SOUTH FLORIDA – When Mr. Vegas hit charts in 1998 with Heads Excessive, music followers in Jamaica have been nonetheless shopping for compact discs, stonewash denims have been cool and the cellphone was a novelty.
In late August, the 50 year-old toaster launched Ghetto Reggae, his newest album, which pays homage to the Nineteen Nineties and Nineteen Eighties, which significantly influenced him.
In an interview with South Florida Caribbean Information, Mr. Vegas mentioned the 14-song set revisits one of the satisfying durations of his life.
“Ghetto Reggae tells the story of the music that formed my musical profession. That story has by no means been instructed through my musical work,” he defined.
Typical of his earlier albums, he goes for range on Ghetto Reggae. Name Tyrone, considered one of its songs, is a collaboration with U Roy. U Roy is the pioneer deejay who died 4 years in the past.
Prior to now, Mr. Vegas has labored with old style deejays like Josey Wales. Their tune, Candy Jamaica, was a giant hit with Shaggy in 2011.
He additionally recorded a dancehall model of Eric Donaldson’s tune, “Land of My Delivery.” This tune is Jamaica’s unofficial nationwide anthem. It gained the Pageant Tune Contest in 1978.
Since his huge success with Heads Excessive, Mr. Vegas has tried totally different music kinds. He has finished lovers rock with “Do You Know Me,” revival with “I Am Blessed,” and pop-dancehall with “Tek Weh Yuhself.”
Most significantly, he mentioned his songs retain a timelessness not normally related to dancehall music.
“I imagine that an artist will at all times be present if he/she has carved out an incredible physique of labor. The data will present that I’ve put ahead an incredible physique of labor that has stored me related over time,” Mr. Vegas famous. “For instance, I Am Blessed and Heads Excessive are nonetheless very fashionable.”
Ghetto Reggae is launched by his MV Music label.
