VP Records To Release Tarrus Riley New Album July 1st

Tarrus Riley has teamed with VP Records release his second album Challenges; which co incidentally was supposed to be his debut set instead of the acclaimed Parables.

Challenges will hit stores on July 1, to capitalize on Riley's popularity, which peaked with the wildly popular Parables, which was released in 2006.

Riley said in a recent interview that he is pleased that Challenges is being given a second chance. "It never got major distribution because it was independently produced, but now dat mi become more popular VP come forward and sey 'Yo, mek wi do it'," Riley said. Challenges was released on the now defunct Ya Man label out of South Florida, which was owned by Dennis 'Blemmo' Crichton. It was produced by saxophonist Dean Fraser, who handled similar duties for Parables.

Challenges is not entirely unknown in Jamaica. It contains the songs Larger Than Life and Barber Chair, which got favourable airplay in the months leading up to Parables' release.

Riley said he was currently working on his third album. He is not concerned about being over-exposed with the release of three albums in as many years. "The people waan hear the music so mi jus' gi it to dem," he said.


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