Blvk H3ro is pointing fans to a Friday the 13th release date for “Rastaman 50,” a project he describes as continuing the legacy of the Wailers.
In an Instagram post, he says the album carries “word sound power” from Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, the trio he calls “the root.”
The songs he names lean toward roots-era cuts rather than the most obvious hits. He lists “Fig Tree,”
“Black Heart Man” and “Soul Rebel” as examples of what he calls “classic scrolls,” and his “etc.” suggests the tracklist goes deeper.
Those titles carry real history. Blackheart Man” was the title track of Bunny Wailer’s 1976 solo debut, while “Soul Rebel” dates back to Marley and the Wailers’ early-1970s run, before the group’s international breakthrough on Island Records.
The release plan already looks set. The album is available to presave now, and Blvk H3ro confirms it will also be pressed on vinyl.
He gives “massive respect” to VP Records and Maxine Stowe “for pushing out the works.” VP, the New York label that has been central to reggae and dancehall distribution for decades, is a natural home for a project so rooted in the genre’s foundations.
The post doesn’t spell out exactly how the Wailers’ material is presented. It doesn’t say whether “Rastaman 50” collects original recordings, offers new versions, or blends Blvk H3ro’s own work with the source tracks, and it doesn’t specify which Friday the 13th the album is tied to.
That gap will shape how the record lands. Projects that carry the Wailers’ name tend to attract two kinds of listeners: those glad to see the catalog kept in circulation for newer ears, and longtime fans who want to know exactly whose hands are on the material and how faithfully the originals are treated.
The “50” in the title invites some guesswork too, but the post offers no explanation for it. Anyone hoping for an anniversary angle will have to wait for VP or the artist to fill in the details.
The backdrop adds weight. Marley died in 1981 and Tosh was killed in 1987, which left Bunny Wailer as the last surviving original Wailer until his death in March 2021, so any project claiming that lineage now arrives without any of the three founders around to speak for it.
That puts more focus on the people steering it. Blvk H3ro is framing “Rastaman 50” as an act of continuation, and the label and Stowe are the names he’s credited with getting it out.
For now, the presave is live and the vinyl is on the way. The full tracklist and the story behind that “50” are the next things listeners will be looking for.
