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Ali (Reggae singer) is a Jamaican musician associated with Jamaica.

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  1. 1964

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    ‘Simmer Down’: Five Trench Town Teenagers Walk Into Studio One and Leave as The Wailers

    Coached by Joe Higgs under a mango tree on Second Street, Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite and Beverley Kelso record ‘Simmer Down’ for Coxsone Dodd with the Skatalites behind them. By February 1964 it is No. 1 in Jamaica — a warning to the rude boys, sung by a boy from the government yard.

  2. 1974

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    Tosh and Bunny Walk: The Wailers Split and Peter Tosh Goes Solo, 1974

    After Lee Perry’s ‘Catch a Fire’ sides and the Island Records deal that reshaped the group around Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer quit the Wailers in 1974. Tosh keeps the militant fire — cutting for Perry, opening his own label and preparing the solo statement that becomes ‘Legalize It.’

  3. 1976

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    ‘Legalize It’: Peter Tosh Signs to CBS, Plants Ganja on the Cover and Goes Global, 1976

    Two years after leaving the Wailers, Peter Tosh delivers his CBS debut — an album whose title track became a rallying cry for marijuana legalisation and whose cover photograph showed him tending a cannabis field. Produced with Joe Gibbs and backed by Sly & Robbie, ‘Legalize It’ announces the Stepping Razor as a solo force.

  4. 1977

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    ‘Equal Rights’: Peter Tosh Demands Justice for the African Diaspora, 1977

    One year after ‘Legalize It,’ Peter Tosh sharpens the blade. ‘Equal Rights’ pairs the title anthem with ‘African,’ ‘Downpresser Man’ and ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ — the Wailers song he co-wrote — in a set AllMusic calls one of the best reggae albums ever made. Militant, biblical and unbowed.

  5. 2010

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    Pon Di Gaza 2.0: Vybz Kartel Brands a Movement and Drops One of Dancehall’s Busiest Albums, 2010

    With thirty-five tracks and a roster of Gaza-affiliated artists, Pon Di Gaza 2.0 formalises the Gaza Empire as more than a camp — it is a franchise. Kartel is at the height of his commercial and creative powers, and dancehall’s centre of gravity shifts to Portmore.

  6. 2012

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    Teacha's Pet: Behind the Camera

    Starting this September, Jamaican television will never be the same. Jamaica's most controversial contemporary figure Vybz 'The Teacha' Kartel has done it again, shaking up standards and breaking boundaries with the advent of the nation's first celebrity reality TV show; Teacha's Pet.

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    Helsinki, Finland: Reggae Global Report

    In my home country, Finland, the means to experience Jamaica and her culture are quite scarce. Fortunately, for me, a music lover and selector, the quality of music played at reggae/dancehall clubs in Finland has taken huge steps forward since the 90s, when the newest tunes you heard were often a couple of years old and when dub plates were non-existent.

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    Malcolm Gladwell is keynote speaker at Trinidad's Distinguised Leadership and Innovation Conference. He will be speaking about Outliers and Alex Morrissey of Jamaicansmusic.com is a finalist in voting competition for "Caribbean Outlier". Winning prize is Malcolm Gladwell incorporates winning business in his presentation. Please vote for us here; http://bit.ly/whaRAd

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