DAMIAN Beckett, aka Cham, is a deejay on a mission. His plan is to get dancehall back to the good old glory days.

The 33-year-old dancehall stalwart has again teamed up with acclaimed producer, songwriter and musician Dave Kelly to produce dancehall hits, similar to that which the, duo unleashed back in the late 90s.

The latest project to bear fruit from the hit factory of Dave Kelly and Baby Cham is the track Stronger featuring Bounty Killer and Mykal Rose. The song which was recorded in Dave’s Miami studio, is on the Kid Is Back riddim and according to Cham, the music is “on and popping once again”.

“You know every time Dave Kelly and Cham get together is pure niceness, we wanted to lift the vibe in the music and so we decided it was time to release some hits and raise the bar in dancehall.”

Cham reiterated that dancehall fans were complaining of the lack of creativity in the music, and it is with that he decided to come up with the good quality material which he said is currently lacking in modern day dancehall.

The deejay, who hails from Sherlock Crescent in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, says he and long time friend Bounty Killer have settled their differences and are on a path to making hits in the studio once again.

“I must credit Bounty Killer for extending an olive branch and mending our friendship, he was the one that said we should set aside our differences and start putting out good quality material for the fans once again.”

Through the synergy, Dave Kelly, Cham and Bounty Killer have been in the studio working hard on some new hits which includes Bounty Killer’s new track, The Message.

Cham, who has been living overseas, says he wants to bring back the days when dancehall and the music was clean and fun, and explains the reasoning behind his hiatus from the music business.

“Cham is not into mediocrity, so I am not the kind of deejay who is going to put out 15-20 tunes in a month, no, when we decide to work on a project my fans can know that is pure quality they are getting and not quantity.”

The energetic crowd-pleaser, Cham is set to make a number of appearances in Jamaica this Christmas starting with the GT Extravaganza on Christmas day.

In 2000 Cham dropped is first album, WOW The Story which featured singles, The Mass, Funny Man and Ghetto Pledge.

The dancehall stalwart was at it again in 2006 with Ghetto Story which featured tracks such as Rude Boy Pledge and Tic Toc. Throughout his career, Cham has collaborated with many hip hop and R&B artistes such as Foxy Brown, Alicia Keys, Carl Thomas, Shawn Mims, Akon and T-Pain.