Likkle Addi x Vybz Kartel – It A Tape (Again)

Likkle Addi and Vybz Kartel come at “It A Tape (Again)” from a very specific place in modern dancehall: the family tree that Kartel helped turn into a working musical brand. Likkle Addi, one of Kartel’s sons, has been recording as part of the UTG wave for years now, moving from the early youth-camp novelty into a lane where he can hold his own beside his father. Kartel, of course, is still the genre’s most unavoidable architect of the last two decades, and even when he is working with the next generation, his delivery and cadence still set the temperature.

The song itself plays like a grimy, playful status record. The title already tells you the angle: tape, again, as in the same cycle of attention, pressure, and return. The track feels like a tough dancehall cut rather than a glossy crossover attempt, with the sort of clipped, swaggering phrasing Kartel has long specialized in and the younger voice matching that clipped energy. It has that mischievous Gaza humor that lets the boasting land with a smirk instead of a shout.

Uptown Gaza Records places the release squarely inside the ongoing UTG catalogue, the imprint that has kept Kartel’s sons active and visible even while Kartel’s own legend keeps expanding. That label context matters, because these records are not just one-off father-and-son features; they are part of a longer family-run run of singles and videos that have helped define how Kartel’s legacy is being passed down in real time. “It A Tape (Again)” fits that story neatly, with Likkle Addi sounding more assured than a guest star and Kartel sounding exactly like the pull still runs through the center of the record.