Bounty Killer Heaps Praise On Wayne Marshall: “Wait Until You Hear Him On KOK Album”
Dancehall icon Bounty Killer has paid tribute to his protégé and former Alliance stablemate Wayne Marshall, whom he said will be bringing fire to his King of Kingston album.
On Tuesday, Bounty shared a clip of Smoke Clears, a 2002 duet which was voiced on the Trilogy riddim in collaboration with Marshall, who was a part of his Alliance outfit at the time.
“The Smoke Clear Feat. @waynemarsheezy; 20yrs later from the Grammy-nominated GHETTO DICTIONARY album,” the Warlord noted.
The song elicited cheers from producer and multi-instrumentalist Zachary Harding, who responded: “Maaaaad”.
Marshall, in responding to Killer, shared that the voicing of the track heralded a turning point in his life for the better.
“When this voice the night me know me life change 🔥🔥🔥🔥#20years @1unogeneral,” Marshall responded to which Bounty replied: “@waynemarsheezy Life changing moment bredda clear skies onwards 🌌”.
One follower, brucky5star sought to imply in his comments that Marshall was dormant musically.
“Killer wake up Marshall wi long to hear another great hits from him he is great Dancehalls sing jay 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Classic hits this,” he stated.
However, the Anytime artist sought to set the record straight reassuring the commenter that the Mary Jane artist was still dynamite.
“@brucky5star, Him well awoke and ready wait until u hear him on KOK album 💿,” Bounty stated.
Bounty also exchanged pleasantries with pryce1871 after he stated: “Warlord still number one” and added that: “a today dem a talk bout u over here in Canada on the radio saying u r the greatest dancehall artist ever.”
Bounty replied: “@pryce1871 IRD1👌🏿” and added later: “@pryce1871 Give thanks to those who had recognized my contributions to this culture👏🏿”.
Last year, Marshall had revealed that he had gone “back in studio” for the King of Kingston album and recorded a song with the Warlord at King Jammy’s studio which he described as the ‘old stomping ground’, where his music career started.
Wayne Marshall, who along with his compatriots Busy Signal and Bling Dawg, have been described by Bounty as being part of the Alliance’s “pure four” has collaborated with his mentor on several other songs over the years including Sufferer, So High with Vybz Kartel and Ladies Looking Fine with Richie Stephens.
Bounty and Wayne had also joined forces in 2018 to voice the Danny Browne-produced track Thank Yuh Fi The Blessing. The duo also appeared on another track with Sample King called Weh You Want Fi Do in 2020.
Marshall had also said that going to the studio to record the song with Bounty Killer, felt like déjà vu, as the song not only came out very well, but he felt elated to see familiar faces in the place where he recorded his first song ever.
As for King of Kingston, the excitement surrounding the album has seemingly fizzled after its expected release in December 2021, did not materialize.
Bounty had initially announced in August 2020 that the album was in the works, two decades after he released his last album, the Grammy-nominated Ghetto Dictionary which was released under the auspices of VP Records.
Ghetto Dictionary had featured 20 tracks including hits such as Mystery, Arrow, High Grade Forever, Sufferah featuring Wayne Marshall and Pot of Gold which featured Richie Stephens.
Earlier in the year, Bounty had revealed that some of the most iconic Dancehall and Reggae artistes, as well as several Hip Hop legends, would be featured on the King Of Kingston album.
Named on the extensive list were Barrington Levy, Sanchez, Chronixx, Bling Dawg, Busy Signal and Wayne Marshall; Vybz Kartel, “possibly” Mavado, Richie Stephens, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg.
Bounty had also re-emphasized in an Onstage interview last year, that King of Kingston was going to be another tour de force, but that he was in no rush to complete the album, even though he was also cognizant of the fact that his fans were waiting with bated breath for its release.