Sly & Robbie
Jamaica
Formed: 1978
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Reggae, International
Styles: Dancehall, Reggae/Caribbean, Reggae/Caribbean, Dub, Roots Reggae, Ragga, Reggae-Pop, Contemporary Reggae
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Theirs is the ultimate musical marriage, a partnership that, once formed, re-etched the very landscape of not just Jamaican music, but the entire world's. Such hyperbole is oftentimes rolled out by publicity machines whenever two musical talents come together, but in the case of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, it really was an earth-shattering union. Their rhythms have been the driving force behind innumerable songs -- one statistician estimated that together they've played on approximately 200,000 tracks, and that doesn't co...
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- Marvin Gaye (94)
- the Wailers (59)
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