Reggae music is one of those things that really divides people. Like country music. You’re either all in or all out. And it’s usually impossible to change someone’s mind about the subject.

BUT… but… if I was trying to Jedi-mindfuck all of you reggae skeptics out there reading this, en masse, into giving it a chance, then the track I think you should listen to—preferably LOUD and with you as stoned as hell—is this, the lead track from Lee “Scratch” Perry and the Upsetters’ classic Blackboard Jungle Dub, a tune called “Black Panta.”

Blackboard Jungle Dub, recorded in 1973, is considered the first full-length dub album. Apparently the great dub producer KIng Tubby was in control of the echo-drenched mixes. If you listen closely, this would appear to be a stereo mix, but it’s not. It’s two different mono channels. Each channel is mixed down to a insanely trippy conclusion—in mono—and then married to the other. Fantastic! It’s a sonic masterpiece of incredible genius. (Whoever uploaded this did a good good of keeping the separation, so you can really hear it properly).
 

 
Below is a mini-documentary about the album and Perry’s first foray into dubstep, remixing Blackboard Jungle Dub with Dubblestandart, Subatomic Sound System and Jahdan Blakkamoore: