REMEMBERING Joseph Hill, a tribute album to the influential lead singer of Culture, will be released in 2017, 40 years after the group created a stir with the song, Two Sevens Clash.

Hill died in Berlin, Germany, in 2006 at age 57.

Penthouse Records’ Donovan Germain, who produced the album, said he had a personal stake in the project.

“Joseph Hill was one of my favourite artistes, but you don’t hear a lot of Culture songs on the radio. I want to introduce him to a different generation,” Germain told the

Jamaica Observer.

Germain selected the songs then approached several acts to record their favourites. Hill’s son, Kenyatta, covered S

top The Fussing And Fighting, while Queen Ifrica put her spin on the ominousTwo Sevens Clash.

A version of

Natty Never Get Weary featuring Hill and Buju Banton is also onRemembering. George Nooks, who was a member of producer Joe Gibbs’ camp with Hill in the late 1970s, coversBaldhead Bridge.

Hill said Two Sevens Clash was inspired by a Marcus Garvey ‘prophecy’ that said there would be mayhem on July 7 1977. That day, many schools and businesses in Jamaica closed.

Germain was living in New York City at the time.

“That was a big, big song in New York. It’s what brought Culture to the world,” he said.

From the market town of Linstead, Hill was a percussionist with the Soul Defenders band that played on hits at Studio One like

Picture On The Wall by Freddie McKay. He formed Culture in 1976; the trio had a big hit that year withJah Jah See Them A Come.

In the latter stages of their career, Culture recorded for a number of independent labels including RAS Records and Heartbeat Records.