Sublime

[Rastaman]

someone know sublime?

[Alejandro C]

The first sublime album- robbin in the hood- has some badass reggae. especially a song called work that we do. also it has some funny soliloques by a bum named raliegh. there is also a song that uses a doors sample from soul kitchen. I think that first one is just as good as the next two, but it is definately more raw and has much more straight up reggae.

[BuyOurEverything]

Actually I think the first Sublime album was 40 oz. to Freedom. Anyways, great band, sucks that Bradley died though.

[Urban Rubble]

Sublime was a great band, but they were hardly reggae. They were ska punk at it's best.

[anjali]

Hey guyz sublime was never reggae. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No reaggae at all. They were exactly as you said URban R. ska punk. If you consider them as ska punk then u understand what an outsatnding band they are.

[BuyOurEverything]

I think it's hard to put them in any one genre. They weren't really reggae, but I wouldn't really call them ska punk either. 40oz. to Freedom was more Reggae influenced than Sublime I think.

[Rastafari]

"When the cats away, the mice will play"


gosh, a lot of interesting topics in the music depot when I took my leave again.

as for this, Sublime may, at times, think they are reggae, put they are just ska-punk rockers. UR called it perfectly. Still good stuff though

[ComradeJunichi]

Sublime isn't my thing. They're not reggae, they're too slow for not being reggae also. It's too boring for me.

[FatFreeMilk]

Yes! Sublime! My all time favorite band :D You can call it whatever you want, ska punk, reggae, whatever. It's just good music.

[Alejandro C]

40 oz was the last sublime album not the first. they were ska/punk in their second record, the self titled. the first one was reggae if it was anything. definately not ska/punk. 40 oz isn't really ska or punk either.

rasta and all those who still dont believe- go listen to the album or download some tracks, get: work that we do. its a good reggae. i'd say they were experimental, not being defined by one genre; they just made good music.

[Urban Rubble]

rasta and all those who still dont believe- go listen to the album or download some tracks, get: work that we do. its a good reggae. i'd say they were experimental, not being defined by one genre; they just made good music.

Trust me man, I've listened to every Sublime song ever released. They did play some reggae infulenced stuff, even some straight up reggae, but most of what you guys are calling reggae is really ska. And not pre-reggae Jamaican ska, more like English ska.

They are a ska punk band, but yes, they have some reggae songs.


the first one was reggae if it was anything. definately not ska/punk. 40 oz isn't really ska or punk either.

Come on, how much real Jamaican reggae have you listened to ? I'm not trying to be a dick, but does it go beyond Bob Marley ?

I can only think of like 3 songs that could be considered more reggae than ska. Robbin in the Hood has more punk than anything, but most of the songs have some quick upstroke ska chords in them. 40 oz was pure ska.

Reggae is much more heavy and slow than anything Sublime ever did. If you know much about guitar think of it like this, quick upstrokes, ska. Slow downstrokes, reggae.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Reggae and Ska are related, they grow from one another. Don't worry about it.

Some errors i've noticed, lets get this straight:

First came "40 oz. to freedom"
Then: "Robbin' the Hood"
Then: "Sublime"
Then (Posthumously for Brad): "Second-Hand Smoke" and "Stand by your Van"

Anyone heard anything by the band which grew from Sublime, the Long Beach Dub Allstars? They have a couple albums out, and are more horn based.

[Alejandro C]

wow, i can't believe i was wrong all those years. robbin in the hood sounded so unpolished and raw, i guess thats why i always thought it was first. also 40 oz. seemed more consistent and ... produced. i can't believe they made robbin in the hood after 40 oz... strange. didn't anyone else think that robbin in the hood was more of a first record sound/ trying to find your place. also i noticed there were a lot of the same riffs and chord changes in robbin in the hood and the other two, but they we so unpolished; in the later (or so i thought) record they sound better. Yeah... i fucked up on that one... but i still maintain that sublime can kick out some reggae jams.

ok,ok i got it out and listened to it again. maybe i don't know ska from reggae. i think that tracks like steppin razor (speaking of tosh), work that we do, free loop dub, Q-ball are reggae. by the way those might be off by a track, i think my titles are off for some reason cisco kid is listed under the soliloquey pt. II. If those are ska then its a pretty thin line. Still, i really like robbin in the hood; though the selftitled is probably better. Has anyone heard the Pharcyde remix of doin' time. iiiiittttssssssss nice.

[Rastafari]

rasta and all those who still dont believe- go listen to the album or download some tracks, get: work that we do. its a good reggae. i'd say they were experimental, not being defined by one genre; they just made good music.

Done. been done for a long time.

anyway, this reminds me of something


"Good music is good music and that should be enough for anybody."
-Bradley Nowell

[BuyOurEverything]

Has anyone heard the Pharcyde remix of doin' time. iiiiittttssssssss nice.

Hell ya. Got the video too. It's actually a remix of Summertime.

[Wiesty]

lol, delayed post found it in the archives

yea sublimes gotta be my favorite band ever. They are not just reggae, infact thats not one of their main genres, they mainly do ska, punk, alternative, and some reggae,

anyways great band, best cd has gotta be the self titled one

[rebelred]

awww, there song, "pawn shop"...I'm singing it all the time

[refuse_resist]

40 oz. to Freedom was their best album.

[dopediana]

wow, i can't believe i was wrong all those years. robbin in the hood sounded so unpolished and raw, i guess thats why i always thought it was first. also 40 oz. seemed more consistent and ... produced. i can't believe they made robbin in the hood after 40 oz... strange. didn't anyone else think that robbin in the hood was more of a first record sound/ trying to find your place. also i noticed there were a lot of the same riffs and chord changes in robbin in the hood and the other two, but they we so unpolished; in the later (or so i thought) record they sound better

it´s because most of the tracks were recorded in a home studio.


robbin´ the hood isn´t my favorite album, i think 40 oz is, but robbin the hood has my favorite songs, all acoustics. pool shark, boss dj, and mary.