Rumble King Jammy Dub Plate
1991
Donated by Rumble
Words by DJ Grumps
In 1991, while working in the studio in Kingston Jamaica with producer and dj Junior Reid, Rumble, formerly of Rumble & Strong cut a bunch of songs including, “Crack Song, All I know”, “Wishing on a Star” and more. Junior Reid liked the tracks so much that he took Rumble to see King Jammy’s Superpower, the biggest and most well known soundsystem in Kingston in 1986. Liking the tracks, King Jammy pressed Rumble’s tracks onto a 7’ dub plate to play at his dance that night. In Jamaican soundsystem culture, new songs with potential are usually pressed onto acetate and played in the dancehall to gauge the audience’s feedback. This has been one of the ways in which Jamaican soundsystems help develop their artists and musical culture.
Rumble’s tracks must have received a positive response because two years later in 1993, one of the tracks on this dub plate would be released as a single on Gee Street records. That track, initially called “Foee the World” was re-titled as “Safe” garnering Rumble North American and European airplay. Rumble’s dub plate on King Jammy’s system demonstrates one of the many ways in which Jamaican soundsystem culture has contributed to the growth of Canadian hip hop culture.
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