{"id":9405,"date":"2024-09-20T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T12:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9405"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:00:02","slug":"ragga-jahmari-covers-beres-hammonds-irie-and-mello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9405","title":{"rendered":"Ragga Jahmari Covers Beres Hammond\u2019s Irie and Mello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fast-rising reggae singer Ragga Jahmari has recorded a cover version of Beres Hammond\u2019s reggae classic <strong><em>\u2018Irie and Mello\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The original version of the song was produced by legendary Jamaican musician\/producer Willie Lindo and released in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t resist the idea of covering <strong><em>\u2018Irie and Mello\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, it\u2019s an amazing song. When my father introduced me to it, I couldn\u2019t stop listening to it. The lyrics are beautiful, and Mr. Hammond\u2019s vocal delivery is so melodic and soothing to the ear. He\u2019s a very soulful singer and that\u2019s very evident in this song. He delivers every line in his trademark, smooth, raspy style which has made him a global music icon,\u201d said Ragga Jahmari.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cSince I have recorded my version of <strong><em>\u2018Irie and Mello\u2019<\/em><\/strong> I have received tremendous feedback about it from several music industry insiders including Mr. Hammond. When I played it for him, he was all smiles, as he expressed his appreciation for my vocal delivery and the overall production of the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ragga Jahmari\u2019s version of <strong><em>\u2018Irie and Mello\u2019<\/em><\/strong> was co-produced by him, his mother Shernet Burrell, his father, Grammy Award-winning producer Nigel Burrell, Ras Manga and the Supabuss Team.<\/p>\n<p>Ragga Jahmari\u2019s version of \u2018<strong><em>Irie and Mello\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is scheduled to be released on the Supa Mixx imprint before the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the song hasn\u2019t been officially released yet it\u2019s getting a lot of support from DJs in various parts of the world including Jamaica, the US, the UK, Africa and Europe. I can\u2019t wait to release it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ragga Jahmari is also promoting two other singles, \u2018<strong><em>Words of Garvey\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>\u2018Strong Melanin\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast-rising reggae singer Ragga Jahmari has recorded a cover version of Beres Hammond\u2019s reggae classic \u2018Irie and Mello\u2019. The original version of the song was produced by legendary Jamaican musician\/producer Willie Lindo and released in 1993. \u201cI couldn\u2019t resist the idea of covering \u2018Irie and Mello\u2019, it\u2019s an amazing song. When my father introduced me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9405","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\/9405","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9406,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9405\/revisions\/9406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}