I am not really qualified to do this, because I have lots to learn about reggae and the great artists of the past. But in honor of JA's 50th anniversary of Independence, I'll stick my neck out and take a shot. It's almost a conglomeration of who I think are the best and who I like the most. (To disambiguate a little I offer my top personal favs that I like to listen to at the end). [I leave out Jr. Gong, Sizzla, Capleton, Buju, etc who might be thought more in the dancehall style and/or I don't know how to rank them]
1. Bob Marley & Wailers
2. Peter Tosh
3. Garnett Silk
4. Jacob Miller
5. Burning Spear
6. Dennis Brown
7. Johnny Clarke
8. Luciano
9. Freddy McGregor
10. Gregory Isaacs
11. Third World
12. Bushman
13. Linval Thompson
14. Tony Rebel
15. Augustus Pablo
16. Bunny
17. Mighty Diamonds
18. Jr. Kelly
19. Jah Mason
20. Anthony B
21. Culture
22. Israel Vibration
23. Don Carlos
24. Sugar Minott
25. Everton Blender
26. Morgan Heritage
27. John Holt
28. Black Uhuru
29. Wailing Souls
30. Richie Spice
31. Ziggy & MM
32. Ky-Mani
33. Stephen Marley
34. Beres Hammond
35. Gyptian
36. Coco Tea
37. Barrington Levy
38. Natural Black
39. Steel Pulse
40. Pablo Moses
41. Horace Andy
42. Big Youth
43. Gladiators
44. Jr. Byles
45. Jimmy Cliff
46. Aswad
47. Abyssinians
48. Ethiopians
49. Toots and Maytals
50 (tie) Itals and Sly & Robbie
My personal favorites to listen to:
1 Bob
2 Dennis Brown
3 Freddy Mac
4 Spear
5 Luci
6 Bushman
7 Linval Thompson
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8 Johnny Clarke
9 Jr. Kelly
10 Everton Blender
11 Richie Spice
12 Third World
13 Tony Rebel
14 Augutus Pablo
15 Sugar Minott
16 Israel Vibration
bless up!
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I don't know the music of Inner Circle apart from jacob Miller and Miller did his best work with Augustus Pablo--Who Say Jah No Dread has to be top 10 or maybe top 5 all time non-Marley roots albums. Places JM into the super-elite category of immortals. I don't know Nasio... thanks for the tip, I will investigate the music of both IC and Nasio! bless
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I don't know the music of Inner Circle apart from jacob Miller and Miller did his best work with Augustus Pablo--Who Say Jah No Dread has to be top 10 or maybe top 5 all time non-Marley roots albums. Places JM into the super-elite category of immortals. I don't know Nasio... thanks for the tip, I will investigate the music of both IC and Nasio! bless
Yes nasio is an artist fromdominica island nice reggae roots music listen something from youtube!!
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Re: My top 50 roots artists of all time
Alpha Blondy is not a Jamaican, but nowadays I would say he is the one who best represents reggae music coming from Africa. French reggae fans use to like Tiken Jah Fakoly a lot, and I would say some of them consider him to be greater than Alpha Blondy. For me it's relevant to see Marley's sons included in the list and not names like Joe Higgs. I'm sure people like Werner would include him in the top 10!
I was leaving Damian Jr. Gong off this list as arguably more of a dancehall artist... that may not be quite correct but I haven't really gotten into him yet. I saw him in Negril in '95 or '96 and you knew then he was going to be big... I really need to listen to all the Marley kids more!
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