{"id":8424,"date":"2024-04-05T07:17:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=8424"},"modified":"2024-04-12T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:03:03","slug":"prayers-for-d-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=8424","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for D Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many artists refer to their latest songs as their best yet. For D Major, his EP, <strong><em>\u2018Morning Prayer\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, projects an outlook driven by spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>The six-song mini-set was released on March 22. It features the title song, which borrows the melody of <strong><em>\u2018Tom\u2019s Diner\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, a massive hit for American singer Suzanne Vega in 1987. <strong><em>\u2018Unstoppable\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, another song from <strong><em>\u2018Morning Prayer\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, is produced by none other than superstar sprinter, Usain Bolt.<\/p>\n<p>D Major, whose hit singles include <strong><em>\u2018People Make the World go Round\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, says <strong><em>\u2018Morning Prayer\u2019<\/em><\/strong> sums up his current state of mind. \u201cIt\u2019s where my mindset is, my direction. It\u2019s all about righteousness and life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The singer added that the decision to use \u2018Tom\u2019s Diner\u2019s melody was not scripted. He and producer, singjay Busy Signal, agreed to revisit the catchy beat while in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was just on the spot. When I heard the \u2018riddim\u2019, the producer Busy Signal and I were in the studio. I just started humming that melody and it just fit the riddim. I decided to go in front of the microphone and put my words to it, and it worked seamlessly,\u201d D Major explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018Unstoppable\u2019<\/em><\/strong> was released in 2023. It is D Major\u2019s first collaboration with Bolt, who won the 100 and 200 meters at three consecutive Olympic Games. D Major has known the legendary athlete before his career took off at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and once trained with Bolt\u2019s Racers track club to keep his fitness club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many artists refer to their latest songs as their best yet. For D Major, his EP, \u2018Morning Prayer\u2019, projects an outlook driven by spirituality. The six-song mini-set was released on March 22. It features the title song, which borrows the melody of \u2018Tom\u2019s Diner\u2019, a massive hit for American singer Suzanne Vega in 1987. \u2018Unstoppable\u2019, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-8424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breakingnews"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424","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=8424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8425,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions\/8425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}