Beenie Man Says Labels Are Fighting Over His New Album ‘Simma’

The highly anticipated album Simma from King of Dancehall, Beenie Man, is expected for release this year.  “The album is complete, everything is finished and fans will get it this year,” the deejay told The Weekend Star.

According to the deejay, the album’s delay is a result of several labels being very interested in its distribution.  “Labels a fight fi di album. We are in a label battle right now, suh we need fi just choose which label we a work with and move from there,” he said.

The 47-year-old had announced that his album would have been out for his birthday in August of last year, but was pushed back due to personal reasons.

Simma boasts features with Grammy-winning international Dancehall star Sean Paul, the Warlord Bounty Killer, Diamond-selling artist Shaggy, Popcaan, HoodCelebrityy, Busy Signal, Anthony Red Rose, Giggs, and Dre Island.

The Waterhouse native, whose real name is Anthony Moses Davis, has enjoyed a very fruitful career spanning four decades. His last album, Unstoppable, was released in 2016 and featured number 1 selling artist and producer Akon.

In 1998, Beenie Man was nominated for the Best Reggae Album Grammy award for his album Many Moods of Moses and again a year later for The Doctor.

In 2000, he made Dancehall fans proud when he took home the Grammy for his Art and Life album, which has been described by Apple Music as “proving his crossover appeal” with the teaming up with key figures from the rap and R&B worlds.

Art and Life featured hit tracks such as Love Me Now, featuring Wyclef Jean and his Girls Dem Sugar collab with Mýa.

One of his most recent projects includes featuring alongside Shenseea for her debut album Alpha on the track Henkel Glue.

“The song is great. From the night the song was recorded it was great because the beat is wicked, so the beat start push me to that level. So when the artiste came into the studio she start listen to what me a seh and then she start write and then we start. We were at Big Yard and the song was produced by Chimney Records. It was a lovely night … the night was a vibes and the song vibes…like seriously,” he told The Weekend Star.