Vybz Kartel Strikes Again With “Scorched Earth”
Vybz Kartel strikes again hitting us with his latest lyrical anthem entitled Scorched Earth, one of several songs he’s released during the span of the last seven days.
The track begins and immediately a signature shout-out to producer Teejay Records (“Yo Teejay, dem nuh know how di World Boss program?”) tells us it’s time for yet another timely lesson from The Teacha himself. The duo has demonstrated a respectable record of hits through their collaborations over the years of Kartel’s consistent career.
He begins by asserting his legacy of repeatedly providing the world with hot and hype hit songs for just about two decades now (“Years worth a fyah, bloodcl**t scorch Earth!”) – the apparent inspiration behind the title of this track. Although currently behind bars, Adidja Azim Palmer as he was named at birth, has been able to keep his name and music in the mouths of dancehall lovers all over the world. He’s released multiple hits since he was sentenced to serve life in prison in September of 2014, defending his place as the self-proclaimed King of Dancehall – an accolade prominently displayed on his active Instagram page and something all Gaza fans will gladly agree upon.
Vybz then proceeds to promptly remind his rivals, of which there are many, why it is never advisable to make attempts at him, his camp nor his place in Dancehall. (From yuh violate It ago hurt – ask Bert) Here he cites the tagline from a popular auto parts commercial. Just about every Jamaican knows – “It hurts, if you don’t check Berts!”
Adjusting his flow for the third time in about thirty seconds, Kartel claims to flow even more effortlessly than rivers do – “All di riva grudge mi wicked flow”. Dancehall being the extremely competitive and demanding culture it is, there’s a constant dispute about who rightfully belongs at the top.
Each line of this track is cementing again and again the takeaway theme and also widely agreed upon notion that Vybz Kartel is an undisputed lyricist and an unstoppable force of dancehall others dare not confront. “Ye, ye, ye, ye, dem ‘fraid a mi. dem a mek tuff talk but mi know dem scared a mi.”
The chorus is easily the section of this song that will infiltrate our mouths, minds and everyday lives as Kartel songs usually do – much like most nursery rhymes (all nursery pree mi, chuu mi have di sickest rhyme) A chant ensues, which essentially has been on the lips of every faithful Vybz Kartel fan and enthusiastic supporter ever since his imprisonment.
Chorus
Free Vybz Kartel
We need Vybz Kartel
World Boss! World Boss! World Boss! World Boss!
There’s an official hashtag as the moniker of this movement – #FREEWORLDBOSS
Listen to “Scorched Earth” below.