<P> Roots reggae usually refers to the most recognizable kind of reggae , popularized internationally by artists like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh , which dominated Jamaican recordings from around 1972 into the early 1980s . While there are distinct musical characteristics to this era of reggae music , the term `` roots '' often implies more the message of the music than specifically its musical style and is still often used today to refer either to a musical style / subgenre or to give context to an artists music that may , in fact , cover several subgenres of reggae . Roots reggae , in this descriptive sense , can be typified by lyrics grounded in the Rastafarian movement 's `` Back to Africa '' message , equation of colonialism and slavery with the Biblical captivity in Babylon , and , of course , the belief in one living God , Jah , manifested as Ethiopia 's Emperor Haile Selassie . Recurrent lyrical themes include poverty and resistance to economic and racial oppression as well as more poetic meditations on spiritual or topical themes . </P>
<P> Roots reggae usually refers to the most recognizable kind of reggae , popularized internationally by artists like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh , which dominated Jamaican recordings from around 1972 into the early 1980s . While there are distinct musical characteristics to this era of reggae music , the term `` roots '' often implies more the message of the music than specifically its musical style and is still often used today to refer either to a musical style / subgenre or to give context to an artists music that may , in fact , cover several subgenres of reggae . Roots reggae , in this descriptive sense , can be typified by lyrics grounded in the Rastafarian movement 's `` Back to Africa '' message , equation of colonialism and slavery with the Biblical captivity in Babylon , and , of course , the belief in one living God , Jah , manifested as Ethiopia 's Emperor Haile Selassie . Recurrent lyrical themes include poverty and resistance to economic and racial oppression as well as more poetic meditations on spiritual or topical themes . </P>
which type of music popularized by bob marley
which type of music popularized by bob marley
Roots reggae
Roots reggae