If you dont know then you just werent meant to...
dont mean to sound like a prick but ...damn....what you all been listenin to??? (britney?...hmmm?)
ok, well, check out horace andy's "spying glass" for some roots type stuff and then proceed to modern times with beenie man and supacat....continue on your long and wonderfull journey to all forms of non top40 pop crap and check out dancehalls "sister", dub reggae. start with king tubby and proceed to mad professor and sly and robbie and youll be like "damn!! thievery corporation isnt really very original at all!!" there just biting an old style....just like with rock and roll.....all invented by africans and blacks and made popular by whites.
peace and respect.