some bob marley or "legalize it" by peter tosh

you need to go way back dude if you want to to hear the good stuff. Your on the right track with Tosh. UB40.....well they might be cool guys to hang out with but I just dont feel any authenticity from them. Check out some of these artists and their albums.....

Toots and the Maytals - Time Tough ( Toots coined the word reggae)
Burning Spear - Man in th Hills
Aswad - Self Titled album
Israel Vibration - Same Song
The Heptones - Night Food
The Wailers - Burnin'
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (probably my favorite reggae records of all time)
Third World - 1865, (96 degrees in the Shade).
Pablo Moses - A Song
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution, True Democracy
Gladitators - Trenchtown Mixup
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Eek A Mouse - Wa Do Dem
Dennis Brown - any of his. i think he recorded more records than all of the above combined. he was the hardest working man in reggae music so to say.

This should get you started. There is a ton more but most of Most of the the new stuff i just cant get into.
There are a couple newer artists/bands like Groundation, John Browns Body, and Julian Marley but......The older Roots Reggae is where its at. Welcome to the fold.

Yves Larock- Life your leg up

Bob Marley - he's good.

Hmm... Bob Marley was the king of Reggae.

But, if you are into British Music lover (just like me), you'd love "The POLICE".

If you know "Sting", (Brand New Day), he was the lead singer in Police.

Listen to some of Police song such as the following: You'd fall in love with them madly.
Just give it a try.
(1) Every little thing she does is magic
(2) Message in a bottle
(3) Every Breath You take (Puff Daddy killed this song!! err

UB40 is a good group too. I love their "Kingston Town" very much. Also, their song "Red Red Wine" was one of the BEST ever Reggae songs ever produced.

I hope you'd find "The Police" interesting.

Bob Marley almost goes without saying, but also try anything from Lucky Dube's "Slave" or "House of Exile" albums. Jimmy Cliff has some great songs from his "Journey" and "The Power and the Glory" albums. You might also try Alpha Blondy if you feel like liberating South Africa during apartheid times.

Besides.. Brick and Lace and Lady Saw?

shekria, and fergie some songs are reggae

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My opinion:
1. Rebelution
2. Pepper
3. Bob Marley

PeTer T0sh,
chuck fenda
israel vibration