Delly Ranx – Have Yuh Tings

“Have Yuh Tings” reads as a call for self-possession: get your own, hold your corner, and move without dependency. That language suits Delly Ranx, whose work has long carried the directness of a dancehall deejay while leaving room for melody and a more reflective reggae sensibility.

Kingston-born Delroy Foster came through the 1990s dancehall circuit with the kind of voice that can cut sharply through a riddim without abandoning musical phrasing. Early tunes such as “Soundboy General, ” “Gal Nuh More Than You, ” “What A Gal” and “Headache” helped establish him as an artist comfortable with competitive dancehall talk, party records and relationship songs alike. His delivery has always had that useful tension between a clipped deejay attack and a singjay’s instinct for carrying a phrase.

Ranx’s second career as a producer also informs how he approaches the microphone. Through Pure Music, he helped shape riddims including Red Bull and Guinness and Saudi Arabia, working across the same dancehall ecosystem that made his name as a performer. That producer’s ear has kept his music connected to rhythm and function rather than image alone.

On a title like “Have Yuh Tings, ” Delly Ranx is returning to a principle that runs through much of his catalogue: self-reliance stated plainly, with enough vocal authority to make the phrase feel like both advice and warning.