posted 07-02-2004 08:00 AM         

The car is being used for Nelly's (Rapper) new video. More pics click here

posted 07-05-2004 07:37 AM         

Dub is characterized as a "version" of an existing song, typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local Sound Systems. The instrumental tracks are typically drenched in sound processing effects, with most of the lead instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix. The music sometimes features processed sound effects and other noises, such as animal sounds, babies crying, and producers shouting instructions at the musicians.

These versions are mostly instrumental, sometimes including snippets of the original vocal version. Often these tracks are used for "Toasters" rapping heavily-rhymed and alliterative lyrics. These are called "DeeJay Versions". As opposed to hip hop terminology, in reggae music the person with the microphone is called the "DJ", while the person choosing the music and operating the turntables is the "Selector" (elsewhere called the DJ).

A major reason for producing multiple versions was economic: A record producer could use a recording he owned to produce numerous versions from a single studio session. Version was also an opportunity for a producer or remix engineer to experiment and vent their more creative side. The version was typically the B-side of a single, with the A-side dedicated to making a popular hit, and B-side for experimenting and providing something for DJ's to talk over.

See in particular the works of Lee Perry, King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock), Errol Thompson, Prince Jammy, Keith Hudson and Augustus Pablo for the very best in dub music in the 1970s.

In the '80s Britain became a new center for dub production with Mad Professor and Jah Shaka being the most famous, while Scientist became the heavyweight champion of Jamaican dub.

In the 1990s and beyond dub has been influenced by and in turn influenced techno, dance music, ambient music, and hip hop, with many dub tracks produced by non traditional musicians from these other genres. Musicians such as The Clash, PiL, The Orb, Pole, Underworld and others demonstrate clear dub influences in their respective genres, and their innovations have in turn influenced the mainstream of the dub genre. Traditional dub has, however, survived (see Aba Shanti-I, for example) and some of the originators like Lee Perry and Mad Professor continue to produce new material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_(music)

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Melting Pot Dub
Mezmerized by the groove state, a snare shot, soaked in digital delay, ricochets into the air above your head, decaying slowly over a insitent, throbbing sub sonic bass line that drives deep into your body. Jamaican dub creates a hypnotic beat, building a tension until it breaks....hide the children - dub is loose.

Dub has it's roots deep in the Jamaican "sound systems" of the '50s and '60s and the mobile-deejay dance parties. And was cultivated by such luminaries as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock, and Horace Swaby, a.k.a. Augustus Pablo. Dub takes its name from the "dub plates" that were cut as instrumental B-sides to the hit ska, rocksteady, and--later--reggae singles of '60s Jamaica. Producers routinely dropped vocal and rhythm tracks in and out of mixes to test sound levels.

The dub sound--rhythms, bass lines, mixing sensibilities, and vibe--is experiencing a massive resurgence that is stretching across contemporary music, from the bass-heavy trip-hop of Massive Attack and Portishead to new instrumental post-rock bands such as Tortoise to the manic, cut-time beats and subsonic rumble of U.K. jungle and even into some punk bands, such as Fugazi. Meanwhile, producers and deejays as Bill Laswell, Tricky, the Orb, Mad Professor, Adrian Sherwood, the Chemical Brothers, DJ Ninj, DJ Spooky, the Crooklyn Dub Consortium, and others continue to push toward the 21st century and are taking dub along with them.

Around the mid-70's, recording studios and sound systems were popping up everywhere in Kingston. The worldwide success of Marley had made reggae a leading Jamaican exports. Dub tracks had become a staple of the DJs and Sound Systems. From here there was only upwards. As many Islanders emigrated they took with them the memories and love of reggae and dub. Dub outside of Jamaica has evolved on a slightly different plane than the original Jamaican style, making more use of the sampled drum beats and drum machines as well as computers. It has taken on new forms and been meshed with other electronic genres. The word 'Dub' itself has almost lost it's original meaning as it becomes integrated with other forms.

During the 70's in England as reggae began to take hold and influence popular music, there were some that were attempting to meld the heady bass rhythyms and spaced out drums with their own music. Both the West Indian community in London's Brixton section and the punk movement high on musical revolution helped to bring dub influences to the forefront. The dub-laden opus Sandanista from The Clash appeared out of this experimentation as well as Brixton poet Linton Kwesi Johnson [1] and his Dread Beat an' Blood and Forces of Victory albums. Soon afterward, U.K. sound systems were bringing dub into new technological areas.

As some of the more obscure Jamaican records of the '70s and '80s find a new audience and dub becomes further absorbed into popular styles of music, some interesting hybrids--such as with jungle and trip-hop -- have arrived on the scene, melding ambient, "chill-out" and electronic-music sensibilities with fat bass lines and infectious beats. This and the perpetuation of the traditional dub style are pushing the limits dub and are adding sounds from a kaleidoscope of sources, expanding the dub palate into unfamiliar sonic territory.

It may sound coy, but dub exists both as a science and a ritual, the rhythm above all else.
http://www.dub.ca/reading/meltingpot.html

posted 07-05-2004 10:34 AM         

Being a Bit younger..LOL
and having dated a Jamaican man for 2 years, I am still confused about this DUB thing. I will have to forward the Nelly Shoot to my EX and ask him as well.
I was deep inside the Hip Hop / Rap business, and modeled my fat *** for some of these rappers. I attended many shoots, have met Busta Rymes, Leon, (actor)..many Jamaican Stars..etc. I travelled Europe w/ Rolling Stones in 1998 and was with a opening band called Gibby(Jamaican/heavy metal..LOL Thanks to my patient and generous lovely Jamacan man!!!!

..Still have no Clue what DUB means in reference to cars.
Is this a club? A magazine, a reference to their system(stereo)?

Just wanted to know because I am an avid fan of Pimp my ride!, Cribs..and follow the rap/Hip Hop industry, clubbing and am am member of a VIP list for NYC clubs..

I can do the slow and low? But what is DUB? In reference to the logo on the fronts, sides plates of theses pimped out rides?

See my jungle fever(lol Joke, but EX will laugh) pics from 98-99 LOL

and tell me before I go to eubonics.com,
or drive 20 minutes to 50 cent's house and knock on the door to ask..LOL

posted 07-05-2004 11:32 AM         

It's Dub, a niche car magazine with a tiny paid circulation that has nevertheless become the bible of the urban automotive subculture devoted to 20-inch-plus spinners -- the outrageously flashy oversize wheels that pop up in nearly every MTV rap video -- and the hip-hop attitude they connote.

''If you're in Dub magazine, you're the man,'' said Isaac Austin, a former N.B.A. player. ''It means that you've got style, you've got personality and, obviously, you've got some dough.''

In the four years since Dub began publishing in Los Angeles, what might be called the Dub lifestyle of eye-popping jewelry, ear-splitting hip-hop and, of course, traffic-stopping cars customized to the hilt, has moved from the streets of East Los Angeles to the boardrooms of Hollywood, Madison Avenue and even the Big Three automakers. What Slam is to basketball or Playboy was to a certain type of 1970's man, Dub is to drivers who like their cars loud, flashy and tricked out with clunky chrome wheels.

''Back in the 1990's, if you had chrome rims on your car, you were either a thug or a drug dealer,'' said Myles Kovacs, 30, Dub's editor. Nowadays, custom wheels are showing up on TV, in General Motors showrooms and at suburban grocery stores. ''They have become socially acceptable,'' he added.

''By creating Dub,'' Mr. Kovacs said, flashing his ring with a two-carat diamond, ''we created a brand for the lifestyle.''

For makers of car parts and accessories, that lifestyle also means big money. ''Dub magazine has come to symbolize this new youth market,'' said Christopher J. Kersting, chief executive and president of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, a trade group for auto accessory makers. The group said that sales of custom wheels alone rose to $3.3 billion last year, a 66 percent gain from 1996. ''They're not just black urban kids, but also white suburban kids. It's everybody.''

posted 07-05-2004 11:45 AM         

Wow!!!!!!

Anyway..

As far as I know with the "ghetto" knowledge I have...
Dub means several things...
You can get a "dub sack" which would be a $20 bag of dope.
You've got Dub magazine.
Or you can put Dubs on your ride..
Dubs is the ghetto term for 20" wheels..

Then you got your Dub deuces which are 22" etc.

Hope this helps!

posted 07-05-2004 11:50 AM         

Or? a reference to prosperity and profiling..that's what Mike told me about when we were dating,
cars, bikes, Girls, jewelry, clothing etc.

I am going to have to bring my old lady big *** to a club soon, I am loosing it...Life is too short..Mike I need a Jamaican injection..uh um Lesson..LOL http://www.j-lingo.com/

He was or still is in Record industry, is a Pro photographer now. Best friend forever!

ask nicely, and he has HOT pics of me alone from shoots, both by him,
and Chuck who is a good amatuer..
and he has cool celebrities from his back stage events -

As far as this old lady!-Mike my EX has them in his private collection, I deleted them,, kids in house...

posted 07-05-2004 06:44 PM         

CNote that was my spanking comment..ooops! forgot to sign Chuck out!
So, Shhhh! You are gonna get a good one..
Those girls are too young for the shirts to be that old..wink wink...LOL

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posted 07-05-2004 07:54 PM         

Gotcha back...and I have 4 of these mice...so watch out!

Love,

Barbie