Sly and Robbie are a prolific
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the
reggae and
dub genres. Drummer
Sly Dunbar and bassist Robert Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in
Jamaica as professional musicians. Sly and Robbie are estimated to have played on or produced 200,000 recordings, many of them on their own label, Taxi Records.