Don Yute - Contributed

By Teino Evans, Staff Reporter

It has been just six months since dancehall artiste Don Yute returned to Jamaica and already he has been stirring some amount of attention.

Outside of the fact that Don Yute, real name, Jason Williams has managed to create a buzz with some of his recently recorded singles including, Oooh Baby featuring Da'Ville (on Super Hype's label), Gangsta Time with Spragga Benz on the Power Cut rhythm and Gwaan Bad on DJ Karim's Pepper Spray rhythm, Don Yute says he has a much bigger aim where music is concerned this time.

Don Yute says, "weh mi si a gwaan now is dat most of our biggest artistes peak," sighting examples in Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and others.

"Now, fi dem, it a guh become more ego than fi di love of reggae and dancehall," he said.

It is on this basis that Don Yute feels that he has what the industry is looking for, the next dancehall act to crossover and be successfully.

It's not that Don Yute has no prior knowledge of what it is like to work with overseas artistes and producers, but he says, "di industry don't want to recognise certain artistes fi dem gain," but "mi stand di test of time, mi back to prove to the unbelievers weh mi have naturally."

Already, Don Yute has a host of international acts who he has collaborated with on his new album Boobilous, that is set to be released soon in Japan.

The album, which will be released on the Formula Entertainment Label/Slip n Slide/Golden Child, features his labelmate Ms. Triniti, the Ying Yang Twins, Trick Daddy, Pit Bull, Akon, Beenie Man and a special version of Dennis Brown's Here I Come.

With all this weighing in the balance, Don Yute is confident that he will soon attain the musical heights achieved by Shaggy, Sean Paul and others and to even take it further.