How well do you know Reggae Music?
How well do you know Reggae Music?
How well do you know your Jamaican music? Test and compare your scores with friends
How well do you know your Jamaican music? Test and compare your scores with friends
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This Saint Ann's Bay native is one of the most revered of the first generation of roots reggae artists. His breakthrough album was a 1975 masterpiece
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Known for the fervent intensity of their militant Rastafarian stance, their 1978 album "Two Sevens Clash" became a classic of the roots reggae genre.
Sly and Robbie are the most celebrated drum and bass session players in reggae music. What's the name of their band?
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Known as the Cooler Ruler, this reggae singer. His velvety smooth crooning voice earned him the title of the king of lover's rock.
This legend is one of the earliest innovators of the deejay style, born Ewart Beckford in Jones Town reggae music fans all over the world know him as:
This member of the original Wailers refused to travel with the band on the American leg of its 1973 tour
Which entrepreneur had his earliest business success founding a record label at age 21 bringing unknown reggae artists to the US and UK?
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What was the name of the digitally made Bob Marley album,(the one with all the remastered, remixed songs with Hip Hop stars)?
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She's Royal! Superman ! Love Contagious!
According to Capleton, what is the main source of life?
Which of these artists did not come from a Jamaican family?
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What artist has a habit of starting his albums singing a bible verse intro?
It wasn't me!.
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The term "Reggae Revival" was first suggested by this author in November 2011, and intended for it to be a catalyst for national discussion.
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This dancehall artist featured on Kendrick Lamars “The Blacker the Berry"
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Seen by many as the torch bearer of the reggae revival, he was first called "Little Chronicle" given because of his father, the singer "Chronicle"
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A reggae music quiz isn't complete without at least one question about the lyrics of Bob Marley. Which 1974 contains the following lyrics:
"Cause - 'cause - 'cause I remember when a we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown,
Oba - obaserving the hypocrites - yeah! -
Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah!
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way, yeah!
In this great future, you can't forget your past"