Rub-A-Dub Riddim (2020) – Nmg Music

NMG Music’s Rub-A-Dub Riddim landed on June 4, 2020 and keeps the classic reggae juggling format alive with four vocal cuts and a straight instrumental version. The project sits in that sweet spot between old-school rub-a-dub swing and modern digital crispness, with a steady one-drop pulse, roomy bass pressure and enough space in the mix for each singer to ride the pocket cleanly.

Sammy Jo opens with No Mozart, a playful title that gives the set an easy bounce without losing the sound system weight. Keone’s Forever Love brings the sweeter side of the riddim, while Zebee’s Sweet Reggae gives the project its most direct feel-good hook. The Writer closes it out with Rub A Dub, presented as the instrumental cut, which helps underline how much of the release is about the groove itself rather than any one vocal performance.

NMG Music is credited as the producer and label across the release, with Nikholai Greene named behind the production on the database entry. That matters here, because the riddim sounds like a deliberate throwback rather than a loose compilation: tight, uncluttered, built for selectors, and shaped to let singers phrase against the drum pattern instead of competing with it. The result is a compact 2020 reggae set that nods to the rub-a-dub era while staying clean enough for contemporary juggling.