Mad Professor - A Feast of Yellow Dub '1990/2023

Tracks list

It's fashionable to slag British producer Mad Professor these days. And it's
true that his sound, a digitally clean yet sonically adventurous combination of
Lee Perry-style quirkiness and roots-wise rhythm, is distinctive enough and his
output prolific enough that he does open himself up to charges of repetition. It
might be fair to call him the Vivaldi of reggae; he borrows from himself
shamelessly, and you can generally identify a Mad Professor production within
about four bars. But really, that's not necessarily a bad thing. And when you
team him up with a personality as strong as that of Yellowman -- Jamaica's
famous Afro-albino toaster -- the results can be outstanding, as they are here.
Actually, Yellowman's contributions are pretty passive; this is a collection of
Yellowman singles in dub versions by the Professor, and Yellowman's voice only
pops into the mix occasionally. Even then, it's often digitally manipulated past
recognition; fans who pay close attention may recognize "A Dose of Diseases" as
the dub version of "AIDS" and "Some Wild Western Peppers" as the dub of "Wild
Wild West." The Roots Radics provide the instrumental raw material for this
crazy dub concoction and, as usual, their performances are impeccable.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Mad Professor - A Dose of Diseases (3:35)
1.02 - Mad Professor - Some Hot, Hot Girls (4:30)
1.03 - Mad Professor - A Bit of Ready Made Sauce (4:23)
1.04 - Mad Professor - Some Hot, Hot Boys (4:34)
1.05 - Mad Professor - Some Wild Western Peppers (4:24)
1.06 - Mad Professor - One Nasty Ex-President (4:48)
1.07 - Mad Professor - Some Army Slop (4:30)
1.08 - Mad Professor - One Pretty Girl (4:48)
1.09 - Mad Professor - A Virgin (3:28)
1.10 - Mad Professor - Some Memories (4:26)

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