Skinheads were responsible for making reggae popular. Crazy though this sounds, it’s actually true. Let’s take a peek into the past and see exactly how a genre of music originating from an island in the Carribean became a world phenomenon.

Reggae Download Sites

Various Artists - Straight To Babylon Chest. Live And Love LP 1976. This album is made up of some talented DJ's from Jamaica, such as Prince Jazzbo, I Roy, Jah Youth, Dr. Alimantado, Jah Stitch and Derrick Morgan. The artist on the cover is of course Dr. Alimantado and not Jah Stitch. It is Jah Stitch who's on the cover of the 'Dread Locks In. Fans of World Boss Vybz Kartel will appreciate the latest DJ Treasure mixtape titled “Vybz Kartel Dancehal Mix 2021” dedicated entirely to the Gaza General. This is a non stop dancehall mixtape featuring the hottest Vybz Kartel’s anthems and hit songs released in 2021. Quinta-feira, 22 de abril de 2021. DENNIS BROWN - Tribulation Times. Faixas: 01 - Smile Like An Angel. 02 - Poor Side Of Town. 03 - Money In My Pocket (Original Jamaican Version) 04 - This World Is Troubled. 05 - Silverwords.

Boss Reggae Download Blogspot Music

Sure, reggae was massive in Jamaica – no-one can deny that. Outside of its home, it was little more than a curio – so called “race” or “minority” music. You see, record labels were consciously marketing different genres to black audiences and white audiences. And “black” music didn’t get the promotion and airtime that “white” music got.

This all changed in 1969. As skinhead culture has spread to every corner of Great Britain, sales of reggae records sky-rocketed. Hundreds of thousands of copies were being sold to youths anxious to get a hold of the latests sounds -in spite of basically non-existent advertising. It was only a matter of time before reggae burst from its obscurity and into the charts. Finally, the first ever record to become a #1 hit outside of Jamaica topped the charts – Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites”.

Desmond Dekker – “Israelites” (Pyramid, 1969)

To be sure, this record’s themes of slavery and suffering prefigured the wave of Rastafarian roots reggae which was to become widely popular in the 1970s. In the meantime, groups of mostly-white short-haired youths were essentially the only reggae fans around. This song – a skinhead anthem to this day – is a testament to that.