Meaning
A pioneering Jamaican music style born in the studio — stripping a reggae track down to its drum and bass and reworking it with echo, reverb, and effects. Producers like King Tubby and Lee 'Scratch' Perry made dub an art form of the mixing desk, influencing genres worldwide. 'A dub' can also mean a dubplate or a rewind.
Examples
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King Tubby a di master a dub.
King Tubby is the master of dub.
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Di dub version heavy pon di bass.
The dub version is heavy on the bass.
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Echo an reverb mek di dub sound.
Echo and reverb make the dub sound.
Origin
From 'dub' (to overdub/re-record); the studio-crafted, effects-heavy reggae style pioneered by King Tubby and Lee Perry in the 1970s.
How it’s used
The dub genre (drum-and-bass remixing with effects); a global influence. See [[vershun]], [[dub-poetry]], [[dubplate]].