Roots reggae is a subgenre of
reggae that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer. Lyrical themes include poverty, social issues, resistance to government oppression, repatriation, and
Rastafari.The heyday of roots reggae is usually considered the latter half of the 1970s, with singers such as
Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh,
Johnny Clarke,
Horace Andy, and
Lincoln Thompson teaming up with producers such as
Lee 'Scratch' Perry,
Bunny Lee,
Joseph Hoo Kim and
Coxsone Dodd. The experimental pioneering of such producers within often-restricted technological parameters gave birth to
dub, and is seen by some music historians as one of the earliest (albeit analogue) contributions to modern
dance music production techniques.
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