RGG

Brazilian Reggae

Since 1975Where São Luís, Rio, Brasília and BahiaSubgenres 2Artists 18

São Luís do Maranhão is the 'Brazilian Jamaica', where roots reggae has played on sound systems since the 1970s. In the 1990s Cidade Negra and, later, Natiruts, Armandinho and Maneva made Portuguese-language reggae a mass genre.

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If you like reggae and dub, Brazil has one of the largest scenes outside Jamaica.

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1994Onde Você Mora?Cidade Negra
1999GirassolCidade Negra
1997Liberdade pra Dentro da CabeçaNatiruts
2001AnaluaArmandinho
2015Pisando DescalçoManeva
1996Regueiros GuerreirosTribo de Jah

Subgenres

National reggae

Since 1986 · 20 artists

Cidade Negra, Natiruts, Armandinho, Maneva, Planta & Raiz, Edson Gomes.

O Rappa BaianaSystem Lazzo Matumbi Cidade Negra Natiruts Edson Gomes Planta & Raiz Armandinho Maneva Chimarruts Ponto de Equilíbrio Adão Negro Alma Djem Diamba Leões de Israel Mato Seco Mosiah Nengo Vieira+2

Maranhão reggae

Since 1975 · 1 artists

Sound systems, close-dancing 'agarradinho' and Tribo de Jah in São Luís.

Tribo de Jah

Essential albums 2

1994
Sobre Todas as Forças
Cidade Negra
The first album with Toni Garrido, featuring "Onde Você Mora?".
1997
Natiruts
Natiruts
Debut, with "Liberdade pra Dentro da Cabeça".

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