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Earl Sixteen & Flying Vipers - Persistency

August 01, 2025  /  Grant Parks

Flying Vipers link up with legendary Jamaican vocalist Earl Sixteen on “Persistency,” a deep meditation on staying true to your path in a divided world—where persistency becomes the sharpest tool in the fight for equal rights. Reimagining “Astral Underground,” the instrumental opener from Vipers’ latest album OFF WORLD (already championed by tastemakers like David Rodigan and Don Letts), this new vocal cut floats Earl Sixteen’s timeless delivery over the Vipers’ dub‑soaked, basement‑baked groove.

With a storied career spanning Studio One with Coxsone Dodd, visionary sessions with Lee “Scratch” Perry and Joe Gibbs, and UK-era collaborations with Mad Professor and Dreadzone, Earl Sixteen glides effortlessly through the Vipers’ murky channels—turning a heavyweight instrumental into an uplifting rallying cry for resilience and self‑determination.

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