Nazamba’s A Message From Zion lands as one of those releases that feel bigger than music. Recorded partly at Tuff Gong and Dog ah Bark Studio and completed by Dubquake Records after Nazamba (real name George Scott) passed in 2022, the album carries the weight of a voice that still had plenty to say. O.B.F.’s Rico guides the production from the French Alps, but the core of the project stays grounded in Kingston, where Nazamba first shaped his deep, spoken-word delivery.

The album brings together a wide circle of roots contributors, including Barrington Levy, Linval Thompson and the Roots Radics. Tracks like “Raw Born Reggae” remind you exactly where Nazamba (previous Wild Life) stood in the culture. There is no searching for identity here. It is message music, built on rhythm and tone, with space for the words to settle.

A Message From Zion feels like a final chapter that connects generations. A Jamaican storyteller at the centre, European producers carrying the work across the finish line, and veterans adding their voices along the way. It shows how roots reggae continues to move through different hands and different places without losing its foundation.

For listeners who followed Nazamba’s earlier work, this album will feel like a last conversation. For new listeners, it is an introduction to an artist who left too soon. Either way, the message is clear: some voices continue to echo long after the microphone is turned off.