Anthony Red Rose – Cannabis

Anthony Red Rose keeps proving that his name still carries weight in dancehall. Cannabis is a straightforward, veteran-minded single: a marijuana anthem that fits naturally into Red Rose’s long-running lane as a singjay who helped define the digital shift in Jamaican music in the mid-1980s. His voice has always had that bright, conversational edge, and on a tune like this it feels perfectly suited to a topic that has long lived at the center of dancehall culture. The song lands in the sweet spot between old-school charm and modern studio polish, with the kind of easy swing that lets the vocal lead without crowding the rhythm.

Red Rose comes in as one of the key names from the early ragga era, the artist behind classics like “Tempo” and a career that stretches back to the first wave of computerized dancehall. That history matters here, because Cannabis sounds like a record made by someone who knows exactly how to work a single, simple idea without overcomplicating it. Raggedy Joe Music is the right home for it too. The label has been tied to Red Rose for years, and this release sits comfortably within that catalog of rootsy, dancehall-forward material that has kept his name active well beyond his biggest 1980s hits. The version that surfaced in 2020 suggests the tune has been moving through the scene for a few years now, even if the current posting frames it as a 2026 release.

What makes Cannabis click is its clarity. It is not trying to be a sermon or a novelty cut; it plays like a seasoned artist revisiting a topic that reggae and dancehall have circled for decades, with enough breeze in the arrangement to keep the mood relaxed and enough authority in the delivery to make the point land. That combination is exactly where Anthony Red Rose still feels most at home.