Sly and Robbie and the Roots Radics band get together again for another album, “The Dub Battle”, which hears them working with Argentinian Hernan Sforzini. 

Sforzini produced 2019’s “Sly and Robbie vs The Roots Radics: The Final Battle” which featured the legendary musicians working with acts like Horace Andy, Michael Rose and Max Romeo. That set was nominated for a Best Reggae Album Grammy Award in 2020. 

“The Dub Battle” has songs produced by dub pioneers Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Lloyd “King Jammy” James, Mad Professor and Dennis Bovell. “Dub Morning”, its lead single, teams Sly and Robbie with Rose, former lead singer of Black Uhuru. 

On June 12, Sly & Robbie vs The Roots Radics: The Final Battle” was released on vinyl in the United States and Canada as part of Records Store Day. Fans were obviously excited about the new format as the set entered the Billboard Reggae Album Chart that week. 

The second single from The Dub Battle” is expected to be "Dubterior Motives" by Roots Radics and King Jammy featuring Brinsley Forde, former guitarist/lead singer of Aswad.

Written By Howard Campbell