Biography

Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare are not only the most renowned rhythm section in reggae, they're among the most celebrated groovemeisters in all of pop music. The Kingston pair starting playing together in the mid-1970s, when reggae was really hitting its stride, and they quickly became in-demand session players. In Jamaica they graced the recordings of countless artists, from Lee "Scratch" Perry to Peter Tosh. After Sly & Robbie's fame spread to the US and UK in the '80s, they were recruited by Bob Dylan, Grace Jones and other pop/rock stars. The duo's own project Taxi, featuring various guest vocalists, was a reggae crossover success that displayed Dunbar and Shakespeare's growing technological facility as well as their vaunted rhythmic prowess.

Top Tracks

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• All Aboard

• Baltimore

• Bass And Trouble

• Bread Man Shuffle (live It Up)

• Cost Of Living

• Crazy Bald Head

• Crazy Baldhead

• Dean's Version

• Double Barrel

• D'yer Mak'er

• Egyptian Rock

• Fisherman Dub

• Going To California

• Good Love

• Hold On To What You've Got

• Mello Chello

• Memphis Happiness

• Moby Dick

• Murder She Wrote

• My Turf

• Night Doctor

• No Name On The Bullet

• One Day Thing

• Peaceful Dub

• Peek-a-boo

• Pull Up To The Bumper

• Red Hot

• Revolution

• Revolution Dub

• Rizla

• Rock Me In Dub

• Say Me Say

• Shine Eye Girl

• Soon Forward Dub

• Spy Vs. Spy

• Stepping Out A Space

• Ticket To Ride

• Tickle Me

• Unmetered Taxi

• Up Park Camp

• Whole Lotta Love

• World Is Africa

Discography

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• Anniversary

  Taxi

  2007

• Strictly Drum and Bass: The Roots of Sly and Robbie

  Trojan

  2007

• The Rhythm Remains the Same: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

  Taxi

  2005

• Unmetered Taxi

  Pressure Sounds

  2004

• Dub Revolutionaries: Sly & Robbie Meet the Mad Professor

  Trojan / Ras/Sanctuary

  2004

• Make Em Move/Taxi Style

  Island

  2003

• Dub Fire

  NYC Music

  2000

• Hail Up the Taxi, Vol. 2

  Tabou 1 / Tabou

  1999

• Drum & Bass Strip to the Bone by Howie B

  Palm

  1999

• King Tubby's Dancehall Dub

  Terrascape/Subharmonic / Terrascape

  1998

• Babylon I Rebel

  Ex Works

  1998

• Friends

  EastWest / Elektra

  1998

• La Sly, Robbie, Gitsy & The Taxi Gang Presents The Sound of La Trenggae

  VP

  1998

• Mambo Taxi

  Polygram

  1997

• Sound of Sound

  Pow Wow

  1993

• DJ Riot

  Mango

  1991

• Silent Assassin

  Island

  1989

• Two Rhythms Clash

  RAS Records

  1989

• The Summit

  Ras

  1988

• Rhythm Killers

  Island

  1987

• Ururu in Dub

  CSA Records

  1987

• A Dub Extravaganza

  1984

• Crucial Reggae: Driven by Sly & Robbie

  Mango

  1982

• '60s, '70s + '80s = Taxi

  Mango

  1981

• Sly & Robbie Present Taxi

  Mango

  1981