Bounty Killer Teases New Album ‘King of Kingston’ Is “95.5 Percent Complete”

By Claudia Gardner Tue, July 27 2021, 11:28 PM EST

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Bounty Killer has given another update on his upcoming King of Kingston album. According to the Dancehall star, the Junior Gong executive-produced album is 95.5 percent complete.

The Warlord took to Instagram on Monday, where he showed himself vibing to one of the featured tracks on the album, a collab with Vybz Kartel, which appears to be laid on a version of producer Ainsley “NotNice” Morris’ pounding S-Class riddim from 2010.

“Rassclaath ya now to bumboclaath the vocals are in 95.5% finish……..loading…ADIZILLA X DADDIZILLA sick clinical. @vybzkartel x @1unogeneral…,” the Coppershot artist wrote.

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The video was met with fire icons from his Dancehall compatriots, General Degree, Cham, and Dexta Daps, and evoked an expletive from Jesse Royal.

For those who could not decipher the words Kartel was belting out on the track, NotNice made it clear what he was saying. “@grunggaadzilla The 🔌 (plug) could neva be the switch! 🔥,” the St. Mary native wrote.

This would not be the first time Bounty would be collaborating lyrically with Vybz Kartel having voiced Gal Clown, So High which featured Wayne Marshall, and Higher Altitude, among others, years ago.

In August 2019, Bounty Killer also featured on NotNice’s Kyng Midas album, an 18-track production that also featured Dexta Daps, Agent Sasco, Teejay, Sean Paul, Jah Vinci, Rygin King, and Popcaan.

On July 9, Bounty posted a photo of himself, Big Youth, NotNice and Safaree, indicating that something musical was again in the works. “Jah youth and the youths. @big_youth_theoriginal @safaree @notnicerecords in the lab,” he wrote at the time.

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A day prior, NotNice had similarly posted a photo of himself and Bounty. “From St Mary to Kgn 🤴🏾Kyng Midas and Ms Ivy Big Son.. General @grunggaadzilla King of Kingston.. #notnicerecords,” he had captioned the image.

King of Kingston is coming 19 years after Bounty Killer’s last album Ghetto Dictionary, which was released by VP Records in 2002. It is best not to speculate about the album’s release date, as Bounty, last August, had also said he was in no rush to complete the album, as that was not his style.

In addition, he said no one should give themselves deadlines in music, but should instead “make music come as inspiration”.

Since he erupted onto the Dancehall scene in the early 1990s, Bounty Killer has released several studio albums including, Ghetto Dictionary: The Mystery. That album 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.

His first album was the 15-track Roots, Reality and Culture which was released in 1994, and included hits such as Kill for Fun, his breakout song Coppershot, Spy Fi Die and Gun Thirsty. That same year he followed up with the Down in the Ghetto album which featured 14 tracks including How the West was Won, Inspired by God, Defend the Poor, Dead this Time, and See you no more.

In 1996 he released No Argument on the Greensleeves label and My Xperience which was released by VP Records.

No Argument scored big with hits such as Scare Him, Seek God, More Gal, Mama, Miss Ivy Last Son and Action Speak Louder than Words, while My Xperience featured 20 tracks including Fed Up, Guns and Roses, The Lord is my Light and Salvation and Benz and Bimma.

In 1997, his King Jammy-produced Ghetto Gramma was released with 20 tracks, among them Smoke the Herb, Book Book Book, Report You Missing, Fear No Evil and Income.

Next Millennium which followed in 1998 had 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, the Warlord 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.