Hitman Walle teams up with French deejay

Dancehall-reggae veteran artiste Hitman Walle has teamed up with French deejay Nugus Wardread to produce an album called Rack the Party.

The album features six tracks reflecting both reggae and dancehall.

"Nugus had reached out to me in 2019 and we did a song called Mass Consumption and it did so well over there. It was on every radio station and mixtape and with the positive feedback. We decided to do a combination album together. I deejay in French, Patois and English and he deejays in French and English as well," Hitman Walle said.

He said that the album was a bit of a challenge because he had to learn the French language.

"It was a great experience. I had songs over there in France, Miss You I Cry and Sweet Devotion before, but I didn't know the French language. So for this project, I started to look up things and started to study French and he guided me also towards the pronunciation and structure," he said. The album will be released on December 14 on the Mande Produktion label.

"We plan to deal with a tour to deal with the album. We had planned to tour after the first single in 2019, but COVID-19 stopped those plans so we're looking forward to a tour of France in 2022," he said.

The songs on the album include Hands in the Air, Make the World Better and Talk of the Town.

Hitman Walle was a fixture on the stage show circuit in Jamaica in the 1990s, rocking major stage shows with his combination of 'bad man' lyrics and stage-show songs. Nugus Wardread, given name Ugo Heslot, is known for propagating the values of freedom, love and dignity, and is an inspired activist for the unity of humanity.