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 Mr.
Vegas has chalked up another number one hit song after being out of Jamaica
for a while, with the song ‘Last Week’ (‘Constant Spring’). The song topped
the Jamaican charts on Richie B’s Hit List, Hype TV’s top 10 and Mega
Jamz’s top 20 Dancehall Chart and Entertainment Reports’ Top 10 Chart.
The song was produced by pioneer
dancehall producers and musicians Steelie & Cleevie on their Sleepy
Dog rhythm.
"We didn’t know that it would be a hit song. We didn’t know that
it would work,” Vegas said. “They (Steelie & Cleevie) are always trying
different things. The rhythm itself was an experiment as all the other
rhythms were going very fast, but Steelie and Cleevie just slowed it down
and it worked.”
The song ‘Last Week’ took off rapidly and became a favourite of dancehall
lovers young and old with its old school style. It received heavy rotation
on the local and overseas radio stations and the music video for the song,
which was produced by G Will, also became a hit on local Jamaican TV and
cable stations.
In the 1990’s Mr. Vegas created a storm in the dancehall with several
hit songs including ‘Nike Air' (the song that brought him to prominence),
‘Heads High’, ‘Yuh Sure’ (‘Hands Up’), ‘Jacket’, ‘Big Things A Gwaan’,
‘Suckie Duckie’ and ‘Hot Gal Today’. He was surrounded by a winning team
comprised of his manager Byron Murray of In The Streetz Records, top producers
Steelie & Cleevie, Tony Kelly and Richard ‘Shams' Brownie.
The artiste was also a hit at several top local and overseas shows and
was dubbed the girls’ deejay after being embraced by females all around
the world.
Vegas is quite upbeat about his recent achievement. "I am feeling
real good about having another presence on the dancehall scene,” he said.
“In my low times people used to see me in the streets and say, ‘Vegas,
we want to hear more things from you’. So right now they see me
and say, ‘yes Vegas, mi love that one or mi love how yu a gwaan’, so I
feel good that I am reaching the people again.”
As to the secret behind his newfound success on the hit list, he explained,
“Well, it is just connecting with the people who I use to have around
me when I was up there like Byron Murray, Steelie & Cleevie, Shams
and other producers.
Also, I wasn’t creating an impact in previous works as my style didn’t
really suit the fast rhythms because I blend melodies around rhythms.
Some deejays just talk so my style fit producers like Steelie, Cleevie,
and Shams; they are real musicians who have good ears for music. Some
artistes have the wrong songs on certain rhythms.”
Another song that is doing well for Mr. Vegas is 'More Love,’ which was
done on an acoustic guitar rhythm. The song has a strong message as it
addresses the high crime rate that is now affecting the society. It also
shows the versatility of the artiste as a singer.
His other new releases include ‘Good Body Girls’ for Steelie & Cleevie
and ‘Taxi Fare’ for Shams, which he recorded with good friend Lexxus.
Commenting on 'Taxi Fare', Vegas said, “This is a really gully thing which
speaks about some girls who go to [the nightclub] Asylum and don’t have
no taxi fare. We shot the video recently... It was done [produced] by
G. Well. It tuff, and I am sure that the people will love it.”
There are also ‘Guinness and Weed’ for the In The Streetz label, ‘Wine
and Stay’ for Shams, ‘Things You Do’ on the First Name label, and ‘Wine
And Go Down' which was done on the remake of the Twice My Age rhythm by
Steelie & Cleevie.
For all things Vegas-related
visit www.mr-vegas.com.
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