Recently, I found myself craving some island flavor. And the best way I could figure to do that would be to listen to some good reggae music. I also noticed an appalling lack of representation of the genre on this blog over the past...well, forever, actually. So I enlisted the help of my friend Eric Murphy, a diehard reggae fan, to pick some of his favorite tunes/artists (all of which are included in this set), and added a lot more on my own that I liked and/or discovered along the way. The result is a 50-song collection (split up into two posts) of smooth jams that I had lots of fun compiling. I hope you'll enjoy them, too! ~ JH
1) Chronixx ~ "Smile Jamaica"
2) New Kingston ~ "Life"
3) Tribal Seeds ~ "Moonlight"
4) Stephen Marley ft. Capleton & Sizzla ~ "Rock Stone"
5) Sister Nancy ~ "Bam Bam"
6) Tarrus Riley ~ "She's Royal"
7) Peter Tosh ~ "Downpressor Man"
8) Eek-A-Mouse ~ "Rude Boy Jamaican"
9) Buju Banton ~ "Murderer"
10) Kabaka Pyramid ~ "Worldwide Love"
11) Protoje ft. Chronixx ~ "Who Knows"
12) Freddie McGregor ~ "Push Comes To Shove"
13) The Abyssinians ~ "Satta Massagana"
14) Johnny Clarke ~ "Warrior"
15) Bob Marley ~ "No Woman, No Cry"
16) Sara Lugo ft. Protoje ~ "Really Like You" (This is a fairly "poppy" reggae song, but it technically qualifies and I like it, so it's here.)
17) Burning Spear ~ "Slavery Days"
18) Dennis Brown ~ "Rocking Time"
19) Max Romeo ~ "Chase The Devil"
20) Tanya Stephens ft. Sanjay ~ "Corners Of My Mind"
21) Gregory Isaacs ~ "Tune In"
22) Lady G ~ "'Nuff Respect"
23) Inner Circle ft. Junior Reid ~ "Blood-A-Run"
24) Chaka Demus & Pliers ~ "Murder She Wrote"
25) Shabba Ranks ~ "Ting-A-Ling"
