Jah Vinci says he knew ‘Virgin’ would change his “underrated” status
Artistes always debate on whether they can tell if a song will hit or miss, but for singer Jah Vinci, he knew upon recording Virgin that he had something special in his hands.
The song, which forms part of his
seven-track EP I Am the World Singer,
has done exactly what he had intended when making the project: catapult him
from the underrated status to that of recognition.
“When mi finish voicing the
track mi a tell Notnice (producer) seh mi feel like dah one yah a di hit,”
he said during a recent Onstageinterview. “Mi even have friends weh mi a tell ‘Yow dah track yah, when itdrop just wait. It a go be trouble’. It’s a great look fi see seh we speak itinto existence.”
It’s his biggest buzz since his
2018 Celebration collaboration with
Quada, and Jah Vinci recalled being labelled ‘washed-up’ even during that time.
“One time mi deh inna one
phone shop…and a likkle juvenile in deh, dem time deh mi just drop Celebration. Celebration a play, di youth never know seh mi inside a di office…
Him a seh ‘Dah youth yah him nav nuh come back a come back’ and mi walk out and
him surprised… At the end of the day we nuh tek it as a bad thing, we just
put in more work cause we see we comment left from ‘underrated’ to ‘you have
the hottest song inna dancehall right now’ so it’s a good look fi di
team.”
Making
Virgin
Jah Vinci says it was the
sexiness of the instrumental that inspired the lyrics for Virgin. Notnice said the singer called him close to midnight one
night to sing the song, and that he asked him to come to the studio right away
despite the curfew.
“Mi nuh really waan get too
excited over the song, mi know the song bad but mi nuh like show how mi
feel,” Notnice said. “When him gone mi go suh and call two girl and
play the song mek dem hear cause a suh mi test dem. Yuh have a girl song, yuh
haffi call two girl and mek dem hear it. All a dem seh ‘No man, dis bad
man…’.”
The rest, as they say, is
history.
Jah Vinci said fans can look out
for the upcoming music video for the EP track Basic, and said he’ll be serving visuals for all songs on the
project.
“None a di tracks sound di
same and that was the aim fi mek sure seh everybody have a favourite song on
the EP and I think we accomplished that.”
