Just a week ago I almost couldn’t recognise Mavado as he features in a glitzy pop song with Melxdie, a rising pop-star from Toronto. ‘THE GIRLS R BETTER’ video has the “Gangster for Life†deejay from Cassava Piece, Jamaica, orchestrating diamond heists in an unknown location in The States. Not only did the song title throw me, but listening to him rap over a pop beat just didn’t feel like ‘The Real Mckoy’ artist from 2004.
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How mi sound?
Hey
Jah watch over mi
All dem a fight and a gwaan
Man nah give up”
Those are the opening lines to the inspirational track which I think is arguably his track of 2019’s summer.
It’s a classic Mavado tune which laments the fact that he is still a boss. Yes, boss! Not necessarily the gangster from Kingston of old, but still a heavy player in the dancehall genre. The sky is the limit for Vado. Who knows maybe we might see him on the big screen. At this rate anything is possible from him. Make your money Mr Brooks and if also making pop reggae tracks helps grow the brand you may as well give it a crack, as long as you keep dropping tracks like ‘Keep Going Up’ which keep the oldskul fans believing.