Music
May, 2001
Even more than San Francisco's ballroom rock, Jamaican dub was conceived by potheads for potheads. It was music to say "Oh wow" to, distinguished by a deep, spare style that used vocals primarily for decoration. English punks loved dub. The toasters who chanted on top of it inspired the first rappers. It's near the heart of electronic dance music. New dub CDs have multiplied since the rise of techno, but almost all have been for specialists. A few recent collections, however, are bigge...
