Honorebel Ft Etana Lady Saw And Cecile – New Single
Dancehall Guru Honorebel has put together an All-Star Team for his latest single I Believe In Love consisting of Queen of the Dancehall Lady Saw, Songstress Etana and the Reggae Diva herself – Cecile.
I’ts been a while since the August Town, Jamaica Born, now Miami Based entertainer, released his first album – more than a decade ago. But now he is back with a star studded cast for his most sonically ambitious and lyrically potent work to date. With help from co producers Asani Ali and Paul Kastick.
I Believe In Love finds Honorebel both vulnerable and fearlessly defiant, it is a song that is alluring, but also filled with swagger and deep grooves. Start the weekend off right by taking a listen to the master craftsmanship and beautiful storytelling of I Believe In Love.
The Team Got Together On A Whim
“Well basically, the team came together on a whim and the end result was both exceptional and quite pleasing to me.” Said Honorebel. “What happened was, I wrote this song while I was in the studio with my producers Asani Ali and Paul Kastick… They said yo Honorebel, we have this wicked groove for you, we know you gonna like. As soon as I heard the track, I was blown away and began to write.” He continued.
“After I wrote the song, I went into the booth and recorded it but something was missing. Paul was like hey man I feel it but it’s still not right. Then Asani said, why don’t we put a woman voice to it? So I began to thing out loud, hummm, who would be a good fit to this song. Paul said Lady Saw, Asani Said Cecile, I said what about Etana, she lives just up the road. We thought for a while and then I said, why not have all three of them on the song? We all agreed it was a great idea. I called them up and this is the end result.”
Meet Honorebel
What is a rebel but a man who is able to say yes to the impossible and no to the ordinary?It’s apparent that in today’s Mainstream Music Industry, pundits of all shapes and sizes like to put an artist in a box. For instance, one might hear repeatedly that Jay-Z is classic New York City hip-hop, while Whitney Houston was categorized as a straight-no-chaser R&B singer; sub-genre guys like Daddy Yankee are strictly Reggaeton and David Guetta is strictly for the clubs. With all this labeling and defining the musician’s music, it’s often an industry breakthrough when one finds an artist that’s impossible to categorize. In walks HonoRebel, a name so fitting for someone who enjoys rebelling against the status quo.
Music Found Me
Growing up in the heart of Reggae Culture, it was no surprise that HonoRebel would be exposed to the thundering bass lines of the local sound systems. Jamaican Dancehall Artists such as King Yellow Man and Popa San played a major role in keeping the young HonoRebel off the streets. Instead of focusing on crime, he was now focusing on music; instead of picking up a gun, he was picking up an instrument or a microphone! This passion eventually led him to learn how to play the trumpet and he soon found himself playing in various bands in and out of school. In HonoRebel s own words, “I didn’t find music, music found me.” Aside from his musicianship, HonoRebel had a knack for writing songs.
Connect With Honorebel
At the beginning of his growing music career, he took the name Honorable Apache. Because of his extraordinary talent, he quickly found himself in the booth with some of Jamaica’s biggest producers and artists such as Willie Lindo, Lloyd Campbell, Black Shadow, and Clifton “Specialist” Dillon of Shang Records, all the while racking up an impressive number of hits which included: Hurricane, Material Girl, Who Dis Mi Crew and Camouflage.
As his career began to progress, he took a new moniker by which he is now known: HonoRebel, to
which he explains that the Honor comes from his humbleness, while the Rebel is his Fighting Warrior Spirit. It was this very same spirit that took his musician status to the next level, often sharing the same stage with Jamaica’s biggest dancehall acts.
His electrifying stage performances soon became the buzz of the country and HonoRebel was sworn into the ranks of his childhood heroes.” HonoRebel launched his Musical Career on a more professional level in the late ‘90s and soon found himself collaborating with Reggae Legends such as Sly and Robbie and hip-hop legend Luther Campbell BKA Uncle Luke of The Two Live Crew. While recording at Luke Records, he became very close friends with Pitbull. It was that moment both artists found common grounds where diversity is concern.
I am not afraid to experiment with a different genre of music, Reggae Music is my foundation, but I feel my creativity transcends beyond that. You can throw me into Hip-Hop, Soca, Latin, Dance, Classical, whatever and I’ll deliver.
Honorebel
Entertainer
It was inevitable that HonoRebel’s music quickly morphed. He infused various styles to fit his deliverance and diversity, ranging from Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Pop, Reggaeton, EDM, Tropical House, and Afro Beats with producers like Scott Storch, Dj Snake, Benny Benassi, Rvssian, Dj Codeman and Herbert Skillz. HonoRebel began to widen his musical catalog and his audience appeal, reaching as far as Moscow, where he had the #1 and #3 in, so he got invited to performed live at the Russian MTV Video Music
Awards with Russian Pop Star, Julia Kova. Because of his diverse musical style, HonoRebel found himself standing outside the music industry box. Unable to label him as just a traditional reggae singer, HonoRebel was quickly initiated as a cross-over international artist.
In 2009, HonoRebel scored his first #1 in 58 different countries and peaked at #22 on the Billboard dance charts with “Now You See It” which features Pitbull and Jumpsmokers. While he was signed to Ultra Records/Sony Music, HonoRebel released his first album “Club Scene” from his three-album deal with the
label. The album had a few major features such as Pitbull, Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Trina, and Dj Class.
HonoRebel wears a few caps in this music industry, not only is he an international artist, he’s a writer, producer, owner of his publishing company, Caribbean Paradise Publishing LLC and CEO of his own record label Phantom Music Group where he signed three artists and two producers. With his team, Shadrac Milhomme, Herbert Skillz, Eric Rydmark, Dj Codeman, Asani Ali and Nick Lafond, Honorebel continues to blaze new trails in the entertainment industry.
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