Roots reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the 1960s and 1970s. It is characterized by its heavy basslines, prominent drums, and socially conscious lyrics that often address issues such as poverty, oppression, and political corruption. The genre is closely associated with Rastafarianism and often incorporates elements of African and Caribbean music. Roots reggae has been influential in the development of other genres such as dub and dancehall.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 79 | 2 | 78 | 51 | 20 | 77 | 119 | 11549262 | |
2 | 61 | 0 | 63 | 62 | 18 | 65 | 105 | 618448 | |
3 | 59 | 1 | 76 | 52 | 27 | 79 | 117 | 755385 | |
4 | 58 | 8 | 77 | 53 | 12 | 69 | 121 | 239275 | |
5 | 58 | 12 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 67 | 116 | 633683 | |
6 | 57 | 0 | 81 | 62 | 8 | 85 | 116 | 608743 | |
7 | 57 | 14 | 78 | 60 | 41 | 77 | 113 | 503765 | |
8 | 57 | 0 | 81 | 58 | 9 | 62 | 117 | 132807 | |
9 | 57 | 11 | 81 | 49 | 12 | 81 | 103 | 618414 | |
10 | 57 | 0 | 77 | 67 | 15 | 82 | 122 | 585267 | |
11 | 56 | 0 | 75 | 61 | 22 | 71 | 110 | 1181523 | |
12 | 56 | 15 | 76 | 61 | 12 | 82 | 121 | 1023220 | |
13 | 55 | 0 | 70 | 56 | 31 | 87 | 132 | 453890 | |
14 | 55 | 0 | 67 | 72 | 16 | 75 | 117 | 301837 | |
15 | 54 | 33 | 78 | 57 | 10 | 73 | 119 | 74623 | |
16 | 54 | 0 | 71 | 64 | 10 | 68 | 108 | 300269 | |
17 | 53 | 1 | 83 | 51 | 8 | 79 | 119 | 472780 | |
18 | 53 | 9 | 81 | 56 | 15 | 78 | 113 | 111699 | |
19 | 52 | 4 | 80 | 53 | 10 | 81 | 123 | 141609 | |
20 | 51 | 1 | 77 | 56 | 16 | 78 | 125 | 127355 | |
21 | 51 | 2 | 82 | 47 | 10 | 81 | 115 | 162651 | |
22 | 51 | 0 | 72 | 69 | 23 | 75 | 118 | 296868 | |
23 | 51 | 3 | 76 | 57 | 22 | 78 | 108 | 272887 | |
24 | 51 | 14 | 77 | 44 | 7 | 65 | 105 | 205872 | |
25 | 50 | 0 | 72 | 65 | 15 | 75 | 103 | 145513 | |
26 | 50 | 3 | 80 | 52 | 12 | 73 | 109 | 237364 | |
27 | 50 | 5 | 76 | 56 | 5 | 60 | 114 | 306161 | |
28 | 50 | 4 | 74 | 46 | 16 | 76 | 95 | 335716 | |
29 | 50 | 1 | 85 | 58 | 11 | 84 | 106 | 37374 | |
30 | 49 | 1 | 77 | 53 | 11 | 75 | 104 | 159082 | |
31 | 49 | 1 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 71 | 131 | 91310 | |
32 | 49 | 50 | 76 | 63 | 31 | 87 | 130 | 51277 | |
33 | 49 | 0 | 67 | 70 | 22 | 76 | 97 | 328652 | |
34 | 49 | 14 | 73 | 47 | 11 | 74 | 112 | 475420 | |
35 | 49 | 7 | 77 | 46 | 28 | 82 | 102 | 109411 | |
36 | 48 | 8 | 76 | 65 | 27 | 72 | 115 | 185158 | |
37 | 48 | 0 | 73 | 56 | 12 | 76 | 124 | 314681 | |
38 | 47 | 72 | 76 | 57 | 14 | 71 | 123 | 86598 | |
39 | 47 | 13 | 72 | 56 | 13 | 80 | 111 | 56936 | |
40 | 47 | 0 | 78 | 47 | 13 | 80 | 120 | 79225 | |
41 | 47 | 1 | 79 | 59 | 7 | 79 | 126 | 159905 | |
42 | 47 | 0 | 75 | 50 | 27 | 82 | 111 | 75353 | |
43 | 46 | 16 | 79 | 54 | 24 | 78 | 95 | 43393 | |
44 | 46 | 0 | 81 | 56 | 15 | 74 | 100 | 150031 | |
45 | 46 | 0 | 79 | 54 | 15 | 75 | 115 | 158963 | |
46 | 46 | 0 | 72 | 54 | 18 | 73 | 107 | 126056 | |
47 | 46 | 5 | 79 | 50 | 14 | 81 | 126 | 14433 | |
48 | 46 | 0 | 74 | 62 | 17 | 73 | 97 | 192360 | |
49 | 46 | 0 | 68 | 70 | 18 | 70 | 99 | 163871 | |
50 | 46 | 0 | 64 | 67 | 12 | 62 | 101 | 191527 | |
51 | 45 | 9 | 73 | 54 | 15 | 71 | 130 | 110671 | |
52 | 45 | 22 | 77 | 52 | 6 | 74 | 119 | 355560 | |
53 | 45 | 3 | 76 | 51 | 17 | 72 | 117 | 61051 | |
54 | 45 | 18 | 75 | 44 | 28 | 83 | 116 | 87824 | |
55 | 45 | 1 | 80 | 51 | 20 | 81 | 130 | 101649 | |
56 | 45 | 11 | 73 | 61 | 12 | 73 | 124 | 167642 | |
57 | 45 | 4 | 76 | 48 | 37 | 88 | 117 | 29931 | |
58 | 44 | 60 | 75 | 53 | 10 | 63 | 123 | 106861 | |
59 | 44 | 7 | 75 | 53 | 26 | 80 | 107 | 41111 | |
60 | 44 | 2 | 82 | 51 | 30 | 77 | 125 | 24616 | |
61 | 44 | 0 | 72 | 67 | 18 | 69 | 101 | 118817 | |
62 | 44 | 13 | 81 | 51 | 39 | 82 | 101 | 66171 | |
63 | 44 | 61 | 82 | 56 | 17 | 61 | 122 | 48391 | |
64 | 44 | 6 | 76 | 57 | 18 | 78 | 113 | 69664 | |
65 | 44 | 0 | 77 | 47 | 16 | 76 | 125 | 228052 | |
66 | 44 | 11 | 72 | 48 | 26 | 80 | 115 | 112036 | |
67 | 44 | 0 | 74 | 67 | 26 | 68 | 105 | 128794 | |
68 | 44 | 0 | 73 | 69 | 20 | 77 | 114 | 270968 | |
69 | 43 | 0 | 87 | 63 | 12 | 89 | 134 | 13798 | |
70 | 43 | 0 | 65 | 64 | 4 | 68 | 109 | 20449 | |
71 | 43 | 7 | 81 | 44 | 7 | 70 | 119 | 44931 | |
72 | 43 | 0 | 77 | 52 | 20 | 73 | 107 | 82718 | |
73 | 43 | 0 | 78 | 54 | 10 | 74 | 92 | 50664 | |
74 | 43 | 0 | 83 | 51 | 16 | 73 | 122 | 81517 | |
75 | 42 | 0 | 72 | 71 | 14 | 81 | 104 | 126608 | |
76 | 42 | 33 | 77 | 51 | 2 | 68 | 126 | 62689 | |
77 | 42 | 9 | 75 | 55 | 21 | 77 | 101 | 32969 | |
78 | 42 | 1 | 66 | 56 | 23 | 66 | 111 | 197642 | |
79 | 42 | 0 | 73 | 61 | 10 | 75 | 105 | 79068 | |
80 | 42 | 0 | 73 | 61 | 12 | 70 | 115 | 82737 | |
81 | 41 | 0 | 77 | 52 | 4 | 63 | 111 | 64568 | |
82 | 41 | 0 | 71 | 62 | 23 | 75 | 120 | 134116 | |
83 | 40 | 0 | 71 | 67 | 12 | 83 | 144 | 60453 | |
84 | 40 | 58 | 73 | 52 | 10 | 65 | 123 | 62091 | |
85 | 39 | 39 | 75 | 48 | 24 | 69 | 103 | 17642 | |
86 | 39 | 8 | 78 | 50 | 23 | 73 | 109 | 28279 | |
87 | 39 | 0 | 80 | 42 | 17 | 72 | 114 | 23554 | |
88 | 39 | 0 | 74 | 53 | 17 | 73 | 107 | 25104 | |
89 | 39 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 16 | 74 | 123 | 65254 | |
90 | 39 | 0 | 67 | 67 | 7 | 65 | 99 | 42545 | |
91 | 39 | 0 | 62 | 72 | 15 | 66 | 108 | 135270 | |
92 | 38 | 41 | 82 | 51 | 22 | 69 | 106 | 8731 | |
93 | 38 | 0 | 64 | 69 | 10 | 74 | 103 | 94208 | |
94 | 38 | 14 | 79 | 52 | 12 | 79 | 118 | 41205 | |
95 | 38 | 1 | 78 | 51 | 14 | 81 | 116 | 4821 | |
96 | 38 | 13 | 74 | 44 | 6 | 70 | 128 | 51894 | |
97 | 38 | 0 | 77 | 40 | 12 | 61 | 103 | 62670 | |
98 | 38 | 1 | 78 | 43 | 10 | 70 | 113 | 83206 | |
99 | 38 | 0 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 73 | 108 | 75050 | |
100 | 38 | 15 | 82 | 50 | 11 | 83 | 128 | 41503 | |
101 | 37 | 0 | 72 | 52 | 16 | 71 | 106 | 46095 | |
102 | 37 | 78 | 80 | 60 | 5 | 68 | 141 | 25116 | |
103 | 37 | 0 | 75 | 67 | 22 | 83 | 106 | 76111 | |
104 | 37 | 0 | 78 | 65 | 10 | 73 | 126 | 42161 | |
105 | 37 | 0 | 74 | 50 | 12 | 73 | 98 | 64108 | |
106 | 37 | 6 | 75 | 46 | 32 | 80 | 122 | 16057 | |
107 | 37 | 0 | 76 | 55 | 12 | 79 | 101 | 45263 | |
108 | 36 | 34 | 81 | 49 | 13 | 71 | 131 | 55120 | |
109 | 36 | 0 | 68 | 66 | 13 | 66 | 127 | 85525 | |
110 | 36 | 0 | 79 | 64 | 12 | 76 | 88 | 40141 | |
111 | 36 | 11 | 76 | 63 | 8 | 81 | 131 | 66995 | |
112 | 35 | 0 | 69 | 60 | 12 | 60 | 98 | 42214 | |
113 | 35 | 0 | 73 | 58 | 33 | 72 | 130 | 20442 | |
114 | 34 | 56 | 68 | 52 | 1 | 46 | 137 | 28716 | |
115 | 34 | 12 | 81 | 51 | 7 | 70 | 115 | 36638 | |
116 | 34 | 0 | 70 | 69 | 31 | 73 | 105 | 62139 | |
117 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 13 | 80 | 112 | 33764 | |
118 | 34 | 0 | 67 | 55 | 18 | 73 | 97 | 30152 | |
119 | 34 | 0 | 67 | 56 | 15 | 70 | 85 | 30374 | |
120 | 34 | 0 | 78 | 49 | 6 | 75 | 132 | 26248 | |
121 | 34 | 6 | 80 | 54 | 6 | 70 | 131 | 22772 | |
122 | 34 | 0 | 79 | 45 | 9 | 78 | 126 | 53782 | |
123 | 33 | 40 | 74 | 60 | 13 | 66 | 132 | 18922 | |
124 | 33 | 84 | 75 | 50 | 1 | 62 | 116 | 21159 | |
125 | 33 | 1 | 80 | 49 | 42 | 86 | 133 | 18703 | |
126 | 33 | 0 | 74 | 56 | 3 | 72 | 102 | 33668 | |
127 | 32 | 0 | 77 | 48 | 14 | 74 | 94 | 17863 | |
128 | 32 | 23 | 76 | 48 | 7 | 72 | 129 | 27624 | |
129 | 32 | 24 | 83 | 43 | 9 | 72 | 120 | 9284 | |
130 | 32 | 6 | 79 | 55 | 14 | 81 | 115 | 27597 | |
131 | 31 | 0 | 64 | 72 | 16 | 72 | 113 | 49137 | |
132 | 30 | 0 | 72 | 61 | 19 | 63 | 88 | 10714 | |
133 | 30 | 0 | 72 | 56 | 21 | 75 | 126 | 20225 | |
134 | 30 | 0 | 76 | 72 | 11 | 83 | 129 | 12672 | |
135 | 30 | 13 | 81 | 41 | 8 | 79 | 117 | 36358 | |
136 | 30 | 36 | 76 | 61 | 14 | 59 | 137 | 12430 | |
137 | 30 | 1 | 80 | 57 | 2 | 75 | 138 | 13929 | |
138 | 30 | 0 | 73 | 66 | 23 | 96 | 141 | 7792 | |
139 | 30 | 0 | 85 | 66 | 10 | 86 | 131 | 62176 | |
140 | 29 | 4 | 75 | 50 | 9 | 81 | 106 | 12042 | |
141 | 29 | 8 | 78 | 48 | 11 | 70 | 113 | 30727 | |
142 | 29 | 0 | 74 | 58 | 32 | 66 | 101 | 39520 | |
143 | 29 | 5 | 79 | 56 | 26 | 77 | 92 | 10486 | |
144 | 29 | 6 | 76 | 46 | 11 | 78 | 111 | 27560 | |
145 | 29 | 16 | 91 | 43 | 6 | 82 | 130 | 12706 | |
146 | 29 | 0 | 76 | 60 | 21 | 89 | 113 | 8130 | |
147 | 29 | 0 | 84 | 42 | 4 | 72 | 122 | 22861 | |
148 | 29 | 85 | 74 | 46 | 6 | 70 | 126 | 20142 | |
149 | 28 | 0 | 80 | 57 | 16 | 74 | 118 | 22754 | |
150 | 28 | 55 | 73 | 51 | 2 | 60 | 116 | 9080 | |
151 | 28 | 4 | 83 | 51 | 13 | 69 | 121 | 25428 | |
152 | 27 | 2 | 76 | 50 | 23 | 69 | 105 | 28712 | |
153 | 27 | 4 | 74 | 53 | 10 | 63 | 111 | 3781 | |
154 | 27 | 0 | 72 | 61 | 14 | 78 | 106 | 7308 | |
155 | 27 | 54 | 76 | 58 | 7 | 66 | 104 | 8679 | |
156 | 27 | 7 | 81 | 56 | 3 | 70 | 127 | 49394 | |
157 | 26 | 0 | 81 | 34 | 7 | 81 | 118 | 27121 | |
158 | 26 | 0 | 78 | 48 | 13 | 73 | 127 | 13140 | |
159 | 26 | 7 | 76 | 45 | 10 | 86 | 130 | 6418 | |
160 | 26 | 0 | 74 | 68 | 23 | 70 | 108 | 31484 | |
161 | 26 | 3 | 73 | 56 | 12 | 72 | 117 | 28625 | |
162 | 26 | 0 | 82 | 54 | 11 | 76 | 150 | 12305 | |
163 | 26 | 2 | 91 | 45 | 13 | 84 | 127 | 14929 | |
164 | 26 | 7 | 72 | 44 | 10 | 64 | 122 | 13072 | |
165 | 25 | 15 | 79 | 54 | 1 | 68 | 123 | 12822 | |
166 | 25 | 9 | 76 | 61 | 3 | 67 | 116 | 17462 | |
167 | 25 | 10 | 83 | 61 | 4 | 81 | 133 | 7069 | |
168 | 25 | 0 | 79 | 59 | 18 | 85 | 139 | 9623 | |
169 | 25 | 0 | 61 | 71 | 10 | 77 | 101 | 24270 | |
170 | 24 | 2 | 79 | 53 | 26 | 77 | 134 | 4542 | |
171 | 24 | 0 | 71 | 53 | 5 | 78 | 99 | 14857 | |
172 | 24 | 0 | 79 | 63 | 6 | 77 | 97 | 7929 | |
173 | 24 | 0 | 65 | 61 | 19 | 68 | 117 | 40811 | |
174 | 24 | 9 | 80 | 68 | 8 | 82 | 123 | 9483 | |
175 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494 | |
176 | 23 | 17 | 83 | 50 | 5 | 77 | 134 | 14562 | |
177 | 23 | 65 | 75 | 48 | 18 | 52 | 134 | 6820 | |
178 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 58 | 36 | 75 | 88 | 12391 | |
179 | 22 | 75 | 79 | 40 | 9 | 65 | 115 | 32937 | |
180 | 22 | 0 | 69 | 47 | 44 | 58 | 128 | 6400 | |
181 | 22 | 0 | 82 | 41 | 27 | 78 | 129 | 4718 | |
182 | 22 | 0 | 76 | 71 | 20 | 84 | 124 | 35313 | |
183 | 22 | 0 | 76 | 68 | 23 | 67 | 117 | 15711 | |
184 | 21 | 4 | 77 | 49 | 37 | 85 | 134 | 4363 | |
185 | 21 | 74 | 80 | 57 | 13 | 74 | 121 | 2944 | |
186 | 21 | 0 | 78 | 44 | 13 | 73 | 112 | 16371 | |
187 | 21 | 0 | 72 | 50 | 4 | 56 | 127 | 8132 | |
188 | 21 | 1 | 74 | 49 | 22 | 71 | 112 | 9332 | |
189 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2444 | |
190 | 20 | 0 | 77 | 49 | 9 | 70 | 103 | 7489 | |
191 | 20 | 0 | 80 | 52 | 12 | 77 | 112 | 8386 | |
192 | 19 | 0 | 83 | 59 | 2 | 84 | 148 | 1022 | |
193 | 19 | 0 | 79 | 49 | 31 | 76 | 119 | 3042 | |
194 | 18 | 20 | 75 | 47 | 9 | 65 | 127 | 8695 | |
195 | 18 | 10 | 81 | 66 | 10 | 84 | 143 | 29375 | |
196 | 11 | 13 | 75 | 75 | 7 | 94 | 139 | 1241 | |
197 | 11 | 1 | 83 | 44 | 15 | 50 | 130 | 360 | |
198 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3175 | |
199 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2941 | |
200 | 10 | 0 | 74 | 66 | 4 | 96 | 142 | 3878 |