{
  "slug": "the-upsetters",
  "name": "The Upsetters",
  "description": "The Upsetters appears 3 times in our Dub and 1976 lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/the-upsetters/",
  "appearanceCount": 3,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1973,
    "last": 1976
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Dub"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "dub",
      "name": "Dub",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/dub/",
      "entries": 2
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
      "name": "1976",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "the-upsetters--black-panta",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/the-upsetters--black-panta/",
      "title": "Black Panta",
      "year": 1973,
      "label": "Upsetter",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "From Blackboard Jungle Dub, the album usually credited as the first of its kind. Lee Perry treats the multitrack as raw material rather than as a finished thing, and the result still sounds unfinished on purpose.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Upsetters%20Black%20Panta",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=de5J2az4V1A",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "dub",
        "name": "Dub",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/dub/"
      },
      "artist": "The Upsetters"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "the-upsetters--super-ape",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/the-upsetters--super-ape/",
      "title": "Super Ape",
      "year": 1976,
      "label": "Island",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Perry at the Black Ark with every effect running at once, and somehow the murk is legible. The best argument that dub was psychedelia made by people with far better rhythm sections.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
          "name": "1976",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Upsetters%20Super%20Ape",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOomS0HfdA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "dub",
        "name": "Dub",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/dub/"
      },
      "artist": "The Upsetters"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "the-upsetters--super-ape",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/the-upsetters--super-ape/",
      "title": "Super Ape",
      "year": 1976,
      "label": "Island",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Lee Perry's Black Ark at its peak, which means a four-track studio being pushed into producing something no larger studio could. Jamaica has three records on this list and could support ten.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "dub",
          "name": "Dub",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/dub/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Upsetters%20Super%20Ape",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOomS0HfdA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
      "on": {
        "kind": "curator",
        "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
        "name": "1976",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/"
      },
      "artist": "The Upsetters"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}