was the access to gear they had, I know lots of sound systems were DIY and people like Tubby and Scientist were electrical engineers.
berkes 5y ago
I'm a avid rocksteady listener. Visited many old ska, rocksteady and roots festivals and concerts. I love the old stuff. But it is ignorant and dismissive to place anything after an arbitrary date under the label "not decent". Plenty of wonderful stuff. I'm certain you'll agree that for example Lee Scratch Perry produced wonderful music until the day of his death (August 2021). What he did with The Upsetters is magic. But even the albums he made in the months before his death are far more than "decent".
gerbilly 5y ago
Yeah sure, if you say so. How about this. Let's restrict it to the Pacific islands only and see what's been happening in reggae since the 80s. There's a thriving scene in Hawaii with great music coming out to this day. This one features two amazing vocalists, Irie Love and Fiji (George Veikoso) It is wut it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVF7QWjs44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVF7QWjs44 Then there's New Zealand: Katchafire: Way Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjKLocagFPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjKLocagFPw I could have picked dozens of other great songs.
npteljes 5y ago
I love the French digital dub scene for one, Pupajim, Panda dub, Dubamix, Mayd Hubb all put out fantastic pieces, like this one for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgjvtib-Xi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgjvtib-Xi0

nicoco 5y ago

Wouln't you call groundation at least decent?

TacticalCoder 5y ago

> There's no decent reggae after the early 1980s ... Big reggae fan here (old reggae) but Mike Love, "Permanent Holiday" is quite something: https://youtu.be/fU7hZ3smj0g https://youtu.be/fU7hZ3smj0g

jawilson2 5y ago
Holy crap. Thanks for this.

dashwehacct 5y ago

twism 5y ago

Beres Hammond, Jah Cure, Gyptian, Bitty mcLean ... ? I could go on. Relatively newer artists but on dub (old school) style riddims

okl 5y ago
The Frightnrs!

throw_m239339 5y ago

This is nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epH_KNnwYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epH_KNnwYE

kingsloi 5y ago

I'm sure there's a million other reggae artists that I've yet to discover, but nothing personally hits more than roots reggae, I wish there were more of 1970s-1990s Lacksley Castell, Hugh Mundell, Johnny Osbourne, Barrington Levy, Sammie Dread, Johnnie Clark, etc, etc,

TacticalCoder 5y ago
Going to listen to some you mentioned I don't know... Just from the top of my head in case some here don't know them (if I start looking in my archive I'll find lots of stuff)... Not all "roots" but it's old stuff. Zap Pow, "This is Reggae music": (I used to start my reggae compilation with this one) https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU Bunny Wailer: https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw Errol Dunkley: https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 Ranking Dread: https://youtu.be/hkM14QObC9o https://youtu.be/hkM14QObC9o (this one is really cool for the song talks about many OG reggae artists) Jo Jo Bennett: https://youtu.be/6Gawp4UPO2I https://youtu.be/6Gawp4UPO2I Marcia Griffiths: https://youtu.be/ZA9FUDw3TNk https://youtu.be/ZA9FUDw3TNk (the theme is not "roots" but, darn, she's a good Jamaican reggae singer) Max Romeo: https://youtu.be/XcMNfX5yh28 https://youtu.be/XcMNfX5yh28 John Holt: https://youtu.be/smWVKR_LYjs https://youtu.be/smWVKR_LYjs Horace Andy: https://youtu.be/RCHTAu4In70 https://youtu.be/RCHTAu4In70 Linval Thompson: https://youtu.be/2f7G9HFEbao https://youtu.be/2f7G9HFEbao
- okl 5y ago
  Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Don Carlos, Carlton & The Shoes, Garnett Silk, Bob Andy, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul... Personally I prefer the sound of the late 60s — Rocksteady: The Paragons, Lynn Taitt, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Phyllis Dillon, Bob & the Beltones, The Progressions...
  - kingsloi 5y ago
    I appreciate the recommendations! Roots reggae was the only music I played my baby was in the hospital. So much so, I actually created a Spotify playlist of all of the songs we jammed together to. Let me know what you think https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP

dylanz 5y ago

Midnite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJADi9axZ4E&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJADi9axZ4E&t=9s. RIP Vaughn.

blacksmith_tb 5y ago

Presumably plenty of Jamaicans (and others) would disagree, but I do personally like the sound of the 70s recordings best, especially the dubs, The Revolutionaries, Roots Radics, etc. Newer reggae has a lot of newer pop in it, auto-tune, plastic-y production.

winternett 5y ago
It was never meant to stay the same, the old riddim culture went on for a long period without change... New dancehall is a bit too soft for me as well, I like ragga most, but I do miss the classic "red light" love song era... I'm working to remix some of the classics myself, and to create new vibes (without using auto tune). There are many artists working low key on different sounds, but right now the industry is pushing the bubble-gum-gangster sound that is most popular right now... You've got to search real deep on YouTube for the best stuff.
Spastche 5y ago
I like the sound of those records too. I kinda wonder how much of it was the access to gear they had, I know lots of sound systems were DIY and people like Tubby and Scientist were electrical engineers.

berkes 5y ago

I'm a avid rocksteady listener. Visited many old ska, rocksteady and roots festivals and concerts. I love the old stuff. But it is ignorant and dismissive to place anything after an arbitrary date under the label "not decent". Plenty of wonderful stuff. I'm certain you'll agree that for example Lee Scratch Perry produced wonderful music until the day of his death (August 2021). What he did with The Upsetters is magic. But even the albums he made in the months before his death are far more than "decent".

gerbilly 5y ago

Yeah sure, if you say so. How about this. Let's restrict it to the Pacific islands only and see what's been happening in reggae since the 80s. There's a thriving scene in Hawaii with great music coming out to this day. This one features two amazing vocalists, Irie Love and Fiji (George Veikoso) It is wut it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVF7QWjs44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVF7QWjs44 Then there's New Zealand: Katchafire: Way Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjKLocagFPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjKLocagFPw I could have picked dozens of other great songs.

npteljes 5y ago

I love the French digital dub scene for one, Pupajim, Panda dub, Dubamix, Mayd Hubb all put out fantastic pieces, like this one for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgjvtib-Xi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgjvtib-Xi0