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Black to the Roots: Reggae's Rise, Downpression, and Reascension
by R.A. Ptahsen-Shabazz
Since the 1970s, the reggae lyricist/poet has been arguably
the most significant collective voice of awakening in the Pan-African world.
But in 1981, immediately following the tragic passing of Bob Marley,
an obvious change took place in the reggae music genre. Reggae's classical
roots form, characterized by its Rastafari-inspired cultural-political
incisiveness, would only gain limited access in the emerging commercial
market thus contributing to reggae devolving into a greatly compromised
music with only glimpses of its original roots style gaining access.
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