Dub poetry or the roots of slam

I love dub poetry from long time, the first ever dub album I bought was the 'LKJ in Dub' (recorded in 1981, and bought by myself more than ten years later...) and this was a musical revelation for me.


Then I started listening to Tubby's records and other 70's records, until I found a Prince Far I record made by Adrian Sherwood in 80's... I was shocked by the power of Prince Far I voice, it was like a slam in my face !

Dub poetry is the spoken word version of dub music. For I dub poetry is more related to dub than 'simple reggae', because words get an other power when the music is mixed in a specific way giving voice a strong signification, it's for me the roots of 'today' slam...

I'm actually trying to create a new project about dub poetry, here is some links to get more inside this musical style:

Dub Poetry - Wikipedia article
Dub Poetry Introduction - Nice introduction to dub poetry
Dub Poetry Selection - A selection of dub poetry albums
Dub Poets Collective - Dub poets crew from Canada