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Rock's Fiery Jamaican Connection

Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 11 November 1979

REGGAE MUSIC was widely tabbed as pop's Next Big Thing five years ago. With fiery lyrics of social protest wedded to a catchy dance rhythm, reggae offered a potent antidote to the blandness of rock.

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