The label reluctantly put it out, and it sold enough to persuade the record company to let Dube follow his reggae fascination. After its commercial failure, Dube (pronounced doo- bay ) promised his record company that his next album would return to mbqanga, but instead he stuck with the Jamaican style and cut “Think About the Children.” ![]() The South African singer, who appears tonight at 7 with his 13-piece band on the “Reggae Sunsplash” bill at San Diego State’s Open Air Theatre, was a performer in the mbqanga or “Zulu soul” vein before releasing “Rastas Never Die,” the first reggae album by a South African artist. Lucky Dube’s first venture into reggae eight years ago was such a commercial disaster that he had to resort to trickery to get a second chance.
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