Nearly a decade after “Loodi” put her name in front of a much wider dancehall crowd, Shenseea is lining up alongside Vybz Kartel again. Their latest link, “Talk To Me Nuh,” is one of eight tracks on Catalyst, her new EP arriving Friday, Nov. 6.
She broke the news on social media on Monday, Nov. 2, sharing the title, the cover art and the full tracklist in one go. Kartel isn’t the only guest either, with Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake and American rapper Loe Shimmy also on board.
Asake shows up on “Playtime,” while Loe Shimmy lands on “Private.” The rest of the set belongs to Shenseea alone, running through “Vulnerability,” “Danger,” “Garden,” “Body Language” and “2 Face Gyal.
Fans who have been paying attention already have a head start. “Vulnerability” came out as a single back in September, and she has been teasing “Garden” in the run up to release day.
The Kartel track isn’t brand new. “Talk To Me Nuh,” produced by Rvssian, surfaced earlier this year, so its place on the EP feels like a song finding its proper home.
For longtime listeners, the bigger story is the symmetry. Loodi” dropped in 2016 and helped introduce Shenseea to the wider dancehall world, so bringing Kartel back for this new chapter carries some weight.
That new chapter is the other angle here. Catalyst is her first major project under Since ’93 and Columbia Records, the labels she signed with in 2025, which puts serious major label backing behind a record clearly built to travel.
The guest list reads like a map of where she wants to go. Asake brings a direct line into Nigeria’s Afrobeats scene, while Loe Shimmy pulls the record toward contemporary American hip hop.
The Kartel feature keeps one foot planted firmly in Jamaica, though. Three guests across eight tracks is a fairly tight ratio, which suggests Shenseea is still front and centre rather than handing the spotlight to her features.
Catalyst is also her first major body of work since Never Gets Late Here, the sophomore album she released in May 2024.
That record earned her a nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards, building on the momentum of her 2022 debut, ALPHA.
So there are two ways to read this EP. Dancehall loyalists will likely zero in on the Kartel reunion and how much of the Jamaican core survives the crossover moves, while the label push points squarely at a bigger international audience.
Both camps have had a taste through “Vulnerability” and the “Garden” teasers. Friday is when they find out how the Jamaican, Nigerian and American flavours actually sit together across the full eight tracks.
