Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Christopher Mitchell
It seemed like the whole reggae world (LargeUp included) was out at sea last week on Damian Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise but big tings a gwaan off-ship, too. Among these was the release of “Stylin,” the second single from Protoje’s upcoming LP, Ancient Future. The track features a slightly different, though not entirely foreign, sound for Oje, manipulating his voice through the use of a vocoder. Check out the lyric video (which is kinda like a real video but with lyrics) below, followed by some pics from Protoje’s live Miami debut (at which he was accompanied by Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and Ky-mani Marley) this past Sunday.
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