G Cole’s Long-Awaited ‘Black Green And Reggae’
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G Cole’s Long-Awaited ‘Black Green And Reggae’
The 12-song set was released 13 years after ‘Ocho Rios’, his previous album. ‘Black Green And Reggae’ was officially launched at VP Records’ office in Miramar, South Florida.
G Cole, who is from the Jamaican tourist mecca of Ocho Rios, has lived in South Florida for many years. While he released several singles, he said there was no rush to release a third album.
“It took 13 years because I didn’t feel like I had much to say, and honestly I feel like many of my favourite artists have tarnished what would’ve been an impeccable career by recording when they had nothing to say,” G Cole reasoned. “I have released singles, but the life I’ve lived since 2013 is amazing and it needed the whole 47 minutes to tell that story.”
Forty-seven minutes is the total time of the songs on ‘Black Green And Reggae’. The title is inspired by two of the colours in the Jamaican flag; he threw in reggae as homage to the sound that has helped define his country.
Two songs from the album — ‘Your Love’ and ‘Feeling The Love’ (with Ed Robinson) — were previously released. Other tracks are ‘Real Friends’, a collaboration with Kumar Fyah; ‘Blue Skies’; and ‘Cool & Easy’ (with Hezron).
Most of the tracks reflect his growth as a musician and person.
“I think I’ve grown a lot in terms of being able to say what I want to, uninhibited. This album is dedicated to my friends and loved ones,” said G Cole. “In the past 13 years, I’ve seen enough loss and enough love to know that I need to let my loved ones know that I love them, and even if they know it, well they need to hear it.”
‘Black Green And Reggae’ is available digitally and on vinyl. He had 250 copies manufactured for the latter market, which has seen a global resurgence in the past 10 years.
As a youth in Ocho Rios, he was into vinyl even though compact discs were in vogue during the 1990s.
”I have followed the resurgence of vinyl and I’ve strongly advocated for it, but the truth is, most genres never stopped making the vinyls, it was the reggae section that was getting smaller,” G Cole stated. “It is expensive, especially since reggae artistes aren’t given the budget of most other genres, but I’m hoping I can inspire some artistes to do vinyl.”
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