The Roots Radics have been the hottest backing band in reggae for more than two decades now, working with legends ranging from crooners like Gregory Isaacs and Culture to dancehall toasters like Yellowman and Eek-A-Mouse. So it comes as little surprise that this album -- the 1989 dub version of their Hot We Hot album, which is being released on CD for the first time -- has a classic feel. As always, the grooves are as tight as Style Scott's syncopated "one-drop" drumbeats, wit...   [ read more ]

CD $16.13

Henry "Junjo" Lawes was one of the most important Jamaican producers during the island's fertile early dancehall period; in fact, Lawes practically paved the way between the roots sound of the '70s and the rub-a-dub outings of the early '80s. Along with work for such singing and DJ luminaries as Eek-A-Mouse, Ranking Joe, and Frankie Paul, Lawes helped shape the era-defining sounds of his crack house band the Roots Radics. The Radics would soon transcend the confines of {$Lawes...   [ read more ]

CD $14.23

A collaboration between dub mixmaster/studio whiz King Tubby and dancehall tough Jah Screw, Dangerous Dub is a ten-track collection of some of the heaviest roots dub around. The two spent nights mixing tracks in King Tubby's studio located in the perilous, crime-rife ghetto of West Kingston -- hence the name Dangerous Dub. Pounding, mind-blowing basslines and supple guitar tracks are provided by studio mainstays Flabba Holt and Bingy Bunny, both of whom appear on countless ...   [ read more ]

CD $11.38