The Story of Sly & Robbie: Reggae's Superheros

[@patriciodiazcroce5211]

greatest rythm section ever at the controls 4 eva RIP robbie shakespeare

[@bailey9746]

The legendary Riddim Twins played on an estimated 200,000+ tracks as well as producing many more. Truly incredible. I was blessed to see them live with Black Uhuru in the 1980s and on the Taxi Gang tour of Europe, and they were amazing. Bless up!

[@hanshandkante5055]

They did not play on 200.000 tracks, because that is absolutely impossible. 51 years recording career (1970 - 2021) = 18.615 days. 200.000 divided by 18.615 = 10,74 or roughly 11 songs PER DAY. Do you seriously believe that Sly & Robbie recorded 11 songs per day/7 days per week for the last 51 years?

[@ru8775]

​@@hanshandkante5055of course it's not possible 😂 If the the man who uploaded the video would have thought one second about what he is saying then he would not say 200000 songs 😂 Maybe 20000 that would be realistic and also really 😂 crazy

[@MsWildberry1]

Reggae Appreciation Society never fails to deliver. Fullenjoyef this video ❤️💛💚

[@gregorychanyukachimonyo5973]

Baddest riddim twins

[@Boissy80]

I wish our society was cool as the reggae appreciation society 😊

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

You're making this black man blush ☺️

[@218maryland]

Imagine hearing them play live in the early days! Magic in the air…

[@brianmitchell8479]

They were very good musicians 🎼🎶RIP Robbie Shakespeare 🇯🇲🇬🇩🇹🇹🇬🇾🇺🇸

[@rolandpritchard1731]

Was very lucky to see them live , Sly and Robbie the greats and there sound will live with us forever and you will mostly here them on all the greats you have in your reggae collection and beyond as thay have back many a artist plus , from reggae to rock, dub and some. Real greats.

[@johntmusic543]

i saw sly and robbie here in new zealand in 2003 with michael rose was a awesome concert

[@DJFarallon]

Sly and Robbie the greatest! It is good that Carlton Barrett and Family Man Barrett get their credit in this fine video, and let's also recognize Style Scott and Flabba Holt (Roots Radics) and Santa Davis and Fully Fullwood (Soul Syndicate).

[@56postoffice]

It's just.......wow. Unbelievable. I have so many TAXI releases on vinyl to this day. *Rise In Power,* Robbie Shakespear. 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@Auntkekebaby]

One of my fav production teams of all time

[@agomodern]

Sly and Robbie had two songs featured in 3 different episodes of Miami Vice back in the 80's. Killer dub tracks!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Wow I didn't know that 😃 Thanks

[@Priestt1]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety I love mission impossible theme by them... iconic in Jamaica

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

@AGOmodern.. Thanks. Nice to know 👍

[@patriciodiazcroce5211]

maybe do you remember the names of those tracks please? 🥺

[@freewheeler8924]

*What is Life* kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn3SdHRneKmtbbs by Black Uhuru. A fantastic episode, though I may have been high when I watched it.

[@stuckintha90s]

Wow! Sly and Robbie went hard

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Yup

[@Dubme2poss]

I totally agree 100% with this video clip? These two artists are the Best of the Best..... Sly & Robbie have so, so, many tracks and they are on thousands of albums. I've seen these two live in Seattle? It was my best reggae show so far was Sly and Robbie and then Groundation had me feeling in ways never before felt. Respect.

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

Right....Yet in some Bass Player Magazine editions, that publication fails to list Robbie Shakespeare and often citing Wailers' cornerstone Aston Family Man Barrett...And whenever it does, these 2 often sat at number 38 or below.... Good Lord 😳😳😳😳

[@Dubme2poss]

I have to say that he too, Ashton Familyman Barret is another amazing reggae artist whom I associate all along with Lee Perry. Pound per pound..... . I see Sly and Robbie and Aston Barret equally the same? You want a artist to be part of an album because you want the best at what they do( Proffesonals) You were able to rely on these three individuals.

[@stevenchown6621]

Had the pleasure of going into a second hand shop and finding an old cassette of Sly and Robbie's, a truly wonderful ensemble of beautiful sounds. May he rest in peace until the good Lord Yeshua resurrects him, and all the sorely missed pioneers of an amazing battle against the Devil's system. Stand firm in the Power of theMost High God Jahoviah.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Selah🙌

[@universallovepeaceharmony2258]

Greatly appreciate this Society, Jah Bless. I had the incredible experience of Taxi gang gig Manchester 1987(?) Sly and Robbie played devastating rhythm from start to finish not pausing as Eek a mouse ,Yellowman etc came on. We were sliding down the wall by the end🥵 They also imo did great work withGrace Jones foe the scoundrel Chis Blackwell😅

[@ranbirgill4718]

Brilliant musicians

[@andregunts5292]

My new favorite channel

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

@@andregunts5292 Blessings mon ✌️

[@fredericocr1]

This a drum and base make you move up your waist! I started liking your videos before even watching them and you never disapoint. Another banger

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon✌️ You've always been this channel's biggest supporter from day one. Big up 🙌

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Bless Up. 💚💛❤

[@lawchristopherj]

Great education - hope someone can get the song rights for a full documentary, these guys are legends

[@tazbee3920]

Amazing to think that when i was 10 years old i never really paid much attention to reggae (mainly because me dad hated it).. But I'd loved Hip Hop since the late seventies and especially as a young adult living in the 1980s. I first heard Boops To Go on a radio station that Mike Allen was hosting. I was probably about 13 then. Firrrrrrrrreya.. I loved the track and wasnt even aware this was reggae. But now I am 50 and for the last 30 years I've thrived on Sly And Robbies earlier 1970s sound! The Aggrovators are still my favourite sound. But I will be checking out The Mighty Diamonds too! Just proves that school lessons are always with you in life, learning a musical sound comprehension and admiration. Nice 1 R.A.S 1 ❤

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings ✌️

[@patrickcallahan9599]

They drove black uhuru for a few years, changed Dylan's approach in the studio.Its what they didn't play that left room for the artists to be themselves,it sometimes sounds effortless

[@paulharris3315]

I am one of the lucky to be around when he were living at coump next to bay farm road

[@lars-fenin]

the rhythm twins... love their early works with black uhuru and their channel one versions/albums. also internationally very successful with grace jones, serge gainsbourg, fugees.. etc etc... hard working duo!

[@FCReggae]

Thank you for this one !

[@marklawrence8518]

Saw them in Black Uhuru, way back when. Incredible!

[@sikhulilendlovu-v1s]

A hoy Rasta man we love you ❤

[@Priestt1]

Lovely... could you do the wailing souls next please

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Yes I ✌️ Great suggestion. Will work on it soon

[@kingsleyblair1952]

Will always remember the athem MPLA, Angola and Burial Forward!

[@traviesoarcefan3063]

It was one of the biggest joys of my life getting to see my main man Freddie McGregor from the front row in San Diego around 1988-1990. Imagine my even greater joy when I saw he was being backed by Sly and Robbie!!! 🤩

[@chuckemeade]

Let's not forget those who preceded them like Lynn Taitt, Tommy Mc Cook and others..

[@tatu8663]

The thumbnail pic is not Robbie. That is Aston "Family man" Barrett of the Wailers.

[@RealDukeOfEdinburgh]

Sly DRUMbar and Robbie BASSpear

[@tazbee3920]

Can anyone link me to that Mighty Diamonds Lp? ❤

[@rixhie4991]

What's song playing in the background please

[@ploppill34]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤riddim

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

No surprise here really...In a recent poll of top singers, musicians, mixers, producers and executives in Jamaica, Robbie Shakespeare was voted the Greatest Reggae Bassist of all-time.🎸....And involved in 200.000 recordings???? When I first read this on my browser many years ago, my eyes nearly popped out of my head 👀👀 😂😂😂

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

😅😅✌️

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety 😄😄😄😄👍

[@United-States-of-Africa]

World musical heroes. Lot of people using them inventions. There's a big lawsuit now usa court on the fake genre called reggaeton. Steelie and cleevie should forever receive royalties. This music is for the black African children of the future.

[@United-States-of-Africa]

@AGOmodern exactly what it supposed to mean. The hard work an legacy should be for Africans children to enjoy of the future. Not some people in Puerto Rico and Southern America. The black people who began reggae in Spanish are not the ones benefit today. That's a fact. Is the mostly white light skin Spanish artists making billions. I may not be able to stop people from copying but royalties should be paid. Lot of the music Jamaican copy from America in the earlier days they dint earn much off it because they didn't own it. Now when people like steelie an cleevie invent something that a particular group use over 30 years now they should pay royalties.

[@africarib]

They helped give Grace Jones her special sound too.

[@EdOConnor]

Yes, they supplied the backing track “Peanut Butter” which Grace would add vocals to for “Pull Up to the Bumper” kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3Woo6J3gZx3pas

[@andreyviana504]

Sly and Robbie were introduced to the wrld stage touring with Peter Tosh. After they left Peter's band they werent fair with Peter's legacy. I love them, but without Peter they couldnt reached the level they are now. Rip, Robbie

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

I remember that the Word, Sound & Power band fell out with Peter after the Mama Africa album

[@andreyviana504]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety It was in London 1981. They werent happy with their earnings. Okay, they could be right about It, but Peter was always open to negotiate. But the truth that they were more interested in run their taxi business and be the main guys with Black Uhuru. I love them both, but Peter opened the world stage to them

[@MisterElement]

JAH BLESS!!! Wicked video RAS, THANK YOU!! I love the Grace Jones chune “My Jamaican Guy” and other sound from that LP which SLY & ROBBIE produced, played ‘pon!! Nuff RASpect!!!!

[@jracerichards]

Once again people on a thread who don't what they're talking about. Sly and Robbie left Peter after he was disrespectful to Sly on stage. Money had nothing to do with them leaving

[@stuckintha90s]

​@@jracerichardsWhere can get more info on this? Very interesting

[@scottclark7592]

peter tosh, bob dylan and rolling stones the same year- that says it all

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

Brother I had to put my sound system on 10 to hear the man speak in the opening clip ... than your voice came in and blew up my sound system.. grrrr. You are allowed to change the volume of the clips you import to make your videos you know ?? lol.. You do good work so i'll cut you so slack .. But really just checking your volumes before publishing will make your content better than many creators out there because they are all guilty of this same volume problem. Most people catch on to the visual editing but when it comes to sound recording techniques mastering etc that is out of most peoples depth.. typically a youtube video will be heavy on the visuals and weak in the audio department.. A common one is that their stock intro clip has been mastered to some random level and then the new video content starts and pays no respect to the volume setup by the intro volume.. etc etc etc.. Love my reggae music ..Played it for years at clubs concerts and festivals across North America and still play to this day.. keep them coming..

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

My apologies 🙏😄 I hope nothing damaged. Thanks for the tip, will work on that.

[@lionlattice]

💣💣💣

[@hanshandkante5055]

Sure they made 200.000 songs. That is IMPOSSIBLE! Lets say they recorded music since 1970 until Robbies death in 2021. That are 51 years or 18.615 days. To record 200.000 songs it would mean that these two had to record 11 SONGS PER DAY/7 DAYS A WEEK for 51 YEARS IN A ROW. So its safe to say that this "estimation" of 200.000 recorded tracks is absolute nonsense.