But, the attempts were fruitless, because by 1981, the music had changed.
In an attempt to keep his legacy, and the music, alive, efforts were made to name various bands and individual artists as his heirs to the throne. When Bob Marley, the undisputed king of reggae, died in 1981, many people felt that reggae had ceased to exist – that without Bob, there could be no reggae. Many roots artists seemed to fade into the background as young unknowns arose to take their place. The new decade saw a move away from reggae as reggae fans had known it for almost a decade.
It resonated with their ideal of creating a world without war, oppression and commercialism.īut, the mood in Jamaica had changed. Young people around the world felt a firm affinity with this message. Reggae was the music that gave a voice to those who would speak out against a status quo that had traditionally silenced the voices of the poor. Reggae advocated change, overthrowing the colonialist system and lifting the suffering masses out of poverty. As they most people understood it, reggae was music that carried a message. Fans had been comfortable with roots music – Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Yabby You, Augustus Pablo, Culture. In the early 1980s, when Dancehall hit the record markets abroad, many long time reggae enthusiasts were disheartened.
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