Yet he certainly sounds good paired with Dre Skull’s glossy, electro-flecked dancehall. Consequently, Kingston Story boasts a more consistent sound than any of Kartel’s previous albums, but it’s also miles removed from the gritty, lo-fi riddims over which Kartel made his name. Where his previous full-lengths have been compiled from an eclectic hodge-podge of dancehall-proven singles, Kingston Story is a concerted collaboration with a single producer, Dre Skull, who’s famous for dabbling in everything from indie-electro to hip-hop to hardcore dancehall. Kingston Story represents something of a stylistic departure for Kartel. In fact, his star is rising fast enough that his label saw fit to reissue his debut album shortly after it came out, adding five new tracks.
Portmore’s finest dancehall chanter, Vybz Kartel, has produced some of the most authentically vibrant, sometimes dangerous-sounding music to emerge from the mainstream of Jamaican dancehall in some time. Vybz Kartel is quickly becoming a major player in the stables of Greensleeves Records and producer Donovan 'Vendetta' Bennett.
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