Bounty Killer Says ‘King of Kingston’ Will Arrive This Christmas
Bounty Killer has ended the speculation surrounding the release time for his upcoming King of Kingston album. The release will be no time soon as everyone has been thinking, even though more than a week ago, in an Instagram update, the Coppershot artist said that the long-awaited album was “95.5 percent complete”.
Instead, the Grung Gad’s fans must expect a Christmas album, according to him.
“Well my album coming for Christmas. My album not gonna be a summer project, because a summer dem caan get di food one time,” Bounty told Spice during her improvised launch of her 10 album on her Instagram live on Thursday night.
Last week, Bounty Killer announced that some of the most iconic Dancehall and Reggae artistes, as well as several Hip Hop legends, would be featured on King of Kingston, among them Barrington Levy, Sanchez, Chronixx, his Alliance “pure four” members: Bling Dawg, Busy Signal and Wayne Marshall; Vybz Kartel, “possibly” Mavado, Richie Stephens, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg.
King of Kingston is being executive-produced by Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and is coming 19 years after the release of Ghetto Dictionary, Bounty’s last album, which was released by VP Records in 2002 and nominated for Best Reggae Album at the Grammy Awards.
During a recent Onstage interview, Bounty had re-emphasized that King of Kingston was going to be another tour de force.
The Seaview Gardens native, who has long-said he would not rush to complete the album, had also pointed out that he was also cognizant of the fact that his fans were waiting with bated breath for its release.
However, he said he would only put it out when the time is absolutely right, as he always makes it a point of his duty to ensure that his album tracks are always meticulously written and produced before being put in the public domain.
Bounty Killer has released several studio albums since he came to national attention in the early 1990s, his first being Roots, Reality and Culture, a 15-track production which was released in 1994. That album consisted of hits such as Spy Fi Die, Kill for Fun, the Warlord’s breakout song Coppershot and Gun Thirsty.
His sophomore album Down in the Ghetto album, followed months after and featured 14 tracks including How the West was Won, Inspired by God, Defend the Poor, Dead this Time, and See you no more.
No Argument was released in 1996 on the Greensleeves label and included classics such as Scare Him, Seek God, More Gal, Mama, Miss Ivy Last Son and Action Speak Louder than Words. It was followed by My Xperience which was released by VP Records that same year. My Xperience featured 20 tracks including The Lord is my Light and Salvation, Fed Up, Guns and Roses, and Benz and Bimma.
The King Jammy’s produced Ghetto Gramma, was released in 1997. The 20- track release included the ganja anthem Smoke the Herb, Book Book Book, Report You Missing, Fear No Evil and Income.
A year later Bounty returned with the 13-track Next Millennium album, which included the rude boy anthem Eagle and Di Hawk, It’s a Party featuring Wyclef Jean, Can’t Believe Mi Eyes, and Reggae Party, a collab with Third World and Shaggy.
In 1999, the Callaloo Bed native released The 5th Element which featured the classics Anytime and Look, which were written by Madhouse’s Dave Kelly, Bullz of Chicago, and the title track 5th Element.
His last album, the Grammy-nominated Ghetto Dictionary: The Mystery featured 20 tracks including hits such as Mystery, High Grade Forever, Sufferah featuring Wayne Marshall and Pot of Gold featuring Richie Stephens, Arrow, and the title track Ghetto Dictionary.