With his latest song, God is My Strength, having a spiritual feel, singer Kenne Blessin went beyond the conventional when he wrote and produced it.

The Atlanta-based artiste wanted the track to be extra special.

God is My Strength was released on September 26 as part of the Blue Flame Riddim, a four-song EP with songs by Anthony Malvo, Delly Ranx and Fucha Kid.

“Because of the keys, and the way the piano plays the violin, it creates a feeling, an emotion to say something that makes valuable sense, instead of rhyming two bars that sounds dope or sounds wicked,” Kenne Blessin told the Observer Online.

Co-produced by his Dacosta Music and Malvo Ent, the Blue Flame Riddim is also driven by Malvo’s Watch da Girl Deh, How I’m Living by Delly Ranx and Big Man Cry from Fucha Kid, who is from Antigua.

Unlike most ‘riddim’ projects which have songs that reflect the artiste, Kenne Blessin had a concept for the Blue Flame.

“I wasn’t looking for a particular sound, I just wanted content that makes sense,” he said.

Kenne Blessin is also promoting his cover of Elton John’s Russia-inspired Nikita, which was also recently released.

Born in Kingston and raised in St Thomas, he released Get Up & Go, his first album, in 2018. Millions, his sole EP, came out two years later.

—  Howard Campbell