Top 5 non reggae albums

[IrieMystic]

poncho is the man

[Jah Rumble]

I have every album the man ever made....His rhythm section (The Banda Brothers) are playing a show in San Diego Nov. 1st at the Balboa park museum of art. It's going to be big time.

Rumble

big up 619
(Merriman in innocent)

[IrieMystic]

hopefully im able to check it out miss alot of shows been busy

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[not given]

deltron -3030
nirvana - unplugged
r.l burnside - come on in
soul 2 soul - club classics
arrestd developement - 3 years 5 months 2 days

however... top 5 is hard to choose of any genre they would be in top 25 somewhere ...definately

junoir murvin - police and thieves
peter metro - no problem
tappa zukie - earth running
luciano -messenger
lee perry -black ark experryments

[Taco B]

Yeah, a top 5 is hard to choose.

Some more non-reggae favorites:

Trouble Funk - Saturday Night (Live from Washington, D.C.)
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Millie Jackson - Live and uncensored
A Tribe called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Jill Scott - Who is Jill Scott?

[Sergio619]

off the top of my head...here are some albums that had an impact on me. five is too few !

wu tang clan - wu chronicles chapters 1 and 2
eminem - slim shady lp
nas - stillmatic
deltron 3030
the pharcyde - bizarre ride II
rza - as bobby digital (both 1 & 2)
gza - liquid swords
gravediggaz - 6 feet deep

[pf]

just a few, there are too many:

Miles Davis:"Doo bop"
Dhol Foundation:"Big Drum, Small World"
Salif Keita: "Papa", "Moffou"
Housemartins:"The people who grinned themselves to death"
Snowboy:"Beyond the Snowstorm"
Capercaillie: "Nádurra"
Orchestra Baobab: "Pirates Choice"
Bebo Valdés: El Solar de Bebo

[Mancuban]

Earth Wind & Fire - Powerlight
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Horace Silver - Cape Verdean Blues
Family Stand - Connected
Stan Getz - Apasionado

And as a back up....
De La Soul - Mosaic Thump

[Snow Leopard]

Throwing Muses - Hunkpapa
Kristen Hersh - Strange Angels
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Cocteau Twins - Garlands
The Fall - Live in Nottingham

I know, indie - shocking!

Purrs

[nkwazi strandloper]

As I tink Roots exists through its cultural connection to Afrika and Jazz its musical foundation here my selection,even though 5 is tight
1.Mulatu Astatqe
2.Thomas Mapfumo
3.Fela Kuti
4.Dudu Pukwana
5.Orchestra Baobab
Greentings Kwaz