Bounty Killer Calls Up Chronixx, Mavado, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes And More For New Album ‘King of Kingston’

Bounty Killer has announced that some of the most iconic Dancehall and Reggae artists, as well as several Hip Hop legends will be featured on his upcoming album King of Kingston.

“A lot of great artistes gonna be on the set with me.  Bling Dawg a guh deh pon it; Wayne Marshall a guh deh pon it; Busy, Kartel, potentially even Mavado a guh deh pon it,” Bounty Killer told Onstage host Winford Williams during a recent interview.

“Everybody know seh Richie Stephens a one a my brother/singer so Richie Stephens is always on my albums.  Barrington Levy, Sanchez is gonna be on it; Chronixx gonna be on it; Busta Rhymes a guh deh pon it, Snoop Dogg aguh deh pon it… whole heap a people a guh deh pon di album,” he added.

King of Kingston which is being executive-produced by Damian “Junior Gong” Marley, is coming 19 years after Bounty’s last album Ghetto Dictionary, which was released by VP Records in 2002.  Last week, in an Instagram update, the Coppershot artist said that the long-awaited album is “95.5 percent complete”.

During the Onstage interview, which was aired on Saturday night, Bounty re-emphasized that the album was going to be another masterpiece.

“It’s gonna be one a di greatest Dancehall album becaw is a double album mixed wid Reggae and Dancehall – fusion music too – caw wi naw stuck inna no box.  But it’s a Dancehall album and everybody know, my album dem always have some versatility. We would mix and fuse odda music alongside, but it’s gonna be majority of a Dancehall album,” he explained.

“Dancehall bought me here; I know exactly how to make a Dancehall album,” he stated.

The Seaview Gardens native, who has long-said King of Kingston would not be rushed, said he was also cognizant of the fact that his fans were waiting with bated breath for its release, but that it will only be put out when the time is absolutely right.

According to the One General, this is because he always makes it a point of his duty to ensure that his album tracks are meticulously written and produced at all times.

“Yeah the anticipation is there. I don’t know, I guess is because they know that Bounty Killer don’t mess around when I am making albums because when I am making albums I really don’t just make the song that I would get up and go voice,” Bounty explained.

“I kinda extend my whole creativity to make special songs like yow, this is an album song.  When you listen it, you know, well they deliberately go out the way to make dis type a song.  Caw you making an album; you making a body of work.  Yuh naw jus meck a compilation weh yuh just grab anything and put together.  You gonna sit and you gonna make some super style songs that you don’t normally make, so people feel the extra effort,” he said.

Since he skyrocketed onto the Dancehall scene in the early 1990s, Bounty Killer has released several studio albums his first being Roots, Reality and Culture.

The 15-track production which was released in 1994, comprised of tracks such as Spy Fi Die, Kill for Fun, his breakout song Coppershot and Gun Thirsty.   Months later he followed up with his sophomore Down in the Ghetto album, this time featuring 14 tracks including How the West was Won, Inspired by God, Defend the Poor, Dead this Time, and See you no more.

He was again on target in 1996 when he released No Argument on the Greensleeves label which include classics such as  Scare Him, Seek God, More Gal, Mama, Miss Ivy Last Son and Action Speak Louder than Words.  My Xperience which was released by VP Records that same year, featured 20 tracks including The Lord is my Light and Salvation, Fed Up, Guns and Roses, and Benz and Bimma.

His Ghetto Gramma which was produced by King Jammy in 1997, was released with 20 tracks, among them Smoke the Herb, Book Book Book, Report You Missing, Fear No Evil and Income.

A year later Bounty was back with Next Millennium.  This album comprised 13 tracks including Eagle and Di Hawk, It’s a Party featuring Wyclef Jean, Can’t Believe Mi Eyes, and Reggae Party, a collab with Third World and Shaggy.

In 1999, he released The 5th Element which featured the Dave Kelly-written classics Anytime and Look, which were banned from radio broadcast, Bullz of Chicago, and the title track 5th Element.

His last album, Ghetto Dictionary: The Mystery had featured 20 tracks including hits such as Mystery, High Grade Forever, Sufferah featuring Wayne Marshall and Pot of Gold featuring Richie Stephens, Arrow, and the title track Ghetto Dictionary.  It was nominated for Best Reggae Album in 2002.