Hail to the king baby.
I love, love LOVE dub and reggae music. I don't know when I discovered this (I'm pretty sure the roots reggae station on di.fm is partially responsible) but if there's one truth in this world it's that there's always a good time for reggae. Feeling down? Put some Culture on. Feeling up? Spin some Abyssinians. Either situation ends up with awesome. I'll sit at work some days, queue up a half dozen King Tubby albums and get cracking.
The ironic part (ok maybe it's not irony) is that despite how highly I rate King Tubby I couldn't name more than two of any of his tunes and I DEFINITELY couldn't tell you what album any single tune came from. I suppose in a way that's cool since it give all of his music a timeless vibe to it but at the same time I've never been able to really take more away from his music than "this is great and am always game to listen to it." I'm pretty sure the only song of his I can pinpoint is Rasta Locks and it's only because of the trumpet he samples, and to this day I still don't know where it's originally from.
Love that trumpet, don't know the player. :(
That all being said this, like everything else King Tubby did is great. If you're a fan of Jamaican music at all and haven't dipped in to his massive discography I can't recommend him enough. Just don't expect to be able to answer when someone asks "hey what was the name of that track?"
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