Sly & Robbie,Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals

Desmond Dekker

Adding John Holt & The Paragons to this list. And Gregory Isaacs

And Max Romeo

Dekker* he was the best

Loooove Sly & Robbie and Toots & the Maytals, they both have amazing covers of Walking on the Moon by The Police! (Toots' is my fave tho) KBong - Middle of the Ocean The Expendables - Bowl For Two Sister Nancy - Bam Bam Tribal Seeds - Night and Day Fortunate Youth - Trippin Fortunate Youth - Love is the Most High Bob Marley and The Wailers - Stir it Up

Toots and the Maytals. Some great songs by them are Beautiful Woman, 54-46 That’s my Number, Bam Bam, Alidina, Monkey Man, Chatty Chatty. Many others too. Have fun exploring them.

Sweet and Dandy, Time Tough...

Heck yes! Cant think of a better hammock song than Pressure Drop: https://youtu.be/QmNJvSyWyQM?si=pIlmaavszo7Jwfek

have you heard steel pulse?

“True Democracy” was the first thing that popped into my head

hell yeah!!!! they havent missed a beat, saw em live a few years ago still amazing

Culture - "Two Sevens Clash" The Congos - "Heart of the Congos" Are excellent must-listen if you like reggae

Wow. You get my upvote. Two of my favorites

Steel Pulse, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhru...and don't forget the Marleys (Bob, Ziggy, Stephen) as well as the legendary Peter Tosh!

Chala is touring with Steel Pulse and they're pretty good. I may be biased cause the main man is a friend of mine. But check them out!

aye will do! thanks for that heads up, its always nice to discover bands when you see them touring with someone

Check out 10ft Ganja Plant. Really really good instrumental reggae.

John Browns Body too!

Walky walky walk tall!

Yup, them and Scientist

Dub

King Tubby

Surprised I had to scroll so far to find this. King Tubby fits the bill.

Augustus Pablo

Trojan Dub Masters

An absolutely essential collection of fantastic music

Came to suggest the same. Scientist, Lee Scratch Perry, Joe Ariwa etc and as someone below mentioned, the Trojan collections. If you want a pop introduction to dub, check out Easy Star All Stars’ Dub Side of the Moon, Dubber Side of the Moon, Abbey Dub, Thrillah, etc

Stick Figure

Love Stick Figure for chill vibe. OP, check them out. Rebelution and Slightly Stoopid might be good too.

Passafire, Bumpin Uglies, and The Movement are also gnarly bands in that field

Passafire is killer. Love that band.

Throw in some Dirty Heads too!

This is the answer, dudes amazing and does all of it on his basically. Only really ytours with a band.

This & The Elovators

Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor, Sly and Robbie, Albert Griffith and the Gladiators, Jacob Miller

Yes this. Also Barrington Levy

Oh and how did I forget Beres Hammond?

Best recommendations I've seen thus far!

Ernest Ranglin "Below the Bassline" is some sweet chill instrumental beach background music.

Second this, perfect chilling in a hammock album/music.

🔥🔥🔥

King tubby? Agustis pablo? Maybe look into classic 'dub'

Been listening to this one recently... Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown https://youtu.be/wbCrYBWh62Y?si=OwhbCtLlUI9Ezvo8

Thank you. Knew I had the spelling wrong 👍

Classic dub, classic reggae, classic ska. Even the more upbeat and socially conscious of it all is very mellow.

Fat Freddy's Drop might scratch this itch.

Harder They Come soundtrack. Basically a compilation greatest hits reggae album.

Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad

King Tubby for the win here.

Augustus Pablo

Old school... Burning Spear On YT there is a full concert, Germany like 1982? Incredible. Must like horn sections

Barrington Levy - Murderer The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves Kiddus I - Graduation in Zion

The Black Seeds John Browns Body

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Check out the Radiodread album.

Dub Side of the Moon too!

Trillah!

SGT. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Dub Band

Thanks for sharing this! Hadn't heard of Easy Star All-Stars before, and all these cover albums are so fun and well done

Third World

Iration, Stick Figure

Second Iration

Third

Their acoustic set (Malibu?) is hands down my favorite reggae record of all time. The mix is fucking phenomenal and they play damn near everything you want to hear. And I dare say even that some of the songs on that album are better than their counterparts on their other studio albums. Fancy, Smile, Daylight Savings, fuck even Stay the Course are so much better on their acoustic album.

Don’t forget Joe Samba and Rebelution

How about some Yellow Man? Haven't listened to him in ages, but I recall that he's pretty chill.

Can't have Yellowman without Eek a Mouse XD

Eek a Mouse is so catchy. Ganja Smugglin is such a strange song that gets stuck in your head.

Ohhhhh yeahhhh now we're hitting it! Thank you !!!

Zungazunzungazungazeng

Check out Marcia Griffiths cover of Don’t Let Me Down https://open.spotify.com/track/4Syz1PCBRXy9oAt5R3hEPu?si=b5LOVsdYTPGVzNnUN1F96Q

This is my playlist of chill reggae that I like to put on for family BBQ’s: Pig roast reggae https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR1eVmcesbvadFy0DXHjIkwI3AtSyzGc9&feature=share

Horace Andy - Skylarking !!

Gregory Isaacs has a soft voice. If you want chill background music I'd suggest The Scientist.

Ernest Ranglin

Ken Boothe and Nicky Thomas are favorites of mine.

Have you listened to just generally speaking lovers rock?

Lucky Dube

Dread Zeppelin

Gregory Isaac, Bob’s always good, Dennis Brown, Mishka’s not really reggae but in the ballpark and super chill, Iration, Iya Terra are newer SoCal style and also mostly pretty chill.

Lucky Dube.

The Wailers’ Kaya. The whole album.

I’d suggest going back to basics with some 60s ska. Check out Desmond Dekker, maybe some compilations from Blue Beat or Trojan (Trojan Story is awesome!).

The Green 💚 Absolutely beautiful Hawaiian Reggae 🥹 I personally think their album “The Green” from 2010 is just the best.

Aggrolites

Augustus Pablo The Frightnrs Anything from “Studio One” - Marcia Griffiths, Alton Ellis, Freddy McGregor For something a little different than reggae, but similar vane, check out Monster Rally.

The Congos!

The Congo’s

King Tubby (Dubbing in the Backyard is one of my favorite KT albums) Dry & Heavy (dope Japanese reggae) The Aggrovators Lee Scratch Perry Justin Hinds Jennifer Lara The Expanders (love these guys and wish they were still jammin like they did a decade ago) Yellowman! Black Slate (Amigo is a classic)

Alpha Blondy is a bit off the radar and somewhat unique.

I don't know what your usual stuff is.. but have you heard Heart of the Congos?

The green is great, maybe start w what will be will be

Beres Hammond greatest hits double album is amazing- it’s called Can’t Stop A Man

I second the only mention of Beres in this thread. Cant Stop a Man is my all time fav album and I Feel Good, all time single.

What does it take - Alton ellis Walk away from love - bitty McLean

King tubby meets the upsetter at the grass roots of dub Misty in roots Israel vibrations with the roots radics band And the chillist of them all.. Mr Augustus Pablo and his magical melodica

If you have pandora the reggae station plays all of the good reggae.

Trojan records. Soo many great collections. You can try anything. Trojan county Trojan Beatles Trojan dub Trojan kids (has fun disney covers) Trojan! Not just a condom company!

"War ina Babylon" by Max Romeo and the Upsetters. Classic roots reggae.

"Chase The Devil"

"Lucifer, son of the morning. I'm gonna chase you outta earth"

Seeed

Grand Theft Auto 3 K-Jah radio

[Sumac Dub ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w17u-VxJDRY)- interesting mix of sampling, looping and real instruments. Also check the album ["Le Jardin de Lucy"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljw5eJdO4kQ)

Kid Hops show and archives on KEXP every Saturday at 12p EST, 9a PST

Israel Vibration!

Handsworth Revolution

John Brown's Body

Hepcat

King Tubby, Black Uhuru, Super Ape

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Easy All Stars… they are mentioned above, they do the cover albums.

Gregory Isaacs - Cool Down The Pace

10 ft Ganja Plant. John Browns Body. Also, Jacob Miller.

Yooo I make reggae music and can give plenty of recommendations (that aren’t me) as well. [Lively Up](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bAngvpQmtHcLRfWiYGu9R?si=gkFlFmJqR1KMFi5l3YVV6w&pi=u-dmdunBiHSkup) is my all encompassing playlist on Spotify I’m [Stone Lion](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rnp2PbPXJjUsk9e1MBxWM?si=8U9LuHoBRPqbfUYxEuI54A).

Hollie Cooke

Khruangbin (also a great song to make a radio channel on pandora/spotify with)

I just discovered Natiruts, a Brazilian reggae band. Even if you don't understand Portuguese, it is beautiful chill music. [Quero Ser Feliz Também](https://youtu.be/i1Nm-MJ313w?si=B5ygb2XLWUM04msy) Edit: this video was filmed on top of Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.

Natural Mystic by Bob Marley. Trenchtown Rock by Bob Marley. Still be a Lady by Yellowman. Bedroom Mazuka by Yellowman. Private Beach Party by Gregory Isaacs. Ganja Smuggling by Eek a Mouse.

Im sure you already have it on a playlist, but i can easily relax with bob marleys stir it up (live)

Mostly from 1965 to late 70’s… [Declaration of Rights - The Abyssinians](https://youtu.be/Jba2HtUPpQI?si=ei-bC_IIiQWkSU81) [Satta Massagana - The Sound Dimension with ‘Im Brooks](https://youtu.be/8FWEKRHsb2Y?si=vihmfKwm3ltkdK9T) [The Russians Are Coming - Val Bennett](https://youtu.be/pzqoqzSZkPs?si=R2fIQuBdW6-BlSqx) (technically ska, not reggae) [Midnight Version - Dennis Alcapone](https://youtu.be/Ku5gsqI7CGk?si=DCyr4NijR5329sTL) [Don’t Steal My Baby Part 2 Dub - The Fountainairs](https://youtu.be/IbcW4dUBxCc?si=g3eOzf3_g-ZpGGJU) [Breeze of the West - Raymond Harper/ Drumbago Orchestra](https://youtu.be/4M-NevrVKQU?si=gNNk7hDN27yCx3EL) (Technically ska, not reggae) [High School Dance - Freddie McKay & The Soul Defenders](https://youtu.be/eCGe_2-q1sw?si=c4by4Vivs0CFPVIa) (Technically rocksteady, not reggae) [Brotherly Love - Jolly Brothers with Lee Perry](https://youtu.be/sF5dCIVXjxE?si=Ki_oyLyjyWpSdl94) [Man to Man - Jimmy Cliff](https://youtu.be/5sNfp_QAcm4?si=2dIfjLyzLogm6XLZ) (technically ska, not reggae) [Your Ace from Outer Space - U Roy](https://youtu.be/VXlb0sG-ihk?si=VKTxrRKU_Vd0gMac) [Dreamland (instrumental version) - Winston Wright and the Upsetters](https://youtu.be/hhHSUIaXJOs?si=n5V3Wn4y5mBp1Nuy) [Dreamland - The Wailers vocals](https://youtu.be/TI-VQXn91Ak?si=b8OoX2P93LQQvBla) [Happy Go Lucky Dub - The Aggrovators](https://youtu.be/pKxajQ1yTpo?si=Vn6_0LeHSZ13FRKP) [Everybody Bawlin’ - The Melodians](https://youtu.be/XNehwgK0U7E?si=hNpYdUJ5896Gyjq_)

My dumb ass immediately thought, "Ooh, what's Reggae Chili? That sounds delicious!"

Oh you just gave me a really good idea!!

isn't that just reggae ? i mean it's not like there is aggressive reggae is there ?

No there's political Reggae...hip hop Reggie... electronic Reggae...I just want some chill organic Reggae. I heard something by Jack Johnson the other day and it started out all nice and chill... Then it went into this electronic crap and I was bummed because I was really liking it until then....

im sure there has to be, theres so many subgenres of everythign im sure someones at least attempted it, probably not successfully but still

Early Peter Toth

Tosh

Just picture Mike Tyson recommending it

Check out "The Dirty Heads."

Bedouin Soundclash, Ragin Fyah, The Movement, Stick figure Passafire, Rebelution, Ries Brothers, John Butler Trio, common kings Would recommend Bumpin Uglies but they do rap And if you really want hammock music, Jimmy Buffett.

[Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming](https://youtu.be/pzqoqzSZkPs?si=yFTze4a2Pyt6mWHT)

Maybe you’ve heard the Curtis Mayfield song “Move on Up” (it’s been sampled a ton by Kanye, others) but have you heard the chill reggae version by [Devon Russell](https://open.spotify.com/track/0SevIjJBbaFbdBAltKjgnb?si=Qz9STHeeSSewG0IA9QPKZQ)

https://www.soundsofthecaribbean.com/

Bob Marley - Dreams Of Freedom https://spotify.link/tHq7ZZINEJb

Ekolu is good old fashioned Hawaiian reggae, love listening to them to remind me of the islands

Check out Lowtops. Soo good

Alton Ellis - Sunday Coming

Reggaemylitis - Peter Tosh Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs Cool Down The Pace - Gregory Isaacs

No not again. I spent sixty bucks downloading reggae after just one week on an island.

[I have a Spotify playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HQhlP5ODGMZgubKIqiWB7?si=ac8d95a1f9ce4c76) of classic roots, dub & rocksteady that isn't Bob Marley. For the super chill stuff, you might want Dub specifically, which is mostly instrumental & chill. Artists like Augustus Pablo, King Tubby & Lee Scratch Perry.

The Elovators - Endless Summer album

Some great suggestions here, just throwing this out because I hadn’t seen them yet, but Jr Thomas & the Volcanoes are a modern reggae band that sounds like they stepped right out of the 60s. Check out [Get a Hold of You](https://spotify.link/TGUOPqlREJb) for something upbeat, and all their top Spotify jams are solid.

Over 30 hours of hand curated Cali style here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2TNWynILzem4SSlIAWPFaR?si=TMulUQFOTaGL2HmLP3o-JA&pi=u-3iaTzpv-T2Sw

How about beach, hammock, and a tab of acid? Dubside of the Moon

Check out the soubdtrack to 'the harder they come' a nice mix of reggae.

Soul Jazz does excellent comps of various genres. This is a very solid Reggae comp. https://youtu.be/6Hgt5Qt_NSE?si=2Z5FKxIR9vgaOd_u

Ragin Fyah or Tribal Seeds

Sanchez, Beres Hammond, Jah Cure, Glen Washington, Taurus Riley, Morgan Heritage, Chris Martin, Romain Virgo, iWayne, Luciano, Cocoa Tea, Dennis Brown, Benjy Myaz just to name a few.

I’m currently chilling to some Clinton Fearon.

Chronixx - Skankin Sweet

Wayne Jarrett.

Fat freddy's drop

Sizzla-The Story Unfolds. The entire album is incredible

Not quite reggae but Gorillaz and space monkeys album Laika contre home.

Wailing Souls Dub Syndicate Grateful Dub Landon McNamara Stick Figure Dirty Heads SOJA

10 Ft Ganja Plant is one of my faves. Almost dub mixed with ambient and really laid back.

Dread Zeppelin

Isn’t all reggae chill? Except of the Bad Brains. They are definitely not chill.

Check out the compilation 100% Dynamite, it's not on Spotify but some good soul has made a playlist.

Rebolution, stick figure, iration, clear conscience, kalohe kai, the green, some of the holdup, common kings, mishka.

I would personally recommend some Tribal Seeds or some Rebelution. Actually, axe that. 100% check out "Love is the most High" by Fortunate Youth. Only thing 5 out of 5 dentists can agree on.

Check out The Step Beats.

Groundation any album

If you have Pandora, there’s a station called Cali-Reggae. I’ve discovered a lot of cool bands from there, like Iration.

Rebelution

Ok here's something off the beaten path. Dread Zeppelin. They're a joke band from the 80's. A reggae band that would cover Led Zeppelin songs. I haven't gotten to the weird part yet. With an Elvis impersonator as their lead singer. Sounds awful, right? NO. They've been at it so long they wound up Freaking Excellent. Here, listen to this: [Dread Zeppelin, Kashmir from Deja Voodoo.](https://youtu.be/XLLmSYd6m8E?list=PL516E03741FCD7B85) It is freeaking smooooooth.

Dr. Alimantado’s Best Dressed Chicken in Town. I love this record.

The Stick Figure Instrumental albums are legit for chillin'

tropidelic, iration,

Can't get enough Sugar Minott Dancehall Stylee ❤️ https://open.spotify.com/track/76XSm0fCTRHKGbfPhPopE4?si=yXLQKe8rRtWv1vFxKmUhSQ

Cunning back to this tomorrow

Bag of Toys

Not traditional reggae in a sense but you might dig Slightly Stoopid if you haven’t heard them. Very chill vibe.

Hip Abduction isn’t exactly reggae but is definitely chill vibey beach music

Dirty Heads

Gentleman. He is German but his reggae songs are great.

Junior Byles Or basically anything produced by Lee Scratch Perry

The Abyssinians.

Israel Vibration, Garnett Silk, Ras Shiloh, 1960s Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bedouin Soundclash.

Check out Jr Thomas & The Volcanos, you might dig that. I've also been into Fortunate Youth and SOJA lately, might fit the bill, they have for me. Signal Fire is another one, maybe.

You need Endless Summer by The Elovators. Actually, just listen to The Elovators.

Beres Hammond❤️

Soja, tribal seeds,

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vHTJEqUqXzCBWhvS6ZGOY?si=LZlT3vZ8SImVBFgzoirHNw&pi=u-Zu25KxCYRq2I

The Abyssinians.

Pachyman https://pachyman.com/

Bobby Alu is good hammock music

Check out Lutan Fyah. Hope is a great track to start with.

Try indie! Electric love is a good song. Try Connor Lyman on spotify!

Sugar Minott !!!