LawGiver The Kingson Explains Mix Up With Bounty Killer’s Album Title

Reggae-dancehall artist LawGiver the Kingson is feeling pumped about the early feedback to his album, Kingson from Kingston, which was released in January of this year.

“This album is the essence of good vibes, love, and African spirituality…reggae lovers can experience the Jamaican lifestyle by listening to this EP, the feedback to the album has been great especially towards songs like Vibe and Alive and Kicking,” LawGiver the Kingson told DancehallMag.

He has been getting a little flak from dancehall fans who say the title of his album, Kingson from Kingston is a little too close to the title of Bounty Killer’s heavily anticipated album, the Damion “Junior Gong” Marley produced King of Kingston album, which is soon to be released.

“I am the King’s son. Bounty Killer is my general, but the idea for my album came from the fact that I am born July 23rd, which is the same date as H.I.M Haile Selassie and I was born in Kingston, and I see it as a way to say I am the King’s son from Kingston, this is a title I have been using since 2007, plus my EP has a USPTO trademark since 2018,” he explained.

LawGiver the Kingson said that Bounty Killer played an instrumental role in his development as an artist.

“In my EPK, I actually bigged up Bounty Killer who produced one of my first tracks, Bad Smell from 1997. I even ‘bigged’ him up on Instagram and he replied and ‘bigged’ me up too. A lot of people are saying that Bounty Killer and me have the same album name, he is the King of Kingston, I am the King’s son, it is about my birth, but big respect to the Killer, he helped me to perfect my craft in the early days,”  he said.

Last month, Bounty used his official Instagram page to unveil his album where he captioned the post, “Thy Kingdom Coming…Loading!!” along with the album’s title, King of Kingston.

In the meantime, Lawgiver is encouraged by the support of local disc jockeys on IRIE and Suncity Radio for the project which is a delightful mix of Afrobeats, AfroDancehall and roots reggae. The project features seven tracks, all co-penned by Lawgiver under his label, Imperishable Uprising, and features musicians which reads like a who’s who of Jamaican reggae music.

The throwback roots-heavy Vibe (Big Sound) was done in collaboration with legendary producers Sly and Robbie of Taxi Records. Instrumentalist Dean Fraser lends his talents to Jah Neva Fail I and Real Hustler, as did producers Cleveland ‘Clevie’ Brown and Owen “Bass Face” Rennalls. And the incomparable Half Pint duets with LawGiver on the vibesy Alive and Kicking while  fellow St Mary alumni Yaksta features on the track, The Ruler.

“Two songs, Alive and Kicking, and Vibe,  are both playing on Hot 97 and BBC1xtra, and  the songs are creating a vibe in Ghana. Nigeria and The Gambia. In Nigeria, they like the dubwise track, Hustler…different places love different songs,” he said.

He mentioned disc jockeys such as King Lagazee from Hits 103.9 Fm in Ghana, and Ratata Nation from Wazobia FM Lagos in Nigeria who have been showing support.

Lawgiver believes this EP will surely cement him as one of the most exciting talents to emerge from Jamaica in recent years.