Dub Come Save Me
(Big Dada)
British rapper Roots Manuva last year dropped one of the most audacious and adventurous hip-hop albums ever, one which expanded the very idea of what the genre was capable of producing.
Run Come Save Me took in hip-hop, jungle, Jamaican dancehall and dub, a bit of calypso and even some rock'n'roll, produced with an international attitude that was firmly rooted in Britain's black culture.
More than 30 tracks were recorded for the album, and it was obvious that not all would make the final cut. So for his follow-up, Dub Come Save Me, Manuva has given us a bunch of the most reggae-influenced tracks that didn't make the previous release, along with some new dub remixes, that stand as an album in its own right.
The dub produced back in the day of the masters like King Tubby and Lee Perry was pretty primitive stuff, relying on analogue tape loops and homemade effects units to produce the trademark echoing, stoned sound. But Manuva has all the modern studio wizardry at his disposal, which gives Dub Come Save Me a very futuristic spin.
