Kevin Downswell’s new project which will feature local and international collaborations. (Photo: Kevin Downswell website)
June 28, 2020
Kevin Downswell recruits Bounty Killer, Christopher Martin and more for ‘Stronger’ remix
Gospel singer Kevin Downswell has
released an all-star remix of his 2012 classic, You Make Me Stronger. The mega-collaboration, titled Stronger (remix), is sponsored by KFC and adds to the growing list of
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segues into Downswell, Richie Stephens, Tessanne Chin and Sherieta Lewis who
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sing messages of hope in the first verse. The chorus now belts, “we will
be stronger” instead of “you make me stronger,” and the second
verse features powerful, victorious vocals from Christopher Martin, Singer J
and Ikaya. The third verse packs some dancehall flavour with Bounty Killer and
Beenie Man, balanced with mellow melodies from Wayne Marshall and Kemar
Highcon.
Speaking on Onstage this weekend, Downswell said he does not anticipatebacklash from the gospel community for his use of secular artistes, as it isfor a positive cause.
“When you see somebody like
a Sherieta Lewis who has done background vocals for me for the last three
albums…when you see people like Bounty, Beenie, people like Ikaya, the
problem is not the church community,” he said. “I believe every man,
whether church, secular, street, dancehall… everybody’s gonna be excited.”
He added that it wasn’t
challenging getting the various artistes on board.
“None of them had an issue…everybody
was ready to jump on board because at the end of the day the focus was the
people, the focus was the fact that people are going through rough and tough
times in a season like this so we had to put away our differences, we had to
put away if one had locks and if one had baldhead, if one rich and one poor and
if one is more popular than the other,” he said. “That’s the power of
this campaign because it’s a declaration that no matter who you are, if you seh
Jesus or anybody else, it is a sign of everybody coming together to let people
know that we’re stronger and we’re stronger together.”
In early May, producer Notnice released the inspirational number We Are, featuring a bevy of acts including Tessanne Chin, Julian Marley, Jesse Royal and Maxi Priest. Later that month Romeich Major spearheaded We Rise, which featured artistes including Tarrus Riley, Konshens, Shenseea, Ding Dong and Teejay.
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Downswell tapped songbird Tessanne Chin to lend vocals to the Stronger remix.
Bounty Killer is among the several secular artistes chosen by Downswell to contribute to the empowerment anthem.
