Show Notes
This episode of Frankie B’s Reggae Session is served up with extra flavor, giving a big shoutout to Jackmore’s Restaurant in Lagos, Nigeria, bringing Jamaican food to the table in the heart of Lagos.
The session was built to move alongside the food: warm roots, conscious reggae, island soul, African connection, and enough bass to season the whole room. The first stretch sets the table with modern reggae voices including Chronixx, Protoje, Damian Marley, KA$E, YG Marley, BLVCK H3RO, Ras-I, Khalia, Rik Jam, JonQuan, Lovelier Phenomenon, Buju Banton, Samory I, Stephen Marley, Kumar Fyah, Stay Nice Music, and Levon Gray.
Special shine goes to Samory I, whose new album Revelation is out now. His track “Zion” lands right in the heart of the episode, bringing that spiritual, heavy roots-reggae weight. He also has summer dates lined up, including the UK and California.
Then, for the final third of the show, the session drops into the Deep Dive into Dub, curated with help from The Santa Cruz Mountain Boys: McConnell, Will, Luke, Sky, Ian, Richie, and AA. That final stretch leans into heavy basslines, stripped-down riddims, echo, tape delay, reverb trails, and the kind of dub pressure that keeps expanding the room.
Food, roots, dub, Lagos, Jamaica, and bass. This one is built for flavor.
Track List
Opening Roots and Reggae Set
Chronixx – “Perfect Tree”
Protoje feat. Damian Marley – “At We Feet”
KA$E – “By Any Mean$”
YG Marley – “FIYAH”
BLVCK H3RO – “New Life”
Ras-I feat. Khalia – “Home”
Chronixx – “Scheming”
Rik Jam x JonQuan – “Gwan Walk”
Lovelier Phenomenon – “Under Your Spell”
Buju Banton – “Ungrateful People”
Samory I – “Zion”
Protoje feat. Stephen Marley – “1000 Lashes”
Kumar Fyah & Stay Nice Music – “5000 Acres”
Chronixx – “Dread”
Levon Gray – “The Here and Now”
Ras-I – “Reggae Mountain (Feel No Way)”
Damian Marley – “My Sweet Lord”
Deep Dive into DubCurated with help from The Santa Cruz Mountain Boys
“Resignation Dub”
“Dub In My Soul”
“Roots Man Version”
“Chapter Two”
“Green Brain”
“Mau Mau Dub (Green Lion Crew Mix)”
“Shotman Chow”
“Saturday Night Style”
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