Reggae 4 Babies, Vol. 1

Reggae 4 Babies, Vol. 1

    1. The Paragon The Tide Is High

    2. Desmond Dekker Israelites

    3. The Pioneers Long Shot Kick De Bucket

    4. The Melodians Rivers of Babylon

    5. Jimmy Cliff Many Rivers To Cross

    6. Toots & The Maytals 54-46 Was My Number

    7. Peter Tosh Legalize It

    8. Burning Spear Marcus Garvey

    9. The Congos Fisherman

    10. Junior Murvin Police & Thieves

    11. Max Romeo & The Upsetters Chase The Devil

    12. Lee “Scratch” Perry Disco Devil

    13. Bunny Wailer Dreamland

    14. Bob Marley & The Wailers Three Little Birds

    15. Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking

    16. Burning Spear Hail H.I.M.

    17. Bob Marley & The Wailers Could You Be Loved

    18. Gregory Isaacs Night Nurse

    19. Alpha Blondy Brigadier Sabari

    20. Steel Pulse Handsworth Revolution

  • Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.

    While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady.

    It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.

    Reggae is deeply linked to Rastafari, an Afrocentric religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, aiming at promoting pan-Africanism.

    The bass sound in reggae is thick and heavy, and equalized so the upper frequencies are removed and the lower frequencies emphasized.

    Reggae is noted for its tradition of social criticism and religion in its lyrics, although many reggae songs discuss lighter, more personal subjects, such as love and socializing.

    Reggae has spread to many countries around the world, often incorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres.