KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dancehall’s favorite singjay is mashing up the place with his steamy single, “Mus Come a Road.” The song, which is causing havoc on the dancehall circuit, is produced by Reli of “Raging Bull” fame and penned by Mr. Vegas. “Mus Come a Road” has set the summer on fire.
When the pulsating beat drops for “Mus Come a Road,” a sense of nostalgia evokes, as the song is built on Barrington Levy’s 1982 Reggae smash “Prison Oval Rock.” Vegas’ millennium version of the cult classic thrives with a Barrington Levy sample, which is looped through out the song.
The original cut evolved from dances in Spanish Town that were held near a prison. Barrington Levy, clearly Vegas’ favorite singer, vividly described the whole era in his hit. Moreover, Vegas unleashes a modern day twist with “Mus Come a Road.”
On “Mus Come a Road,” Mr. Vegas’ passionately croons of the injustice of criminal justice. “There are some people behind bars who have been charged for a crime that is not as bad as the people who are in jail for murder, and the murders sometimes get out before them,” says Mr. Vegas earnestly. “This song is for the people who have experienced that.”
The “Mus Come a Road” single is joined by an appealing music video, currently in rotation on numerous American and Caribbean television outlets. As “Prison Oval Rock” was a hardcore vintage record, they wanted to capture it’s essence with a “Harder They Come” themed video — adding to the rough, street vibe of the song. In the video, Mr. Vegas is wanted and “on the road.”
The “Mus Come a Road” video was produced by Winston Mayhew, who boasts a number of top Reggae music videos to his credit including Busy Signal’s “Nah Go A Jail” and “These Are The Days,” Morgan Heritage’s “Look Pon Di Gully Side,” and Duane Stephenson’s “August Town.”
Preview the video on Youtube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0RosekconE
