DJ Khaled’s Legends-Only Dancehall Collab: Listen
The ultimate track on DJ Khaled’s new Khaled Khaled album, Where You Come From, was composed using Barrington Levy‘s 1984 hit Under Mi Sensi as its foundation. In addition to remixed instrumentals and samples of select vocals from Levy’s original song, Khaled’s new track also features the lyrical stylings of Jamaican music icons Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, and Capleton.
Where You Come From was released at midnight as the closing track on DJ Khaled’s 12th studio album.
The Gargamel Buju Banton’s husky vocals kick off the track with gusto, as he delivers the chorus of the song: “If unnu mess wid we you ago see a million/ We natty congo long jus’ like the Amazon/ Spliff big like gas cylinder, man a beat like gong/ One question…” Here Barrington Levy volunteers the infamous question from Under Mi Sensi: “Ey Natty Dreadlocks a weh yuh come from?”
Capleton then sets the project ablaze as he rasps out the lyrics of the first verse on the bass-heavy track.
After another round of the chorus by Banton and Levy, Bounty Killer makes his entrance in true ‘Warlord’ fashion – all guns blazing. The self-proclaimed poor people governor brazenly advocates for wealth for youth, equal rights and empowerment while simultaneously warning that he has the artillery to take those things by force if needs be.
In the few hours since its release, the official audio racked up over 60,000 views on YouTube, while thousands more around the world streamed the album on their favourite music platforms. Fans were clearly not disappointed in the least, as the feedback on all social media platforms has so far been overwhelmingly positive.
“Representing Jamaica straight!!! Khaled Khaled I got a Jamaican passport for you brother…” one YouTube user commented, while another said “I count 5 Jamaican legends on 1 song… and yes I’m including Khaled because if he wasn’t a Jamaican legend before… I did the maths and he is definitely one now… another one.”
While the revered producer is not from Jamaica, he makes no secret of his love affair with the island and its culture and has declared himself to be an honorary ‘yaad man’ since he was a teen.
DJ Khaled featured Jamaican acts Mavado, Sizzla and Buju Banton on the Holy Mountain track on his 2019 effort, Father of Asahd. Banton was also featured on Holy Ground on that album. Mavado’s My League and Progress were featured on Khaled’s 2015 and 2016 albums respectively.
No one was surprised that DJ Khaled collaborated with these four Jamaican musicians on Khaled Khaled, as we have come to expect that once he is on the island, as he was a few weeks ago, new music is imminent. The producer, along with the artists, also announced the song as part of the album earlier this week.
Khaled was also seen catching a vibe with Koffee, stirring speculation whether he will be working with the Grammy kid soon.
Listen to Where You Come From above.