Opening slots for visiting headliners including Buju Banton established Seeed's reputation as a dynamic live act, and over time their set lists -- initially made up of classic reggae covers including "The Tide Is High" and "Police and Thieves" -- began to include original material as well. Seeed issued their debut LP, New Dubby Conquerors, in 2001, scoring a massive German pop hit with the single "Dickies B." Traditional reggae gave way to dancehall on the 2003 follow-up, Music Monks, which yielded its own smash, "Water Pumpee." Atlanta soul savant Cee-Lo guested on Seeed's third LP, the 2005 release Next! The band's powerful stage show was documented on the 2006 album Live, but it would be five year before Seeed would release a new recording, when they dropped the 2011 single "Molotov/Wonderful Life." In the fall of 2012, Seeed returned with a self-titled album that would become their first full-length release to rise to the top of the German sales charts, while also going Top Five in Austria and Switzerland; the album also spawned three singles, "Beautiful," "Augenbling," and "Deine Zeit." ~ Jason Ankeny