this one is called natures duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuub

god, i've really gone over the cliff w/ the dub madness. my unendorsed opinion is that this shit is mind exxxpppaaannnding, though i never have and never will endorse a transcdental, chemically derived or otherwise, opinion 'bout the role of good art. so, nature's dub, is a mid-80's dubber from JA ex-pats living in n-y-c. not on this record, but other wackie's records, they incorporate digital sound (and my general lack-o-knowledge re:dancehall may be revealed here) but not in the way that resident JA artists did in the 80's. wackie's is more of a straight continuuuuum from 70's reggae in another direction. lots of the same musicians, singers and lloyd barnes who *was* a 70's producer in ja before moving to the u-s-a.

and it's good. i've never been very good at describing why one song is better than another etc. but this is good stuff. perhaps i should think more critically about my music (and i try, a la this f'ing blog) but the value in that is limited. it might add to my sure-ness of opinion (but who could it) but it definitely won't help me find more music to enjoy. if anything you run the danger of starting to appreciate music for non-musical reasons. because you can justify it in the way that you justify something you do like.

so i don't know how to make it happen to let it be known and why i like this nature's dub lp, but needless to say, i do, like it, and it is, good.