![]() ![]() In 2000 a couple of friends in LA, Jason Mason, Eddie Ruscha and Tom Chasteen, decided to start a weekly reggae club where they could play the classic reggae records they loved and collected fanatically(a 4th selector David Orlando joined up later on). The term Rub A Dub doesnt necessarily refer to Dub per se, but rather to a certain musical style popular in the late 70s-early 80s, a not too fast but not too slow style that bubbles along on its monster bass lines, chopping guitar skanks, and percolating horn riffs,the perfect music for all night Soundsystem dances.Several of the toughest instrumental tracks from this time period were licensed from the original Jamaican producers for use in the film. This is explored in the film through an interview with Scientist, legendary Dub mixer and student of the late King Tubby, who is recognized as the inventor of Dub. Clearly this concept was the original remix. The Version later evolved into Dub, where the instrumental is treated with wild reverb and echo effects, essentially creating a new piece of music altogether, with the studio engineer as the Artist. Rather than playing Jamaican records he played american Funk and Soul records, but he retained the style of the outdoor Soundsystem with turntables and chatting on the mic. This invention led directly to the creation of Hip Hop, via Kool Herc, a Jamaican widely acknowledged as one of the fathers of Hip Hop,who emigrated to the south bronx in the early 70s, taking the concept of Soundsystem along with him. The most popular instrumental Versions were recorded over and over and came to be known as Riddims, classic bass lines that any decent DJ would have a set of lyrics for. After a popular tune was played the selector would flip over the record and the dj would improvise new lyrics, driving the crowd wild.Eventually the DJs began recording their new creations and these tracks proved to be hugely popular. This idea made possible a whole new art form. At some point in the late 60s ,instead of putting a different song on the b side of a 45, Jamaican producers began using an instrumental cut of the a-side, known as the Version. ![]() As General Smiley, of the famous Michigan and Smiley DJ duo, points out in the film, a jockey rides a horse, and a disc jockey rides the riddim. Sometime in the 60s DJs began chatting between the selections, to hype up the crowd or introduce the next tune.In the Jamaican terminology, the DJ is the one who talks on the mic, and the selector is the one who spins the records. Starting in the 1950s, soundsystem operators in Jamaica would set up their speakers outside and play american r+b records for their dancing patrons. The concept of performers rapping over records, the idea of the remix, the promotion of the bass to the lead instrument, all these trends come out of the Soundsystems. But the real roots of reggae grow from a giant wall of speakers, an echo-laden voice chanting over a microphone, a selector flipping through stacks of 45s to find the right riddim to play next, they grow from Soundsystem style reggae. Ask most people to picture a reggae artist and they will think of Bob Marley singing with his band playing behind him.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Vybz Kartel & Tashina Muzik - Cherish The Moment (Clean) CHERISH THE MOMENT RIDDIM – JB PRODUCTION CHERISH THE MOMENT RIDDIM - JB PRODUCTION 2021.Shane O, Fresh King & Countree Hype - Conscript (Clean) PSALM 23 RIDDIM – COUNTREE HYPE PSALM 23 RIDDIM - COUNTREE HYPE 2021.LIKKLE LIKKLE RIDDIM – YARD A LOVE RECORDS LIKKLE LIKKLE RIDDIM - YARD A LOVE RECORDS 2021.Little Roy & Cassandra London - On My Own RIDDIM POW – STINGRAY RECORDS RIDDIM POW - STINGRAY RECORDS 2021.MASICKA – 438 ALBUM MASICKA - 438 ALBUM 2021.RUB-A-DUB RIDDIM – 2008 – NO DOUBT RECORDS / KEMAR ‘DJ FLAVA’ MCGREGOR RUB-A-DUB RIDDIM – NO DOUBT|KEMAR ‘DJ FLAVA’ MCGREGOR Tracklist: Anthony B – Striving Capleton – Same Old Story Eloquent – Take It With A Smile.RUB-A-DUB MARKET RIDDIM – IRIEVIBRATIONS RECORDS RUB-A-DUB MARKET RIDDIM – IRIEVIBRATIONS RECORDS 2012 Tracklist: Rub-A-Dub Market Luciano If Jah Is With You Raphael Lead The Way Kabaka Pyramid Realize Perfect Love.GINGA RIDDIM – NMG MUSIC GINGA RIDDIM – NMG MUSIC 2017 Tracklist: Freezy – Badang! NMG Music – Ginga Riddim (Instrumental) Patrice Roberts – Road Rage Swappi – Beng Beng.DAY BREAK RIDDIM – NMG MUSIC DAY BREAK RIDDIM (DANCEHALL SOCA) – 2019 – NMG MUSIC Tracklist: Bunji Garlin – Dem Devil Lavaman – Drunktion Tallpree – Jab Story Dev –.RUB A DUB RIDDIM – RASHANCO MUSIC RUB A DUB RIDDIM – RASHANCO MUSIC 2003 Tracklist: Conscious – Ganja Mi Smoke Jah Mason – Mankind Live Up Luciano – Lost Without You.RUB UP RUB UP RIDDIM – MAJAH LABEL MUSIC GROUP RUB UP RUB UP RIDDIM – MAJAH LABEL MUSIC GROUP 2015 Tracklist: Devin Di Dakta – Ride Ride Ding Dong – PG 13 Franchizze –. ![]()
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