The reggae singer Junior Toots He assured that he is preparing a tribute album to his late father, the legend of reggae Toots Hibbert, the former leader of the iconic band Toots & The Maytals.
“The album (still no name) will be released in the summer (mid) of 2025 and I will work with Maytals Band, my band, as well as with the production of Rally Up Music, Victory Nation in it”, Toots told Dancehall Mag about what would be his sixth album..
further, Junior Toots expressed his confidence that this album will reflect his father's legacy, who died last 11 September 2020.
“Fans should expect greatness and another legendary contribution to the legacy of Jamaican reggae and ska, full of emotion and passion according to the high standards my father set”, added the musician.
Toots Hibbert, He was one of the main exponents of ska and the beginnings of reggae, this as lead vocalist of the band Toots and the Maytals, with a long career of six decades.
further, the single by the band 1968 “Do the Reggay” was the first song to use the word “reggae”, coining the name of the genre and presenting it to a global audience.
Junior Toots' new single
further, Junior Toots is promoting his new song, “She Needs My Love”, who according to him was inspired by the women around him.
“This song is inspired by my love and respect for all the good women around me; my wife, my mother, my aunt, my sisters and all the wonderful women I have metor and they are all over the world. The Kings of Kings greet you all”, said of the single produced by Junior Boogie and mixed and mastered by Ras Victory.