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D’Major’s song, though it was one of the later ones to be recorded, was one he fell in love with. He said Alaine’s song was the nucleus around which everything was centred around so he wanted that to be the first to be released.

Three tracks from the riddim were released last Friday - What is Life (Bugle), She Nash Give Up (D'Major), Victory Rock (Alaine). I like to make beats and ting and bringing people who could enhance it,” he said. “It was just a thing where I love to be in the creative space, I love to have musicians in the studio with me and other people who could bring out the vision I have because I am not really a musician.

Kabaka said he always wanted to produce having done it for his own album and for others. He said he is not on the riddim since he does not consider himself a singer. The 24-year-old said he also wanted to select singers since it lends itself to what he described as a sweet one-drop riddim. Rising Jamaican singer MediSun, Iyaz from the Virgin Islands, Irie Soldier from Barcelona and Natalie Rice from New Zealand are among those on the album with more popular names such as Romain Virgo, Stonebwoy and Chris Martin. Understanding how juggling can help lesser-known artistes, Kabaka selected some of the artistes for his No Victory Riddim with that in mind. Is really juggling culture get the diaspora moving,” he said. It was really “No Capitalist” and even more so “Mi Alright” with Chronixx that was my first hit song in Jamaica. “I toured in Europe 2012 before “No Capitalist” came out. “I never started to get any reasonable amount of Jamaican airplay until I was in a juggling riddim,” said Kabaka who is known for juggling songs such as “Well Done” on the On the Corner Riddim, “No Capitalist” on the Tropical Escape Riddim and “Mi Alright” with Chronixx on the Rising Sun Riddim.ĭriving home the importance of juggling, he said his music was playing in Europe and he was touring there before he got airplay in Jamaica. Kabaka said juggling also brings out the best in artistes because if you are not good you won’t get played. The relationships producers have built over the years and the networks with the labels and DJs, doing juggling is a very easy way to get unrecognised artistes’ music in the hands of selectors internationally.”

“A lot of the artistes now who, maybe because dem in Jamaica, they can network with DJs they know and can get one or two of dem songs play but dem not getting the airplay outside of Jamaica and dem not getting the traction.

It is an important part of the culture especially when it comes to these reggae markets outside Jamaica like the Caribbean and the diaspora because a lot of the DJs think with the mind-set of how juggling culture works so it still works in these places,” he explained. Kabaka told Loop News that while he has been working on the riddim for over two years the intention was to bring back juggling as it helps unknown artistes to get their music heard. With calls increasing in the music sector for juggling to be revived, this project is timely. The reggae and dancehall singer, birth name Keron Salmon, is making his major debut as a producer on this project which features 14 artistes. Kabaka Pyramid is doing his part to revive juggling in Jamaica through his own Victory Rock Riddim.