Artist	Song
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Redemption Song
from Africa Unite - EP (2005)
Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come
from Anthology (2003)
Junior Murvin	Police & Thieves
from Police & Thieves (Remastered) (2003)
Burning Spear	Slavery Days
from Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost (1990)
Bob Marley	Get Up, Stand Up
from Burnin' (2001)
Bob Marley	Duppy Conqueror
from Burnin' (2004)
Black Uhuru	Youth of Eglington
from Red (2003)
Bernard Collins	Satta Me No Born Yah
from Tree of Satta (2005)
Max Romeo	War Ina Babylon
from Arkology (Box Set) (1997)
Gregory Isaacs	Slavemaster
from Mr. Isaacs (2005)
Willie Williams	Armagideon Time
from Six the Hard Way (2006)
Linton Kwesi Johnson	Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
from Reggae Greats: Linton Kwesi Johnson (1991)
Dennis Brown	The Half
from Dennis Brown (2005)
Junior Byles	Beat Down Babylon
from I Am the Upsetter - The Story of the Lee "Scratch" Perry Golden Years (2008)
Johnny Clarke	Move Out a Babylon
from Johnny Clarke's Move Out a Babylon - EP (2006)
Mutabaruka	People's Court Part I
from The Ultimate Collection (2005)
Steel Pulse	Ku Klux Klan (12" Version)
from Steel Pulse: Sound System - The Island Anthology (1997)
The Heptones	Book of Rules
from Peace and Harmony: The Trojan Anthology (2009)
Jr. Byles	Fade Away
from Hit Bound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (1989)
Culture	Two Sevens Clash
from Two Sevens Clash (2005)
Prince Far I	Heavy Manners
from Reggae's Greatest Hits, Vol. 10 (1996)
The Abyssinians	Declaration of Rights
from Satta Massagana (1993)
Jacob Miller	Tenement Yard
from Reggae Roots - 1972-1995, Vol.5 (1999)
Dennis Brown	Want to Be No General (Don't Want to Be No General)
from Reggae Anthology: Dennis Brown - Crown Prince of Reggae - Singles (1972-1985) (2010)

Comment:

With Jamaica's high illiteracy rate, the country's music has long been considered the newspaper for the oppressed. In the early '70s, as a restless generation embraced Rastafarianism, message songs prevailed. Enter Bob Marley & the Wailers, who became kingpins of the conscious lyric, launching a musical revolution that changed the face of popular music.

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