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Which non Jamaican reggae artists bands do you like?

I've been listening to a lot of Tiken Jah Fakoly from France quite a bit recently, he's got a great voice.

An even better singer for me though is Alpha Blondy and if you haven't heard it, I'd strongly recommend his album 'Jerusalem'.

You can hear the complete album here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IS7K9Pi35I

Tiken Jah Fakoly - Soungourouba


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eIS6Txjtdo

Alpha Blondy - Kalachnikov love


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4y9I8OmSow

I still love all of Alpha's albums from the 80s and early 90s.

Tiken's music's great too. It just sounds a little... I don't know, too new for me or something. Kinda stuipid, I know, but it's just my taste I guess.

Yeah, like you say it's a matter of taste.

Dry & Heavy from Japan have made some nice tracks (see below), but some of their other stuff is not to my taste. Their lead singer Likkle Mai is so cute


Kick the bong around is superb


Say no More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXUG-XjCOKg

Kick the bong around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMaUwYk-TXo


Radikal Star


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYd6ElKi488

Right Trak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL2XPTWvFjQ

Silent Drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhqM-gXcKsg

Still Silent (dub version of silent drive)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl_c9E2seKA

The dog and the chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuZbRDBxsUs

Ras Natty Baby

when i hear this song by Tiken Jah Fakoly i say this is the real thing!

"plus jamais ça" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9FrOlASWkA

and the lyrics are militant (the ones in french that i can ovastand)! over this strong heavyweight riddim

french productions getting pretty popular
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cn4PcEixEI

Congo Bunny wrote:Ras Natty Baby

What a surprise to see Ras Natty Baby mentioned on this forum!
But i prefer Kaya & Racinetatane for Seggae Music.