{"id":12344,"date":"2026-03-27T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12344"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:09:21","slug":"new-album-from-maka-lox-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12344","title":{"rendered":"New Album from Maka Lox and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><em>\u2018Madadtu Yudayaty\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is the latest project from Jamaican producer Maka Lox. Tentatively scheduled for release in April, it has songs by Takana Zion, Richie Spice, Little Robert, Natty King and newcomer Adwoa.<\/p>\n<p>Maka Lox revealed that he recorded the tracks for the \u2018riddim\u2019 over 10 years ago at Tuff Gong studio in Kingston. He played guitar alongside veteran drummer Leroy \u201cHorsemouth\u201d Wallace, bassist Flabba Holt and keyboardist Lloyd \u201cObeah\u201d Denton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDi idea is to get these songs out di right way \u2018cause they are great. Dis is also a platform for albums by Takana Zion, Little Robert and Adwoa,\u201d said Maka Lox.<\/p>\n<p>Takana Zion, from Guinea, is one of the leading reggae artistes in Africa. He has worked with Maka Lox for over 15 years and contributed a song to the producer\u2019s <strong><em>\u2018Congo General\u2019<\/em><\/strong> compilation which was released in late 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on January 11 in Lagos, Nigeria, Takana Zion\u2019s song, <strong><em>\u2018On My Eyes\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, won the Best African Act Reggae, Ragga &amp; Dancehall category. On the <strong><em>\u2018Madadtu Yudayaty\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> Takana Zion collaborates with Richie Spice on the title song. They also feature on <strong><em>\u2018One Destiny\u2019<\/em><\/strong> with Maka Lox, while Little Robert teams with Capleton on \u2018Toughest\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Adwoa debuts with <strong><em>\u2018Runaway Girl\u2019<\/em><\/strong>; Natty King does <strong><em>\u2018Ghetto Youths\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, while Jah Thunder and Arqane team-up for <strong><em>\u2018Driver\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. Fitta Warri and Ricky Sai\u00a0Sai complete the vocal side of the album with <strong><em>\u2018Show Off\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018Madadtu Yudayaty\u2019 is the latest project from Jamaican producer Maka Lox. Tentatively scheduled for release in April, it has songs by Takana Zion, Richie Spice, Little Robert, Natty King and newcomer Adwoa. Maka Lox revealed that he recorded the tracks for the \u2018riddim\u2019 over 10 years ago at Tuff Gong studio in Kingston. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12345,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344\/revisions\/12345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}