so i'm extremely new to reggae

i've heard plenty, of course, it's unavoidable living in hawaii and i've heard enough to say what i like and i don't like.
but so far my name recognition extends to bob marley and groundation.

i've been alright with just listening to the reggae station here (even though it can play a lot of crappy stuff) but i'm moving from hawaii and i don't want to be deprived. lol.

but i dig the two aforementioned acts immensely, anyone have any recommendations?

 

Black Uhuru
Barrington Levy
Bad Brains.. their more reggae-ish stuff.
Scientist
H.R.

 

thanks man, i'll look them up

 

gladiators - peter tosh - burning spear

 

I wonder which of those s/he likes

 

I recommend Black Uhuru as well. I have the same with reggae, I get annoyed with a lot of tunes instantly as well but others have just the right groove and have everything I like about reggae. Black Uhuru has the most songs like that for me personally. Otherwise it's just tunes or particular albums I like most. Ashanti Roy (of the Congo's) is a good one as well, so I recommend his album Sign of the star.
Jacob Miller - Jacob 'Killer' Miller is also a great album. You also might wanna check out some stuff with Tena Stelin, with Bush chemists or Sound Iration. Well, otherwise it's just loose tunes (I prefer a mixed list anyway) or with more dub influences.

 

whispering woods, i looked a few of em up and i liked what i heard, especially black uhuru...i'll do some more listening. thanks

 

Mishka

 

Peter Tosh
UB40
Ziggy Marley
Black Uhuru
Burning Spear
Barrington Levy

 

For what I would call the Golden Era,check out,Alton Ellis,Toots &the Maytals,The Paragons,Slim Smith and almost anything from Rocksteady (1966-68)

 

Check out Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace..

 

Augustus Pablo
Mighty Diamonds
Dennis Brown
Gregory Isaacs
U Roy

...all worth a listen.

 

a few more...

Desmond Dekker
Jimmy Cliff
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Mad Professor
Aswad
Culture
King Tubby
The Skatalites

 

look up Trojan records and studio one and soul jazz records (they do loads of studio one reissues) dessmond dekker(R.I.P),u-roy,I-roy,dennis alcapone,symarip,toots and the maytals,the uppsetter,the skatalites,john holt,alton ellis (R.I.P),pama dice,the charmers,prince buster,the pioneers,the aggrolites,tommy McCook,jimmy cliff,Dave & Ansel collins,dandy livingston,Joe Gibbs(producer),Dennis Brown,Ken booth,Trinity,king tubby,horace andy,rico,Mad professor,the heptones to name a few

 

morgan heritage
beres hammond
eek a mouse (only one mentioned)
shabba ranks
buju banton
sizzla
capleton
steel pulse
burning spear
jah cure
junior reaid
bunny wailer
freddie mcgregor
beenie man
aidonia
mavado
barrington levy
israel vibration
luciano
lady saw
elephant man
bounty killa
cocoa tea
i-wayne
matisyahu

 

i like the reggae Bad Brains does. even though they're really more of a hardcore band, they're actually really talented reggae musicians.

 

[sorry, i posted this in another thread, but it works here too]

you should get a couple of good compilations, you not only get to hear a bunch of different artists, but if the comps are from different producers you'll get to learn a little bit about their sounds as well

the producer is sometimes just as important as the artist, compare 'heart of the congos' with any of their other releases for example

 

Groundation
Midnite
Burning Spear
Bunny Wailer
Don Carlos
Israel Vibrations
Apple Gabriel

 

one of these days someone should make a sticky for this question, it gets asked a lot

just a list of classic roots albums/re-issues/comps for newbies who like marley

no digital, not too many deejays, not too much dub

abyssinians - satta massagana
black uhuru - black sounds of freedom
burning spear - marcus garvey
cornell campbell - i shall not remove
culture - two sevens clash
dennis brown - the promised land / words of wisdom
gladiators - trenchtown mix up
gregory isaacs - cool ruler / soon forward
horace andy - good vibes
hugh mundell - africa must be free by 1983
jacob miller - who say jah no dread
joe gibbs & errol thompson - the mighty two
johnny clarke - dreader dread
lee perry - arkology
linval thompson - ride on dreadlocks
max romeo - war in a babylon
meditations - deeper roots
mighty diamonds - go seek your rights
steel pulse - handsworth revolution
studio one kings
sugar minott - black roots
twinkle brothers - rasta pon top
wailing souls - inchpinchers
wayne wade - black is our color
viceroys - consider yourself
yabby you - conquering lion

something like that . . .

 

giant panda guerilla dub squad
they put on a great show