—Major Seven (producer of DJ Khaled's "Holy Mountain")

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Billy Boyo recorded material at the legendary studios Channel One and King Tubby’s recording studio, sometimes even mixed by the (also legendary) engineer/producer Scientist. Decades later, his reggae/dancehall anthems like "One Spliff a Day" and "Wicked She Wicked" would be sampled by The Avalanches, DJ Khaled, TDE's D.K. the Punisher, Twit One, and dubstep icon Zomby, among others.

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The boy wonder from Kingston, Jamaica turned into a reggae legend. Billy Boyo was one of the most prolific child DJs in the early 80s, sampled by The Avalanches, DJ Khaled, TDE’s D.K. the Punisher, Twit One, and dubstep icon Zomby.

Billy Boyo: The Reggae Child Prodigy

Short: Billy Boyo

For this collection, we head to Jamaica to explore some of our deep Rastafari reggae tracks from the past to modern day.

Chanting Down Babylon

Discover magnetic melodies, one drops and explosive rhythms of Reggae, Dub, and Dancehall - Ready to flip.

Reggae, Dub & Dancehall – Ready to Flip

Dub music is far more than a genre. Production techniques pioneered by the likes of King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, and ET laid the foundation for remixing, sound effects like echo and reverb, and using studio mixing and engineering as an instrument. 
 
#### About Tracklib’s dub stems collection & multi track stems 
 
All audio tracks in this collection come with exclusive multitracks aka stems. This way, you can get as creative as you want. Think of jungle lead vocals or the bass from [A-Class Crew](https://www.tracklib.com/music/artists/a-class-crew)'s "Dub School Dubwise." Even guitars, organs, synth chords, and mix strings are available to sample. Each stem download includes a variety of multitracks, or in other words: separate stems. 
 
#### Our favorite examples of music productions that use dub stems

Get inspired by the greats: "Wolves" by [Kanye West](https://www.tracklib.com/blog/samples-like-kanyewest-graduation-video-breakdown) samples Sugar Minott's "Walking Dub." Or think of the dub-influenced dance/post-punk anthem "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid, sampled for hip-hop classic “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” by Grandmaster Melle Mel. Or hear how [Metro Boomin](https://www.tracklib.com/music/collections/429366) sampled the dubby trip-hop classic "One Love" by Massive Attack for "6 Love" featuring Joey O'Keefe. 
 
#### Samples that sound like dub / include riddims & stems

Discover our extensive feature on record label Wah Wah 45s titled [*Sample Decades Worth of Jazz, Funk, Dub & Afrobeat*](https://www.tracklib.com/blog/wahwah45s-funk-jazz-afrobeat-sampling). The collection [Reggae Riddims](https://www.tracklib.com/music/collections/564488) also includes separate stems and instrumental stems of iconic reggae music and undiscovered gems. In addition, the collection [Jamaicapella](https://www.tracklib.com/music/collections/6008) focuses solely on acapella stems and lead vocals with songs by Jah Messenger, Poison Chang, and Bunny General. ‘Rhythm Twins’ [Sly & Robbie](https://www.tracklib.com/blog/rhythm-twins-sly-robbie) are also dub and reggae innovators not to be missed—including dub stems for [their music with Horace Andy](https://www.tracklib.com/music/artists/sly-robbie).

Billy Boyo: The Reggae Child Prodigy

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