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{{Infobox album
| name       = Reggae Hit L.A.
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Aggrolites]]
| cover      = ReggaeHitLA.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2007|6|5}}
| recorded   = Kingsize Soundlabs, [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Reggae]]
| length     = 70:48
| label      = [[Hellcat Records]]
| producer   = [[The Aggrolites]]
| prev_title = [[The Aggrolites (album)|The Aggrolites]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [[IV (The Aggrolites album)|IV]]
| next_year  = 2009
}}
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| rev3 =  [[ReadJunk.com]]
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| rev5 =  ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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'''''Reggae Hit L.A.''''' is the third full-length studio album from Los Angeles reggae band [[The Aggrolites]].  It is also their second album for [[Hellcat Records]], following their May 2006 self-titled release.  The album was released 2 weeks after [[Tim Armstrong]]'s debut album, ''[[A Poet's Life]]'', on which The Aggrolites served as the backing band.

A video for "Free Time" was released in early July 2007.

The album won an IGN award for Best Reggae Album of 2007.

== Track listing ==
All songs written, recorded, mixed, and produced by The Aggrolites.
# "Work It" - 4:14
# "Faster Bullet" - 3:12
# "You Got 5" - 2:53
# "Reconcile" - 4:33
# "Reggae Hit L.A." - 3:06
# "Let's Pack Our Bags" - 4:10
# "Left Red" - 3:05
# "Free Time" - 3:01
# "Lucky Streak" - 3:06
# "Rhythm & Light" - 4:03
# "Well Runs Dry (a.k.a. Free Soul)" - 3:31
# "Hip to It" - 2:58
# "Fire Girl" - 3:20
# "Baldhead Rooster" - 3:11
# "We Came to Score" - 3:50
# "Hidden Track" - 18:35
#*The hidden track is composed primarily of repeating drum beats.
#*There is also another hidden track on this album. If one rewinds the CD from the beginning of "Work It", there is a honky-tonk style instrumental song.

==Credits==
* Jesse Wagner - Vocals, Lead Guitar
* Roger Rivas - Organ, Piano
* Brian Dixon - Rhythm Guitar
* J Bonner - Bass
* Korey "Kingston" Horn - Drums

===Additional Musicians===
* Tom Cook - Trombone
* Boogie Jones - Saxophone
* Eitan Avineri - Trumpet
* MC Junor Francis - DJ on "You Got 5"
* Background chants by Nicki Mansuetti, Christina Wagner, and Gabe Aguirre

===Other Credits===
* Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis in [[Burbank, CA]]
* Richard P. Robinson - Assistant Engineer
* Artwork by The Aggrolites
* Front cover photo by Robert Cortez
* Back cover photo by Chris Gomez
* Collage by J Bonner and Nicki Mansuetti

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|m2nlzwXUttY|"Free Time" video}}

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[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs]]