One of many UK’s most revered reggae voices, Macka B steps up with Di Actual Rock, using essentially the most iconic riddim in Jamaican music with trademark precision and cultural depth. Reduce at Studio One in 1967 by Sound Dimension underneath Coxsone Dodd, it’s a masterclass in reggae historical past over the Actual Rock riddim.
The manufacturing comes from Firehouse Crew, who additionally launched the monitor on their very own label and recorded it at Anchor Studio in Kingston. That degree of funding exhibits within the session. As veterans of the Nineties roots renaissance, they know this terrain intimately. The riddim sits deep and unhurried, giving Macka B all of the room he wants.
“Actual Rock is without doubt one of the greatest riddims to ever come out of Jamaica,” the artist says. “When Firehouse Crew referred to as me to voice it, I knew I needed to give the individuals the complete historical past. It is a tune and a lesson in the place we come from, and why the riddim nonetheless shakes the muse right this moment.”
A TUNE AND A LESSON IN WHERE WE COME FROM
Born Christopher MacFarlane in Wolverhampton to Jamaican mother and father, Macka B rides the groove with easy circulation. The Actual Rock riddim has been versioned lots of of instances, from Willie Williams’ Armageddon Time and Junior Murvin’s Cool Out Son, via to Buju Banton, Barrington Levy and Beres Hammond.
He name-checks a roll name of giants, honouring the riddim’s historical past whereas stamping his personal acutely aware signature on it.
Some riddims don’t age. Di Actual Rock unites Macka B and Firehouse Crew, delivering genuine musicianship firmly rooted within the cornerstone of acutely aware reggae.
ABOUT MACKA B
One of many UK’s most influential reggae artists, Macka B brings 4 many years of clever, acutely aware lyricism to levels worldwide. He has carried out alongside Burning Spear, The Wailers and Lee Perry.
His viral Medical Mondays and Wha Me Eat Wednesdays social sequence attain tens of millions, mixing ital residing with fashionable digital tradition.
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