Recent Contemporary Reggae Releases

  • The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology
    Dennis Bovell
    The Dubmaster: The Essential Antholo …
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    This 38-track anthology compilation culls material from 50 years of wide-ranging material from this reggae and dub innovator.
    - Fred Thomas
  • Solid Gold U-Roy
    U-Roy
    Solid Gold U-Roy
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    Completed shortly before his death, the final album from this dancehall legend revisits multiple reggae classics with assistance from an all-star cast of guests.
    - Fred Thomas
  • Got to Be Tough
    Toots & the Maytals
    Got to Be Tough
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    Tough, emphatic grooves give the reggae legend the encouragement to deliver some of his best vocal performances in decades.
    - Mark Deming
  • In Search of Lost Time
    Protoje
    In Search of Lost Time
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    Adventurous production and excited, inspired collaborations make for one of this reggae singer's most colorful and progressive albums.
    - Fred Thomas
Steel Pulse
Sound System: The Island Anthology
Ultimate Collection
UB40

Reggae » Contemporary Reggae

Contemporary Reggae is not as raw or vital as the pioneering reggae from the '70s, nor is it as slick as pop reggae. Instead, it falls somewhere between the two, adhering to many of the traditions developed by the '70s trailblazers, but using slick, professional production techniques that mark the recordings as products of their time.

Contemporary Reggae Artists Highlights

Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse
UB40
UB40
Alpha Blondy
Alpha Blondy
Bounty Killer
Bounty Killer
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley
Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest

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Contemporary Reggae Album Highlights

Sound System: The Island Anthology
Steel Pulse
Sound System: The Island ...
Ultimate Collection
Third World
Ultimate Collection
Killer on the Rampage
Eddy Grant
Killer on the Rampage
Midnite Lover
Shaggy
Midnite Lover
Labour of Love
UB40
Labour of Love
The Best of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers (1988-1993)
Ziggy Marley & the Melody ...
The Best of Ziggy Marley & ...

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Contemporary Reggae Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
Bad Boys
Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Close to You
Gary Benson / Maxi Priest / Winston Sela
Maxi Priest
Red, Red Wine
Neil Diamond
UB40
Here Comes the Hotstepper
Ini Kamoze / Chris Kenner / Kenton Nix / Salaam Remi
Ini Kamoze
Tomorrow People
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Boombastic
Orville Burrell / King Floyd III / Robert Livingston
Shaggy
Final Assassin
Clifton Bailey / Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson
Capleton
Caught You Dancing
David Hinds
Steel Pulse
Living Dangerously
Danny Axeman / Donald Dennis / Sly Dunbar / Dean Fraser / Barrington Levy / Rodney Price / Winston Sela
Bounty Killer / Barrington Levy
Natty Dread
Aston Barrett / Allen Cole
Inner Circle / Jacob Miller

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