“The blood inna mi vein came from a man who make the devil run.” That’s the line Max Romeo’s official Instagram chose to introduce ‘Jah Jah Disciples’, and the voice behind it belongs to his son, Azizzi Romeo, whom the post credits directly.
The song is billed as a fresh track from ‘Signs of the Time’, a debut album Azizzi made with Guiding Star Orchestra. Production is credited to @chllngr and @thomasleholt, and the mix was handled by Prince Fatty.
Anyone who knows the Romeo catalogue will catch the reference right away. A man who make the devil run” points straight at ‘Chase the Devil’, the 1976 song Max cut with Lee “Scratch” Perry at the Black Ark for ‘War Ina Babylon.
That record has lived several lives since, from roots reggae staple to a much-sampled hook that reached audiences who might never have heard the original.
The timing gives the line extra weight. Max Romeo died in April 2025 at 80, so watching his account promote his son’s work reads as more than routine cross-promotion.
It feels like a handover, with the family name and the platform built over decades now pointing toward the next generation.
There are two ways to hear a release like this, and both carry some truth. One reading is legacy and tribute: a son opening his album announcement by naming his father’s most famous act of defiance, on his father’s page, after his father’s passing.
In roots reggae, where lineage and spiritual continuity sit close to the music’s core, that kind of gesture carries real meaning.
The other reading is about independence. This is Azizzi’s debut album, a first full statement under his own name, and leading with his father’s shadow brings expectations most new artists never face.
Whether ‘Signs of the Time’ sounds like a continuation of the Max Romeo tradition or like something that breaks away from it is the question that will shape how the record is received.
The credits offer a few clues. Prince Fatty has built a reputation on warm, vintage-minded reggae mixes that respect the genre’s analogue roots without treating them as museum pieces.
Pairing that sensibility with a full orchestra setup like Guiding Star Orchestra suggests a project aiming for live, roots-leaning instrumentation over a slick digital approach.
The title ‘Jah Jah Disciples’ sits squarely in the Rastafarian vocabulary that ran through Max Romeo’s own catalogue, from ‘War Ina Babylon’ onward.
Choosing that as the first window into the album points to a son who isn’t running from the family’s spiritual and musical language.
For now, the Instagram post is all there is to go on. It gives no release date for ‘Signs of the Time’ and no tracklist, and it doesn’t say what else Azizzi and Guiding Star Orchestra have lined up, so ‘Jah Jah Disciples’ is the only piece of the album out in the open so far.
