Spanish-born and Jamaica-grown reggae artist Irie Souljah has launched his newest undertaking World Citizen, a ten-track assortment that connects roots reggae spirit with a world imaginative and prescient. Out now by way of Ineffable Data, the album options collaborations with Kabaka Pyramid, Alborosie, MediSun, and Mystic Marley, bringing collectively voices from throughout the reggae spectrum.
The title monitor with Kabaka Pyramid speaks on to the thought of belonging past borders, referring to migration, identification, and the shared human journey. Alborosie joins in One other Manner, including weight to a music about discovering hope and resilience in exhausting instances. Different highlights embrace the opening monitor Rasta At The Management, the easy-flowing Give Me Reggae Music, and the herb anthem Me & My Weed. Every monitor carries Irie Souljah’s signature stability of grounded messages and melodic supply.
Coming a great distance since his ‘Immigrant’ album, World Citizen is a mirrored image of his personal path. Born in Spain and rooted within the reggae custom of Jamaica, his music blends the grit and authenticity of Kingston’s sound system tradition with a Mediterranean melodic contact. It’s an album constructed on the assumption that birthplace doesn’t outline future and that tradition will be each inherited and chosen.
His journey has taken him on excursions with Kabaka Pyramid and Cocoa Tea, and to phases alongside Chronixx and Damian Marley. Lately, the singer graced the stage along with his new undertaking The Rising Suns, alongside Matthew Malcolm and Quan Dajai, and rocked the Reggaeland 2025 stage within the UK with Kabaka. Different collaborations have included Jesse Royal, Anthony B, Iya Terra, and Power Legislation. With World Citizen, he continues to increase his attain, at the moment touring Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Italy.
The manufacturing, led by Genís Trani, retains the sound roots-focused whereas permitting house for the album’s worldwide spirit to shine. It’s reggae stripped to its necessities but formed with a world ear, making World Citizen a undertaking that feels each acquainted and recent.
