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Yes I, as Matthew said....
Check out Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus.
Very spiritual, very religous, very nyahbinghi!

Also as Jahganja7 says....
Ijahman....

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As suggested before the Abyssinians, Ras Michael and Yabby You have a strong, but moderate, religious bend, in my view, meditative, reflective view on god/highbeing and humandhood while more modern reggae acts like Sizzla, Capleton and other turbaned fyhah bun guys, who have a holier than thou taliban, tell you what you have to do, attitude, which is bordering on sectarism do seriously get on my tits.

I may not be very clear, here, but, as much as I like reggae, I've always been scared by the sectarian attitude of some of its voices and the request for some "religious reggae" triggered the above reaction...

What I mean is: I appreciate what a true religion feeling might bring to a song, a more heartfelt vibration, something that you feel is inspired by a higher being (think Satta Masagana) but then a large number of modern reggae acts/songs have turned to ludicrous sectarianism that might be scary if you did not know this trend was actually (at least partly) triggered by wanna-be rastafarians.

(Which is why, as a side note, I now most enjoy the careless rub-a-dub.)

Misty in Roots, My Friends.
Check their live LP + their first Studio-Album (the Wise & the foolish) + Roots-Controller has also some great tracks on it (fe. True Rasta, Dancehall Babylon,...)

Peace & Jah Guidance

@ Selecta, good call on Psalms For I! First thing that popped into my head...

That being said, I'd recommend (none of these are 100% religious, but they're very close to being):

Philip Frazer's Come Ethiopians

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Also, Aisha's albums True Roots or High Priestess, if you like your roots with a more modern electronic style (courtesy of Mad Professor, so how could you go wrong...)

Willie Williams with his "Messenger Man" LP
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is widely spiritual.
"Give Jah Praise" is an incredible song. One deep prayer.

Ites!

Zion Gates wrote:Jah Titus wrote :Hey man! Wat do yu mean wid "religious"?


you know, talk about the bible, their spirituality, their devotion to Jah. all of it

Some Rasta People tink ina religious way but I&I nuh seh so becas "religion" is a perilous an confused word. Yu talk bout Holy Bible, spirituality an JAH - then yu a talking bout ROOTS RASTA TING an therefore of nuff nuff tings like absolutely corner stone stuff quoted here already: Yabby U, The Abyssinians, Prince Far I an so on, yunno. Then yu hav NYAHBINGHI. I&I recommend yu a recording called "Churchical Chants Of The Nyahbinghi" http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3003 PURE RASTAFARI!!!

JAH BLESS

Ites!

Alhazred wrote:As suggested before the Abyssinians, Ras Michael and Yabby You have a strong, but moderate, religious bend, in my view, meditative, reflective view on god/highbeing and humandhood while more modern reggae acts like Sizzla, Capleton and other turbaned fyhah bun guys, who have a holier than thou taliban, tell you what you have to do, attitude, which is bordering on sectarism do seriously get on my tits.

I may not be very clear, here, but, as much as I like reggae, I've always been scared by the sectarian attitude of some of its voices and the request for some "religious reggae" triggered the above reaction...

What I mean is: I appreciate what a true religion feeling might bring to a song, a more heartfelt vibration, something that you feel is inspired by a higher being (think Satta Masagana) but then a large number of modern reggae acts/songs have turned to ludicrous sectarianism that might be scary if you did not know this trend was actually (at least partly) triggered by wanna-be rastafarians.

(Which is why, as a side note, I now most enjoy the careless rub-a-dub.)

Mi nuh a striktly Bobo follower an neither nuff identify I-self wid Sizzla an other Bobo-influenced people but tink exists predisposition to judge Bobo order wid frivolity. Inna music´s world there´s Bobo-influenced artists dat contribute gud tings. Your comments seem nuff reactionaries becas mi understand yu waan seh capitalism/west mentality is gud an all dat upset its control is bad. Also yu seem intolerant wid who wear turban.
Bobo Ashanti nuh hav nuh noticeable link wid talibanism. Really do yu tink dat yankeeland & coke-c**a empire giv betta tings to de world dan talibanism do? Only open your eyes an si. At least Bobo camps resist nuff against babylon shitstem. Ina same way yu talk bout "sects" as battycan do. Yeah man, babylon a de biggest sect


MASSIVE RESPECT

BLESS

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Jah Titus wrote:Ites!

Mi nuh a striktly Bobo follower an neither nuff identify I-self wid Sizzla an other Bobo-influenced people but tink exists predisposition to judge Bobo order wid frivolity. Inna music´s world there´s Bobo-influenced artists dat contribute gud tings. Your comments seem nuff reactionaries becas mi understand yu waan seh capitalism/west mentality is gud an all dat upset its control is bad. Also yu seem intolerant wid who wear turban.
Bobo Ashanti nuh hav nuh noticeable link wid talibanism. Really do yu tink dat yankeeland & coke-c**a empire giv betta tings to de world dan talibanism do? Only open your eyes an si. At least Bobo camps resist nuff against babylon shitstem. Ina same way yu talk bout "sects" as battycan do. Yeah man, babylon a de biggest sect

MASSIVE RESPECT

BLESS

I don't discriminate against any Bobo singer/DJ and do check, and appreciate, some of their stuff but the perspective of hearing someone shout what I should or should not do based on their religious beliefs makes me quite selective in my puchase of their works. And the turban they're wearing often is a hint that I should listen before I buy

I never said the American, or European, etc. system was perfect and could not be improved in many ways, some advocated in reggae songs, but the imposing of strict rules due to religion and absolutely wanting to pass these on to other people is extremism to me. Hence, the use of the word taliban because they're the superstars in the genre at the minute.

So, I'm not intolerant to those who wear turbans, just a bit defiant of their musical output when they're from Jamaica and never implied that Bobos were linked to talibans.