On June 5, 2026, Vybz Kartel released God and Time — a thirteen-track album issued through Vybz Kartel Muzik and available in the JamaicansMusic Listen library. The title track, accompanied by an official music video on VybzKartelVEVO, anchors a project that finds the Worl’ Boss in a conscious, reflective mode a year after his Reggae Sumfest coronation.

The record

God and Time carries thirteen songs spanning Kartel’s familiar range — street reportage, spiritual questioning and the hardcore dancehall energy that built the Gaza brand. The title evokes a recurring theme in his lyrics: patience, faith and the belief that outcomes belong to a higher power and to time itself. Tracks including “GOD Says” and “Victory” extend the conscious thread that runs from early Alliance-era cuts through The Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto to his post-release catalogue.

Post-prison catalogue

The album follows Heart & Soul (August 2025) and a run of live appearances that included the National Stadium, Barclays Center, Miami and London’s Wireless Festival alongside Drake. God and Time confirms that Kartel’s recording pace — honed over years of voicing tracks from custody — has not diminished since his release in July 2024.

Why it matters

At a moment when dancehall’s centre of gravity continues to shift between generations, God and Time reasserts Kartel as both historian and active participant — an artist who can reference his own trials without losing the forward momentum that made him the genre’s most prolific figure.

Listen and dig deeper

Sources: JamaicansMusic Listen library — God and Time album page; VybzKartelVEVO — official channel; AllMusic — Vybz Kartel biography.

Editor’s note: This entry is part of the JamaicansMusic online museum — a career timeline assembled from the archive. It is dated to the era it documents; every claim is drawn from the linked sources.