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These are albums that I have reviewed that I found to be pleasant surprises, one that tend to be overlooked and/or underrated.

Ababa: Roots & Culture
Abijah: Abijah
Abja: Inna Red I Hour
African Brothers: Want Some Freedom
African Head Charge
: Songs of Praise
Akshan: Time for Akshan
Alton Ellis: Valley of Decision
Alpha Rowen: The Teacher
Anthony Johnson: Togetherness
Audrey Gordon: Still Waiting
Audrey Scott: Step By Step
Bambu Station: One Day
Bare Essentials: No Loafin
Barefoot Poets: One House Music
Benaiah: Time Eternal
Biblical: Inborn Precepts
Billy Boyo: Zim Zim
Bishob Meets Manjul: Get Up and Try
Black Roots: On the Frontline
Black Slate: Amigo: The Best of Black Slate
Born Jamericans: Kids From Foreign
Brent Berry: Inland
Bunny Wailer: Rootsman Skanking
Burning Spear: Mistress Music
Cañaman: Fronteras
Cannons: Life Elements Vision
Cedric Brooks: Cedric Im Brooks and the Light of Saba
Chantells: Children of Jah
Christafari: Word Sound & Power
Culture: Lion Rock
Danny I: Unchangeable
David Kirton: Stranger
Delroy Washington: I-Sus
                              Rasta
Dennis Brown: Light My Fire
Deyansa: Holding on to Life
Dezarie: Fya
             Gracious Mama Africa
Doctor Echo: Doctor Echo
Dry & Heavy: Full Contact
Dylan Judah: Dylan Judah
Earl Sixteen: Babylon Walls
Earl "Chinna" Smith: Inna de Yard
Earth & Stone: Kool Roots
Englishman: Wisdom of Steel
FC Apatride Utd: Them
Freddie McGregor: Come on Over
Freedom Fighters: Faya News/No Backward
Gentleman: Journey to Jah
Gigi: We Are Wanted / I Am Wanted
Gladiators: Back to Roots
Glen Washington: Get Next to Me
Gregory Isaacs: Lonely Lover
                         Unlocked
Hopeton Lindo: For Whatever the Reason
Ichamael: Set Times
Identity: All for One
             Identity
Ijahman Levi: Beauty and the Lion
Inner Circle: Bad to the Bone
Instigators: Living Gift
Israel Vibration: Forever
                         Free to Move
Jah Works: Feast or Famine
Jahmali: El Shaddai
             Treasure Box
Jah Man Gang: Yakayo
Jah Mason: Most Royal
                  Never Give Up
Jah Roots: Crucial
                 More Herbs for tha Youth
Jah Servant: Good Soil
Jamal-ski: Roughneck Reality
Jerri Jheto: Let the People Decide
                 Silver & Gold
Jimmy Cliff: Give the People What They Want
                  Give Thankx
                   I Am the Living
Johnny Dread: The Book of Revelations Chapter 1: Vision
JohnStone: Eyes Open
Jus Goodie: Freedom Song
Katt: Chant
Keely B: Zoned Out
Ken Bob: Reggae Rider
Lee "Scratch" Perry:  From the Secret Laboratory
                                Open the Gate
                                Scratch and Company Chapter One
Lenn Hammond: Lenn Hammond
Leroy Brown: Color Barrier
Lightman: Spring Time
Lion Youth: On the Front Line
Little Roy: Tafari Earth Uprising
Lloyd Brown: Deep
Luciano: After All
Luz Mob: Luz Interpretations
Lyn Taitt & The Jets: Hold Me Tight: Anthology 65-73
Maxi Priest: fe Real
Midnite: Jubilees of Zion
             Ras Mek Peace
             Unpolished
Mighty Threes: Africa Shall Stretch for Her Hand
Mikey General: Spiritual Revolution
Misty in Roots: Jah Sees Jah Knows
Musical Youth: Youth of Today
Mute Beat: Mute Beat in Dub
Natural Vibrations: The Circle
Noah House of Dread: Heart
Norris Man: Better Your Soul
Nubian Natty: Nah Go Like Me
Obeyjah: Let Jah Rise
Oku Onuora: Bus Out
                     Pressure Drop
One Foundation: On the Run
Ooklah The Moc: Ites Massive
Ossie Dellimore: Freedom's Journal
Paragons: Heaven & Earth
Patrice: Nile
Peter Broggs: RAS Portraits
Phillip Frazer: Blood of the Saint
Prezident Brown: To Jah Only (Praying for the World)
Prince Alla: Only Love Can Conquer: 1976-1979
Prince Alla & Jr. Ross: I Can Hear the Children Singing: 1975-1978
Prince Lincoln: Humanity
                       True Identity
Prince Malachi: Jah Light
Qshan Dia: Journey
Ras Karbi: Singer of Singers
Ras Michael: Zion Train
Ras Shiloh: Babylon You Doom
Rasites: Urban Regeneration
Rayvon: Hear My Cry
Reasoner: American Dread
                Soon Come
Red Fox: As a Matter of Fox
Rocker T: Hold on Strong
Rod Taylor: Ethiopian Kings: 1975-80
Roland Burrell: Best of Roland Burrell
Root Awakening: Roots Tonic
Roots Radics: Forward Ever, Backwards Never
                      Radically Radics
                      World Peace Three
Sael: Sael & Friends [Collector's Edition]
Scholars Word: How Long
Shalom: Baby I've Got News For You
Shango Band: Give Love
Shocks of Mighty: Two Steps Forward
Sistah Joyce: H.Y.P.O.C.R.I.S.Y.

Sizzla: Blaze Up the Chalwa
          Light of My World
          Speak of Jah
Sky High & The Mau Mau: African Vengeance
Soldiers of Jah Army: Get Wiser
                                  Peace in a Time of War
Soul Majestic: Until That Day
Soul Syndicate: Harvest Uptown, Famine Downtown
Steele: Uncorrupted
Sugar Black: Black Attack
Sugar Minott: Run Things
Survivalist: The Art of Survival
Taj Weekes & Adowa: Deidem
                                    Hope & Doubt
Takana Zion: Zion Prophet
Tami Graves: Desolately Different
10 Ft. Ganja Plant: Midnight Landing
Tetrack: Let's Get Started
Trumystic: Dub Power
Twiggi: Twiggi
Twinkle Brothers: All the Hits: 1970-1988
Typical Hawaiians: Keep It Together
Tyrone Taylor: Reggae Max
Undivided Roots: Undivided Roots
Upsetters: Build the Ark
Various: Chant a Prayer
             
Cool Ragga Mix
              Dub Xperience: The Dread Operators
              The Heat Is On
              Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions Presents Roots Combination
              Hip-Hop Reggae
              Intimate Lovers Volume 1
              New Era Reggae
              NYC Badmen
              Reggae Africa
              Reggae Hits Volume 25
              Reggae Hits Volume 26
              Remix Extravaganza
              Roots Rasta Party
              Ruff Cutt in Roots
              Rush Dem
              Selectors Choice
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 1
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 2
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 3
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 4
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 5
              The Serious Reggae Album Volume 6
              Sounds and Pressure Volume 3
              Sounds & Pressure Volume 4
              Spliff Relief
              Strictly Ragga
              Tales From the Dancehall
              Talkin' Roots Volume 1
              21st Century Dub
              Vault Classics Volume 2
              Viva la Rasta
              Wackies Sampler Volume 1
Vegitation: From the Garden
Wailing Souls: Souvenir From Jamaica
Wareika Hills: Love Heights
Wayne Wonder: Da Vibe
Wet City Rockers: Wet City Rockers
Winston McAnuff: Pick Hits to Click
                             What a Man a Deal With?
Yahadanai: One Atonement

Zeno: On the Road
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers: Joy & Blues
Zion Judah: Divine Creation

 

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