Most Underrated Reggae Artists?
Jsetes
by certain music industries).....
Anyone care to mention a few of their "Reggae favorites" who haven't seen a big
enough "Big Up" as of yet?
Here's my top 5:
1) Admiral Tibet
2) Vivian Jones
3) Keith Poppin
4) Ras Michael
5) Coco Tea
kd
-Prince Alla
-Earl Zero
-Pluto
-Milton Henry
-Sonia Able(Marla)
-Superblack
-Mikey General
-Derrick Harriot
-Tony Tuff
-Delano Stewart
-Ernie Smith
-Prince Lincoln(deceased)
-Della Grant
-Winston Francis
-Linval Thompson
DJ's:
-Lord Sassafrass
-General Trees
-Major Worries(deceased)
Players of Instruments:
-Vince Black
- Pablove Black
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Ras Mikael Enoch
Most under-rated ?
Jamaican musicians, REAL Jamaicans.
Any artist that the white syndicate doesn't like.
Their charts and their awards are one big scandalous fraud,
and for so very long.
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JJerfree
appreciated and rated very high -- they have all been subjects of tons of
compilations, reissues, etc....I think that is the point of the original post.
Underated DJs:
1. Major Worries
2. Papa San
3. Cobra
4.Terror Fabulous (lyrics galore)
5. Hawkeye
Underated Singers
1. Thriller U
2. Al Campbell
3. Courtney Melody
4. Nitty Gritty
DJ Purfiya
1. Kid Kurup
2. Hawkeye
3.Loogaman
4.Cobra
5. Asassin
ras adam simeon
Visionaires
Dan Hutson and the Seers
women of reggae
ras adam simeon
yes I second that. i rate this under-rated singer
Robert S
Arto Airio
Errol Dunkley
Ronnie Davis
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Papa Andy
people think he's just another reggae artist
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer are underrated also
if you mean obscure artists worthy of more attention I'd name
Benjamin Zephaniah
Ijahman
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Tim
than any of my friends (who listen to more reggae than most people) and I
hadn't heard of Garnet Silk until i started reading RMR 2-3 years ago. He
has had retrospective and tribute albums, but I still don't think he has
been exposed at a level proportionate to what his talents were.
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>
>I wouldn't call Freddie underrated... but I would nominate Winston
>Jarrett.
Yes, Winston Jarrett is a good choice...based on what my friends told me a few
years ago at SNWMF...At that time, you were forced to make a choice between
Prince Buster or Jarrett, being on two different stages at the same time...I
chose Buster but all my friends who came back from the Jarrett performance said
it was awesome.
Pablo Moses is very underrated as well.
john
souljah
<playiso...@email.com> wrote:
>Here at rmr the most underrated artist is Bob Marley
>people think he's just another reggae artist
>Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer are underrated also
>
>if you mean obscure artists worthy of more attention I'd name
>
>Benjamin Zephaniah
>Ijahman
>
>
>A
I think, in reggae in general and possibly also in rmr, Bob Marley is
overrated, to some extent even at the expense of Peter Tosh and Bunny
Wailer. But please don't forget that Bob Marley may have been crucial
in bringing reggae to the world, but had already lost some of his JA
audience to dancehall (e.g. Yellowman) when he was still alive.
Take care,
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Playing: it's Dancehall time ;-)
Before - Greensleeves Rhythm Album #10 Tixx/Blaze
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #08 Highway
Now - Greensleeves Rhythm Album #07 Lightning
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #06 Latino/Boasy Gal
Later - Dennis Alcapone - Forever Version (Studio One)
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #05 Punanny
Papa Andy
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<playiso...@email.com> wrote:
>you prove my point
>
>A
And dispel it at the same time;-)
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Playing: it's Dancehall time ;-)
Before - Dennis Alcapone - Forever Version (Studio One)
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #05 Punanny
Now - Greensleeves Rhythm Album #04 Volume
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #03 Doorslam
Later - Greensleeves Rhythm Album #02 Virus
- Greensleeves Rhythm Album #01 Bellyas
Tom
Earl Sixteen.
Such a sweet voice, getting better year by year by year (or is it just
because I "discovered" Earl Sixteen just recently?)
Tom.
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Johnny Clarke--this brother has some magnificent music and voice is brilliant
Justin Hinds--Another distinctive voice of JA, defined the 70s
Eric Donaldson-Cherry Oh Baby wasn't his only charter
Hugh Mundell--one of a kind
Albert Griffiths--Long time, we no have no nice time! He is a good singer.
Junior Marvin--just didn't have a chance to go beyond JA/UK
Alton Ellis--Though a staple in JA, he is so greatly under appreciated.
Bim Sherman--beautiful
Don Carlos--Smoothe Operator
Junior Byles--The thanks he gets?
Little Roy-- Prophesy is so on time right now
Sugar Minott--Herbman hustling, all around great talent
Winston Jarrett--obscure to many
**There are too many that can fit here
Groups
Kool Roots
The Heptones
The Chantells
The Ethiopians
**Too many to mention here
DJs
I Roy--he is so slept on. Crucial DJ
Jazzbo-the ultimate rival
Alimantado--surely the 70s would not have been the same w/o him
Sister Carol--really under rated. She's awesome
Modern
Anthony B
Midnite--though not out of JA, they just crucial ok!
Gentleman--got a likkle roots in him
Spragga Benz--cool yout
Rdawta
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just a few
Bim Sherman (I feel like I am answering for Jah Bill here)
Vivian Jones
the Gaylads
Peter Broggs
Junior Delgado
George Nooks (and lump him in as Prince Mohammed in the DJ list)
Michael Prophet
DJ:
Dennis Alcapone (got respect in his day, but today???)
Jah Stitch (although the B&F CD did help on that score)
Briggy
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much respect,
Crystal
so ro
DELROY WILSON
ronnie davis
freddie mckay
fiona robinson
sister carol
robert french
silvertones
terry ganzie
gene rondo
the tamlins
militant barry
plus x-amount more...
Steve Sanders
> who's underrated, on this board?
>
> militant barry
For years I've been talking about these guys but nobody except you has ever responded!
BIG UP
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RDonnart
<playiso...@email.com>a écrit :
>Benjamin Zephaniah
hardly obscure in england, if i'm correct !
RDonnart
<tbro...@mindspring.com>a écrit :
speaking of garnett silk :
>He
>has had retrospective and tribute albums, but I still don't think he has
>been exposed at a level proportionate to what his talents were.
culture artists and guys who changed paths, like buju, luciano, capleton, who
all are more famous than garnett ?
not sure.
as for under-rated singers, here are a few : tibbet (pretty obvious), uton
green, peter hunnigale, lloyd brown, sylvia tella, dawna lee (and several other
UK singers, basically because they are not yardies, i guess), paul elliott,
osmond collins,ARCHIE WONDER, iya shanti, twiggy, nadine sutherland,
chico(well, he's a sing-jay).
dj's now : lui lepke, early b, prez brown, degree
from other periods, i'd say the kingstonians, bruce ruffin, carl dawkins, roy
shirley, lloyd charmers, prince lincoln, the in crowd...so many !
sugar minnott is also one, in a way, though his complaining about his lack of
recognition , on stage can get a little tedious.
in a way, justin hinds is also very underrated, given the very limited number
of lame tunes he's ever recorded (if one !), same for desmond dekker, who is
extremely neglected outside of the UK and out of the ska/skinhead scenes.
when coming to the ska scene, there are heaps of underrated bands, for the
obvious fact that most of this ng people are from the US, i'll only mention
Pressure Cooker (boston) and the Slackers (ny, who are as brilliant live as
they are in the studio, check them if you ever have the opportunity, even more
so if they play with glen adams).
come to think of it, there are lots of artists who will remain below the cult
status just because they don't sing in patwa or english, but that's another
matter.
basically, i guess reggae music (and the connected musical genres) will remain
a land where there are many more great artists than what the bigger names would
suggest.
actually, even a guy like wayne wonder, who remained a dark horse for most of
his career, is now able to reap some well-deserved recognition abroad, though
his new album can't compare with his Da Vibe album.
kimbo
Admiral Tibet (Even his name is never spelt the same way)
Daddy Screw
Glen Ricks
Sluggy Ranks (He can really sing)
Terry Ganzie
Kimbo
JJerfree
What other tunes does he have? The only 7" I have is "Fists of Fire" b/w "Take
a bow" -- its a pretty wicked single, but I have not heard anything else from
the man
JJerfree
I love Terry Ganzie's gunman/western style lyrics..."When The Sun Goes Down"
"Murder" "Nuff Reward" "Welcome The Outlaw" "Texas Ride" "Wanted Outlaw"...and
then it seemed he had this transistion into cultural lyrics with tunes like "So
Long" and some other Nyabinghi type shit and then he went totally downhill
recording just terrible tunes like "Water"...and now he's a born again...which
unfortunately equals crappy music.
Andy C
BB Seaton
so ro
> << militant barry >>
>
>
> What other tunes does he have? The only 7" I have is "Fists of Fire"
LPs
Green Valley (Keith Hudson business... heavy)
Militant Style (Jr. Ross/Spears/T. Zukie business... maybe some Hudson
too.. also heavy)
more singles too
a wicked 12": Gene Rondo/Militant Barry - Jah Jah Worker/Natty Dread
Supreme (Burning Sounds)
peace
solid.
Ralph Banks
--Ralph.