For his third-full length album Back 2 Life, Sean Kingston
immensely expanded his songwriting role, nixed the multi-producer approach of
his last release, and pushed for a fresh new sound. Like his 2007 self-titled
debut (featuring the double-platinum breakout hit “Beautiful Girls”) and 2009’s
Tomorrow (featuring the smash singles “Fire Burning” and “Face Drop”), Back 2
Life boldly fuses reggae, hip-hop, R&B, and
electro to create melody-soaked pop. But on Back 2 Life, the singer/songwriter
blends his newly strengthened vocals with fiercely inventive electronic effects
and hard-hitting live instrumentation to offer up his most passionately
inspired work to date.For Kingston, the urge to achieve the powerfully vibrant
sound that permeates Back 2 Life was born during his recovery from a
devastating accident. In May 2011, while jet skiing in Miami Beach, Kingston
crashed into a bridge and suffered a shattered wrist, broken jaw, and water in
his lungs. After spending nearly a month in the hospital and undergoing two
emergency open-heart surgeries to repair a torn aorta, the Jamaica-bred
22-year-old headed to his Miami Beach home and took two months to heal—and
start plotting his return to the studio. “I couldn’t go anywhere while I was
recovering, so I spent all my time writing songs and listening to beats,”
recalls Kingston. “All I wanted was to get back to doing music, which is what
I’ve been devoting my life to since I was eight-years-old.”Fully healed and
ready to record, Kingston flew to Los Angeles in September and began working on
Back 2 Life. Teaming up with Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem (who served as producer on
Kingston’s first two albums and has also worked with artists like Nicki Minaj,
Rihanna, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, and Britney Spears), Kingston set out to
tap into his musical roots. “After the accident, I was really humbled and felt
the need to get back to my culture,” says Kingston, who was born in Miami but
moved to Jamaica when he was seven. “This album’s much more organic than
anything I’ve done before—the music’s real and it hits you on a gut level.”Listen song here:YouTube
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