Prince Malachi is a roots reggae

Roots reggae

Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...

 singer who has been acclaimed as an international "New Roots Messenger".

History

Prince Malachi's first self produced album Jah Light was released on his own Mount Ararat label in 1998. Released in 1999 in the U.S. on RAS Records, it received international acclaim.
He relocated to Jamaica in 1999 and began to work with Phillip Fatis Burrell of Xterminator Records. His second studio album Prophet, Priest and King was released on Jetstar U.K. and retitled and released as Love Jah in the U.S. on V.P. Records. This was followed by his third studio album Watch Over We, also produced by Xterminator and released on RAS Records.

His fourth studio album Runaway Slave was produced by Carl Mcleod and released on Stingray Records and his fifth, One Perfect Love was produced and released by Dennis Bedeau on Blakamix Intl.

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Singles

• "Dancing School" (Stingray)
• "Runaway Slave" (1998, Stingray)
• "This Feeling" (Stingray)
• "Greater Things In Life" (Stingray)
• "Our Country" (Xterminator)
• "Love Jah" (1998, Xterminator)
• "Watch Over We" (Xterminator)
• "You Can't Come In" (Xterminator)
• "Life Circle" (Jet Star
  Jet Star
  Jet Star was a United Kingdom record distribution company that grew out of Pama Records in 1978. It was one of the largest distributors of reggae music, the company themselves claiming the title "the world's largest reggae distributors".-History:Jet Star was formed in 1978 by the Palmer Brothers,...
  
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• "Ready Fi Dem" (1998, Xterminator)
• "Fire It Is Blazing" (1998, Xterminator)
• "I've Searched" (VP/Xterminator)
• "Why Is It So" (2000, Harmony House)
• "Jah Love" (2003, Backyard Movements)
• "Can't Control I" (2003, Falasha)
• "I Know" (2004, Notorious)
• "Behold" (2004, Falasha)
• "1966" (2004, Blakamix)
• "Onward We Go" (2004, Stingray)
• "Time To Move On" (2004, Cousins)
• "Gideon Trod" (2006, Hi Tek)
• "Which Way" (2006, Vibes House)
• "Jah Guide Dem" (2006, Reggae Fever)
• "Jah Nah Sleep" (2006, Maximum Sound)
• "Heavy Load" (2007, Stingray)
• "Judgment Hour" (2007, Stingray)
• Me & Them (2008, Wake Up)

Albums

• Jah Light (1998, Mount Ararat/RAS/Heartbeat)
• Love Jah (1999, VP Records) also issued as Prophet, Priest & King (1999, Xterminator)
• Watch Over We (1999, RAS)
• Runaway Slave (2004, Charm/Stingray)
• One Perfect Love (2007, Blakamix Intl)

External links

• RAS records
• Prince Malachi at Reggae Reviews
• July 2005 Interview
• http://www.wakeupsound.com/association/booking/article/prince-malachi