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Sly & Robbie
Formed in 1978 · Ended in 2021
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Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. They recorded several albums under the Sly and Robbie name, and made hundreds of appearances on records by other performers.
Shakespeare died in December 2021 following kidney surgery, and Dunbar on 26 January 2026.
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Sly and Robbie est un duo musical jamaïcain, composé de Sly Dunbar, batteur et Robbie Shakespeare, bassiste. Ils commencent à travailler ensemble dans le milieu des années 1970, après avoir établi séparément leur succès sur la scène musicale jamaïcaine. Ils sont humoristiquement appelés Sly Drumbar and Robbie Basspeare (drum signifiant batterie en anglais).
En plus d'être l'une des sections rythmiques les plus renommées, ils forment également un couple de producteurs très prolifique avec leur label Taxi Records. Ils sont peut-être les artistes les plus productifs de l'île. On estime qu'ils ont joué ou produit près de 200 000 chansons, considérant que certains de leurs riddims comme Revolution ont été utilisés sur plus de cent chansons.
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Discography
Albums
- 1979 Disco Dub
- 1982 Dub Transmission Specialists: At Prince Jammy's
- 1982 Syncopation
- 1984 Hot Dub
- 1984 Showcase
- 1984 Sly and Robbie Meet King Tubby
- 1984 The Skatalites With Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang
- 1985 Language Barrier
- 1986 Taxi Fare
- 1987 Rhythm Killers
- 1988 The Summit
- 1989 Silent Assassin
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- 1990 Dubs For Tubs - A Tribute To King Tubby
- 1990 Sly & Robbie Present... DJ Riot
- 1991 Meet King Tubby
- 1992 Remember Precious Times
- 1992 Sly & Robbie Present Sound of Sound
- 1993 Overdrive in Overdub
- 1995 Blazing Horns in Dub
- 1995 Reggae Dance Hall
- 1997 Mambo Taxi
- 1998 Drum & Bass Strip to the Bone
- 1998 Friends
- 1998 Babylon I'Rebel
- 1998 King Tubby's Dance Hall Dub
- 1999 Freedom and Liberation
- 1999 Money Dub
- 1999 X Uhuru
- 1999 Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub
- 2000 DUBle Trouble
- 2002 Jamaican Gold
- 2002 Reggae Rasta Dub
- 2002 Meet Bunny Lee At Dub Station
- 2004 African Roots
- 2004 The Next Revolution Will Be Dub Wise
- 2004 Version Born
- 2004 The Dub Revolutionaries
- 2004 Unmetered Taxi
- 2005 Hail Up Taxi 3
- 2006 Master Of Ceremony "Dub"
- 2006 Romantic Reggae For The Ladies
- 2006 Livin' It Up
- 2006 Prince Jammy Presents Osbourne In Dub
- 2006 Rythm Doubles
- 2008 Amp Fiddler
- 2008 Amazing
- 2008 Inspiration Information
- 2009 J Paradise
- 2010 One Pop Reggae
- 2010 Made in Jamaica
- 2012 Blackwood Dub
- 2012 Survive
- 2013 Out of Many One Music
- 2014 Underwater Dub
- 2014 Dubmaster Voyage
- 2014 Dubrising
- 2015 The Way
- 2015 The Reggae Power
- 2015 Tanto Metro & Devonte
- 2017 Sly & Robbie Presents: Bad
- 2017 Sly & Robbie Revisit Bob Marley
- 2017 Dubocalypse
- 2018 One Love Vibration
- 2018 Sly & Robbie’s Book of Dubelation
- 2018 Nordub
- 2018 Militant Dub
- 2019 The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie Vs. Roots Radics
- 2019 Delroy Wilson Vs Sly & Robbie
- 2020 Red Hills Road
- 2021 Sly & Robbie Present: Sound of Taxi, Vol. 2
- 2021 Sly & Robby Turbo Charge
- 2021 Electro Reggae
- 2021 Level the Vibes
- 2021 Taxi Presents Sound of the 90’s
- 2021 Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics: The Dub Battle
- 2022 Forward
- 2023 Dub Masters
- 2024 Top Ranking
- 2025 Changing For You
- Make 'em Move
