“It was such an honor to get to work on this project with U-Roy, a true creator,” Santigold said in a press release. “He was a major pioneer in a genre that influenced me so deeply. And it just so happened that the song I was asked to sing, ‘Man Next Door,’ has been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl. It felt so special to get to sing that song in particular—I knew the harmonies in...

“Man Next Door” was originally written by John Holt and first released in 1968 by his group the Paragons, while U-Roy previously sampled the song on his own 1982 track, “Peace and Love in the Ghetto.” This new version boasts a quick pace and steady organ stabs; U-Roy and Santigold don’t lose any dub-y magic as their voices drift into the deep pockets of the song’s groove.   [button size='big_large' style='' text='READ THE ARTICLE' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/u-roy-santigold-man-next-door-1171864/' target='_blank' color='' hover_color='' border_color='#000000' hover_border_color=''...

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert was a giant of reggae, one of the genre’s pioneers and among its greatest stars, and Toots and the Maytals’ last album, Got To Be Tough, released Aug. 28 via Trojan Jamaica, is a fitting testament to a career that spanned 60 years. It was also, sadly, Toots’ final album, as the Jamaican icon died on Sept. 11 from undisclosed causes at the age of 77. But there are still elements from Got To Be Tough that have yet to be released, and today Billboard is premiering...

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert stars in the powerful new animated video for “Warning Warning,” a track off Toots and the Maytals’ upcoming LP, Got to Be Tough. Directed by Nick Franco, the clip features Hibbert floating by Earth in a spacesuit, later accompanied by a lion on a boat. He witnesses brutal whaling, and travels to the depths of the ocean, passing by dead sea creatures. He then lands in hell, where he punches the devil and returns to the surface to...