Rub-A-Dub Style
Douban
The Roots of Modern Dancehall
Beth Lesser
résumé
Rub-a-Dub Style: The Roots of Modern Dancehall is the first book to look, in- depth, at reggae in the 1980s, the period in Jamaican music that gave birth to what we know today as the “Dancehall” sound.
Some of the subjects that are covered include the development of sound systems in post independence Jamaica, “slackness” v “culture”, political war and its effect on sound system activity, the “digital” breakthrough in 1985, women entertainers’ struggles to make it in a male dominated field, the ‘sing-jay’ style and how deejay lyrics changed throughout the years, how dance cassettes spread the rub-a-dub style, the reggae business model and the problems it created, the fight against the dance hall style and its ultimate triumph as the premier sound of Jamaica today.
contents
The Early Days
Poli8cs in the Dance
Sounds of the late ‘70s
The Studio One Revival
Channel One Studio
Jah Life Comes to Jamaica
Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas
The Roots Radics
Scien8st & the Greensleeves Dub Albums
Slackness
General Echo & Stereophonic
Gemini Disco with Welton Irie, Ringo & Squiddley Ranking 96 Lone Ranger & the Eastern Kingston Ar8sts
Brigadier Jerry & Jah Love Interna8onal
Yellowman
The Dancehall Explosion
Junjo Lawes & Volcano
New York City in the ‘80s
Frankie Paul
How Cassedes Spread Dancehall
The Sing-jay Style
U Roy’s King Stur-Gav Sound with Josie Wales & Charlie Chaplin
George Phang
Dubplates and Specials
Jamaican Radio in the ‘80s
Sonic Sound Records & the Local Market
Kilimanjaro with Early B & Supercat
Winston Riley & the Techniques Label
Sugar Minod’s Youth Promo8on Sound
The Business Side of Dancehall
Lick-over Rhythms
Metromedia Sound with Peter Metro
Arrows the Ambassador
The Ladies
Black Star Interna8onal
King Jammy & Sleng Teng 287 Drum Machines & Preprogrammed Instruments
The Digital Dynamic Duo - Steely and Clevie
The Local Style
Black Scorpio Sound with General Trees
Raggamuffin Year
King Stur-Mars
Foreign Mind
Stone Love & the Noise Act
Old Time Something Come Back Again