Among the first generation of Jamaican dub reggae engineers, King Tubby's assistant (and later rival) Prince Jammy has always been somewhat unfairly neglected. Unfortunately “Uhuru in Dub,” a 1982 collection of mixes he did for the roots band Black Uhuru, isn't the best album to make a case for that. At a time when producers like Scientist, Lee Perry, and, over in the UK, Adrian Sherwood were busy elevating remixes to something close to composition, “Uhuru in Dub” is an unremarkable by-the-numbers dub album.
The basslines of the 10 songs here are largely unmemorable, drums are treated with the usual delay and flanger and Jammy's use of horn, guitar and vocal snippets seems fairly arbitrary. Some harsh, almost “glitchy” sounding fades on “Mystic Mix” and a catchy organ riff on “African Culture” were the only things that stood out to me. Next please.
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