Classic reggae
Will Hermes, Spin, April 2003
With rock'n'roll in an early-'70s hangover, what could've been more welcome than Third World soul at foot-massage tempos advocating cultural revolution and spliff-smoking? Coming after late-'60s ska and before the '80s dancehall digi-boom, these bass-heavy roots records certified Jamaica as the loudest island on earth, Manhattan notwithstanding
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