SUGAR MINOTT THE VERSATILE

Dubroom Online, Edition September 14 2009

"SUGAR MINOTT THE VERSATILE" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 14 2009 - Not only is he said to be the founding father of Rub a Dub and with that of Dancehall Music, his extremely soulful voice has been recorded over too many Lover's Rock tunes to count.

In the same time, Sugar Minott's first self-produced albums were loaded with Roots Rockers music as the foundation of a lot of Conscious lyrics.

His self-founded Youth Promotion Sound System has provided the Reggae Community with a multitude of singers and deejay's, and then we don't even mention all his productional work for yet others.

Sugar Minott is indeed one very versatile individual in Reggae Music, and he's been so for decades now.

Oh yes, I didn't even mention Sugar's own Black Roots label.

But then, you can hear for yourself today. Check out Junior Roots' Natty Dread Time!

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

JUNIOR ROOTS - NATTY DREAD TIME (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 14 2009 - Singing over this Sugar Minott produced riddim, Jr Roots chants down Babylon in fine style. Niceness for the Rootsman, compliments of Black Roots Productions.

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BEENIE MAN - STAMINA LOVER (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - You have to be a lover of Dancehall and somewhat explicit lyrics in order to apprecilove this Beenie Man tune, but then, you already knew that. Slack Dancehall in both lyrics and music, with a slice of consciousness still...

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DENNIS BROWN (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, September 2009 - Not only is he said to have been Bob Marley's favorite singer, Dennis Brown earned himself the title Crown Prince of Reggae before he unfortunately passed away.

His versatile voice rode over many riddims, often his own productions and lyrics.

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SUGAR MINOTT - FEELIN' GROOVY (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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CONSCIOUSNESS VS SLACKNESS

Dubroom Online, Edition September 13 2009

"CONSCIOUSNESS VS SLACKNESS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 13 2009 - This day and the next two, we feature a (reviewed) free and legal MP3 from Beenie Man's 2009 release "Way Out".

The topic of the tracks stands diametrically opposed to the topic of Luciano's "Hills and Valleys", which is also featured in today's edition of Dubroom Online.

Or maybe I should say, a contrast.

There is definitely a contrast between Conscious lyrics and Slackness, even though it's not true that we have to be politically or even churchically correct and never talk about the love between a man and a woman.

A contrast which doesn't just show in the lyrics, but equally in the music.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

LUCIANO AND FRIENDS - HILLS AND VALLEYS (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 13 2009 - The MessenJah is back, and this time he's taking some friends with him. Spiritual Roots Reggae in the way Spiritual Roots Reggae should sound, without apology!

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BEENIE MAN - SLEEP WITH ME (DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - Beenie Man combines raw Dancehall with a more slick commercial sound in this track taken from his 2009 release "Way Out". He also combines singing and chanting in a very pleasant way.

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FRANKIE PAUL (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, September 2009 - With hits like "Tu Shung Peng" and "Worries In The Dance", he continually dwelled in the upper regions of the Rub a Dub charts during the 1980's. Frankie Paul is simply essential listening for Reggae Lovers!

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SUGAR MINOTT - SAVE THE CHILDREN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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WEBMASTER WORDS

Dubroom Online, Edition September 12 2009

"WEBMASTER WORDS" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 12 2009 - If only because of the fact that the MP3 Portal is growing on a daily basis, you can say that the Dubroom is definitely moving into some kind of next phase in this website's history.

But that's not the only thing on which I'm currently working quite hard.

The recently started new section of Dubroom Artist Pages is another development that will, when the most important artists are added, provide an encyclopedia of words, sounds and sights which will hopefully be of service to many Reggae Lovers as well.

Considering the fact that the Dubroom is a hand-made website, things are not going as fast as I would like but I can't do more than I am doing.

Stay tuned for nuff niceness!

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

MIKEY DREAD - MIKEY DREAD IN ACTION (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 12 2009 - When the Dread at the Controls is in Action, you get a 5 minutes long Steppers DUB with jingles and sound effects from his Radio Show on top of the more-than-excellent mixing!

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BUGUINHA DUB - VITROLA ADUBADA (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - This surprisingly creative album by the Brazilian Buguinha Dub is filled with intermezzo's, sound clips and effects. All of that on top of some very interesting drum and basslines.

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BUNNY WAILER (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, September 2009 - He is definitely more than "just" one of the three original Wailers, together with Bob and Peter. His solo material, dating back to the 1970's, has touched everything from Roots to Rub a Dub to Dancehall. His performances are three-hour long experiences and that's just a short introduction to Bunny Wailer!

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HEPTONES - ISLAND WOMAN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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PROMOTING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE DANCE

Dubroom Online, Edition September 11 2009

"PROMOTING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE DANCE" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 11 2009 - Dancehall isn't exactly that part of Reggae Music which is loaded with, let's say, conscious lyrics. If it isn't pornographic, we got violence as a popular topic and of course everything is not just preached, but practiced as well...

It's actually quite simple. The more slackness is promoted, the more this is also practiced. The more Consciousness is promoted, the more Consciousness will be practiced.

Of course, promoting Consciousness doesn't mean that we don't have to be "churchically correct" or "political correct" at all. It "just" means, that we have to be conscious in whatever it is we are doing.

Conscious when we are building our carreer as a female Dancehall vocalist, for example. Like Lady Shelly, whose free MP3 album should really be downloaded by every self-respecting Dancehall fan.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

ROD TAYLOR - HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 11 2009 - Rod Taylor riding this Mikey Dread riddim with a spiritual and heartical message as a true born Rastaman: another classic from the Dread At The Controls!

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LADY SHELLY - KARAMANTI MIX VOLUME 1 - RESURRECTION (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - With tracks like "Kum Out", several mixes of "Welcome To Canada", Lady Shelly's free MP3 Album gives a good representation of her past and presence as more-than-conscious Dancehall vocalist.

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LADY SHELLY (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

After her massive success in the 1990's with hits on several dance labels, Lady Shelly returned from Montreal to Jamaica where she re-launched her carreer as a much needed, more-than-conscious Dancehall Singer/DJ.

Her refusal to compromise with the often disgusting "rules" in the Music Industry has not stopped her from producing hits like "Kum Out", addressing domestic violence, and "Welcome To Canada", addressing the way Jamaicans are treated in Canada.

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GREGORY ISAACS - STORY BOOK CHILDREN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (9)

Dubroom Online, Edition September 10 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (9)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 10 2009 - Thanks for your interest in the Dubroom, and also for your interest in this little column.

During the last week-and-a-day, I've been sharing a bit concerning the Dubroom, especially from my own point of view as founder, editor and main contributor.

It is a blessing to promote (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, to maintain an independent position in order to uphold a tradition that made Reggae Music appeal to the hearts and souls of too many millions of people world wide.

It would be totally foolish to make a Reggae Website without respecting the tradition that made the Music big. In any way, it would totally eradicate the reason why this website exists.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

HORACE ANDY - AINT NO SUNSHINE (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 10 2009 - Here we have Horace Andy singing a cover version of the well known non-Reggae title. He's doing it over a dubbed out Rub a Dub riddim, making this one a thousand times more enjoyable than the original. Crucial!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUB TENTACLES VOLUME 1

WWW, September 2009 - Fresh Poulp Records' first attempt at an all-Dub compilation surely came up with some really crucial Dub Steppers among some weaker choices.

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MISTY IN ROOTS (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Ever since they were founded in the wake of the 1970's UK Reggae Band Boom, Misty In Roots are known for their uncompromising, spiritual and militant Roots Reggae. This is a band that will always sing praises to Jah and chant down Babylon.

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PHILLIP FRAZIER - COME ETHIOPIAN (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (8)

Dubroom Online, Edition September 9 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (8)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 9 2009 - Obviously, it took a long time before the Dubroom took the shape and size that the website currently has.

The possibilities of the Internet increased significantly since the Dubroom was established online in 1997, and of course, my own experience increased as well.

It's always good to keep realizing just where you're coming from, though.

Fun, too.

It's fun to look back and read these early articles and reviews, fun also to see my own mistakes as absolute beginner among absolute beginners in these early days of the Internet.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

JOHNNY OSBOURNE - RUN (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 9 2009 - Johnny Osbourne in another Reggae classic complete with DJ chanting over the digital Rub a Dub riddim: time to put on your dancing shoes and dance away the blues!

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - ON THE ROCK: DANCEHALL IN 2K8 (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - Dancehall avant la lettre: hip hop style and slackness galore, with vocalists like Damien and Stephen Marley, Buju Banton and Sean Paul all riding over labels released by the Germaica label.

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CLINT EASTWOOD (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Together with General Saint, he scored a major hit called "Stop That Train". But before that, Jamaican DJ Clint Eastwood had already toasted some crucial releases into the microphones of Jamaican studio's.

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LOUIE RANKING - HOT ME HOT (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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THIS IS THE DUBROOM (7)

Dubroom Online, Edition September 8 2009

"THIS IS THE DUBROOM (7)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, September 8 2009 - In a column like this one, on my messiandread.dubroom.org website, and on the forums I express my freedom of speech under my own name, while restraining myself into professional objectivity on another.

Obviously, I'm much more experienced in this than in the time I started to review over 12 years ago now. I had to learn to refrain from words like "I", for example.

Especially when I read the earlier album reviews, it produces a smile on my face and sometime it's so terrible that I write another review instead.

I will not very likely do that with articles, though. That would be literally falsification of history.

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

EDI FITZROY - CHANT DOWN BABYLON (DUBROOM ONLINE MP3 REVIEW)

WWW, September 8 2009 - No, this is not a cover of the well-known Bob Marley track. This is a hard stepping Roots Reggae tune with Edi Fitzroy delivering a militant message that goes straight to Babylon Head!

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RAGGABALDER RIDDIM REBELS - KNOCKIN LIKE A HAMMER PON UR FUKKING DOOR (DUBROOM MP3 ALBUM REVIEW)

WWW, September 2009 - From Shaggy and Elephant Man to Mykal Rose and Collie Budz, they've all voiced dub plates and other mixes for the Scandinavian Raggabalder Riddim Rebels. Heavy Dancehall that you don't want to miss out.

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JAH STITCH (DUBROOM ARTIST PAGE)

WWW, August 2009 - Together with producer Bunny Lee, Jah Stitch scored an impressive number of hits in Jamaica during the 1970's as he chanted on top of some heavyweight Roots Rockers Dubs.

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EDI FITZROY AND BIGGA STA - COME TOGETHER (DUBROOM EZ TRACK PORTAL)

WWW, August/September 2009 - From August 16 to September 30, the Dubroom presents a new track available for free download at EZTRACKS.com. Just click to listen and check it out!

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