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I just upgraded computers from a really really bad ibook that was about to die, to a desktop PC. I want to fill it with music, but my knowledge of music is not that big. I am interested in a lot of different types of music, but my favorites are Reggae, ska, alternative, rap, underground hip hop and that's pretty much it. I do enjoi instrumental music too. Does anyone have any suggestions on Bands or specific albums I should get? Thanks

I just realized that this is completely useless without any reference to artists i enjoi. Here are some artists

Rap:
Murs
Atmosphere-mostly slug
Sage Francis
Tupac
Blue Scholars
Blackalicious
if someone is from the Portland OR area, Genius Pro
The Roots
Immortal Technique

Reggae:
Bob Marley
Stephen Marley
Collie Buddz
Matisyahu

Ska is a really weird genre for me. My friend plays ska all the time is in car, and I enjoy listening to it. I think I will just stick with reggae and rap for now.

Well, a list of my favourite hip hop albums would be:

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Madlib - Shades of Blue
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Anti Pop Consortium - Arrhthmia
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Dangermouse - The Grey Album

Can't go wrong with any of them. Sorry, but I can't really recomend any reggae.

You might like Mos Def, to name one off the top of my head.

That Ghostface Killah album is excellent as well.

Reggae:

10ft Ganja Plant
Burning Spear
Dubmatix
The Abyssinians
Jacob Miller & Inner Circle
Peter Tosh
Black Uhuru
Seeed
Dillinger
Katchafire
Misty In Roots
Natiruts
Steel Pulse
Toots & The Maytals

Hip Hop/rap I like:

Dalek
Public Enemy
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Surreal & The Sound Providers
Strange Fruit Project
Roots Manuva
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Blackstar
Busdriver
Mos Def
Jedi Mind Tricks

If you want to get into Ska try these:

Specials
The Toasters
The Aggrolites
Hepcat
The Japonicas

A lot of good names have been shouted for already, so I can only make a few more recommendations myself;

Reggae
Third World - 96 Degrees In the Shade
Aswad - Aswad
Alpha Blondy - [any best of comp you can find]
U-Roy - Dread In a Babylon

Ska
The Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow [well, it's more classic ska-punk than anything, I don't really have that many 'pure' ska albums though]
Madness - Absolutely

And I could write what I know about hip-hop on the back of a stamp (well, I could probably fold it in half first) so can't really drop any names there

Thanks for the posts guys. :)

Sorry for a double post, but does anyone have a link where I can get Genius Pro? I have been having so much trouble finding any
-thanks

wow, now i'm triple posting. so sorry.
can you recommend specific albums, it'd be really nice for downloading. Thanks again

What artists in particular? the Rap, Reggae or ska?

Public Enemy
A Tribe Called Quest
Mos Def
busdriver
Jedi Mind Tricks
and the reggae
I dunno. the ones that you would highly recommend.

Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions
A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory
Mos Def- A New Danger
busdriver-roadkillovercoat
Jedi Mind Tricks-Violent By Design
and the reggae

Burning Spear-Marcus Garvey
Steel Pulse-Handsworth Revolution
Peter Tosh-Equal Rights
Seeed- Duppy Conquerors