We begin the podcast listening to the Trendsetters of the genres birthed in Jamaica and those since influenced by those original sounds.

Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone (Ska)

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Laurel Aitken - Nebedcadnezzar (Calypso)

Lord Flea - Monkey (Mento)

Harry Belafonte - Day-O (Calypso)

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Count Ossie - Gun Fever (Traditional Ska)

Skatalites - Flowers For Albert (Traditional Ska)

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Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy (Rocksteady)

Alton Ellis - Girl Ive Got A Date (Rocksteady)

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Toots & The Maytals - Do The Reggay (Reggae)

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds (Reggae)

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Lee "Scratch" Perry - Looking Dread (Dub)

King Tubby - Dub From The Roots (Dub)

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Eek A Mouse - Ganja Smugglling (Dancehall)

Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (Dancehall)

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Specials - Message To You Rudi (2-Tone Ska)

The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (2-Tone Ska)

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Toasters - 2-Tone Army (2-Tone Ska)

Hepcat - Bobby & Joe (3rd Wave Ska)

Reel Big Fish - Sell Out (3rd Wave Ska Rock)

Operation Ivy - Unity (3rd Wave Ska Punk)

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Sublime - What I Got (Reggae Rock)

Slightly Stoopid - 2:00 AM (Reggae Revival)

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Shabba Ranks - Ting-A-Ling (Modern Dancehall)

Sean Paul - Gimme The Light (Modern Dancehall)

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Victor Rice - Blue Dub (Modern Dub)

Easy Star All Stars - Us & Them (Modern Dub)

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Skatalites - El Pussycat (Traditional Ska)

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The Void Union - Johnny's Rocksteady (Rocksteady, Traditional Ska)