{"title":"Roots Reggae","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honouring of God, called Jah by Rastafarians. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Thompson_1-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eIt is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Reggae:_The_Rough_Guide_2-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eand the rural poor. Lyrical themes include spirituality and religion, struggles by artists, poverty, black pride, social issues, resistance to fascism, capitalism, corrupt government and racial oppression. A spiritual repatriation to Africa is a common theme in roots reggae.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bob-marley-survival-180-gram-vinyl","title":"| Survival (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eContaining what is considered Marley's most defiant and politically charged statement to date, Survival concerns itself with the expressed solidarity of not only Africa, but of humanity at large. The album was controversial right down to the jacket, which contains a crude schematic of the stowage compartment of a typical transatlantic slave ship. Now available on 180 gram vinyl in original artwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eBob Marley \u0026amp; The Wailers: Bob Marley (vocals, acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitars, percussion); Aston \"Familyman\" Barrett (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion); Junior Marvin (guitar, background vocals); Al Anderson (guitar); Tyrone Downie, Earl \"Wya\" Lindo (keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Carlton Barrett (drums, percussion); Alvin Patterson (percussion). The I Threes: Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths (background vocals). Producers: Bob Marley \u0026amp; The Wailers, Alex Sadkin. Reissue producers: Bill Levenson, Maxine Stowe. Recorded at Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica. Originally released on Island (9542). Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (2001, Sterling Sound, New York, New York) Bob Marley And The Wailers' seventh studio album finds the masterful Jamaican singer turning his attentions away from purely domestic Caribbean matters to the African continent. His songs had previously often cited Africa as both an influence and a final spiritual destination for Rastafarians; RASTAMAN VIBRATION's \"War\" had even named a laundry list of aggrieved nations struggling for freedom. But with SURVIVAL's \"Africa Unite,\" and \"Zimbabwe\" in particular, Marley focuses for the first time both on solutions to the struggle, and on a specific nation and its fight against oppression--all to the Wailers' characteristically irrepressible skank. \"So Much Trouble in the World\" is an apt scene setter for an overtly political album worldwide in its aspirations, while \"Babylon System\" (\"is the vampire...\") expertly skewers the West and its centuries-old involvement in Africa. Marley's strength as a songwriter, and the Wailers' strength as a band, is that they can perform an operation like this and still leave the victim smiling and happily tapping his feet as they stick the knife in. The album's highlight is unquestionably the inimitable \"One Drop,\" an irresistibly danceable paean to the Rastafarian religion and the glory of the almighty beat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eA1        So Much Trouble In The World\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA2        Zimbabwe\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA3        Top Rankin’\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA4        Babylon System\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA5        Survival\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB1        Africa Unite\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB2        One Drop\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB3        Ride Natty Ride\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB4        Ambush In The Night\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB5        Wake Up And Live\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e*Audio and\/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLabel: TUFF GONG \/ UMGD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRel. 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