Kxng Izem delivers passionate and smooth flows in Wildfire album

Photo courtesy of Kxng Izem.

In the first song off his new album, Wildfire, Jamaica’s Kxng Izem delivers a strong message. “Trying to teach the youth something. Get up, for yourself you got to do something. Cut off all negative ties and negative vibe. Keep your energy right” The lyrics are from the album’s first song, Cliche, and Kxng conveys passionate and smooth flows throughout the album. Dailyreggae.com listened to the album and are loving Kxng’s passion, sound, and awesome reggae and hip-hop style beats.

We caught up with Kxng Izem and asked him about the album.

Tell us about the inspiration behind your new album, Wildfire.

I started recording the album Wildfire at the studio called Troublemaker here in Jamaica. It shows my personality, sound, and influences that I love, which come from dancehall, reggae music, hip hop, R&B, and even afrobeat.

I really tried to put all those elements in the album, so people can get all the sides of Kxng Izem you know? The inspiration behind the project is life. My experiences on a day-to-day basis. The concept wildfire is how I love to see my music and consciousness coming from Jamaica spread across the world.

You have such a cool flow! How was the album put together? Do you work with other musicians to create the beats?

Yeah, it depends but, on this project, I got the beats first and then I wrote the lyrics to them. I carefully picked the beats to find the sound I was looking for and what connects with me, because I only sing on things, I connect with sonically.

I partnered with Harry Hunt from England, ChrisVille, a producer here in Jamaica, and a producer, Troublemaker. We all worked together. Some of the album was recorded in Troublemaker Studios and some were recorded in the legendary Harry J Recording Studio, which is the same studio Bob Marley’s Catch a Fire album was recorded.

What was the experience like recording in that studio? That must have been amazing recording in a place with so much history!

Yeah, that studio is one of the best studios we have in Kingston. The recording booth is a large room and the reverb in there was carefully constructed, so it’s really good. You get a really special sound from it. There’s a feeling in there because it’s so legendary, it makes you want to do your best.  

We dove further into the album, Kxng Izem’s journey as an artist, and musical collaboration. Look for a Daily Reggae Artist Profile featuring Kxng Izem soon!

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Wildfire is the Daily Reggae Song of the Day.