Ginjah shares warm roots single Nice & Mellow on Stay Nice Music

Ginjah pushed Nice & Mellow out as a standalone digital single on May 15, a release that lands neatly for listeners chasing fresh lovers-rock and easygoing roots reggae without having to wait for a full album cycle. Reggaeville listed the track on Stay Nice Music and Dubshot Records, while Beatport carried it with catalog number 8718521224226 and Spotify marked it as a 2026 Ginjah single through Stay Nice Music. The format matters here: this is a song built for streaming, radio, and quick circulation, not a project surrounded by extra filler.

The mood is set right in the title. Nice & Mellow reads like a promise, and the lyric-video teaser leans into that same lane by framing the cut as a love song and nodding to the old-school directness of reggae balladry. Joshua “Don Daka” Smith handled production, while David “JAH David” Goldfine is credited as co-producer, bassist, pick-guitar player, percussionist, and mixing engineer. That kind of hands-on credit list usually signals a record shaped with care rather than rushed content for the feed.

The session cast gives the single even more weight. Release materials also name Roberto “Lone Ark” Sanchez, Laurent “Tippy I” Alfred, Lamont “Monty” Savory, Zoe Brown, Okiel McIntyre, and Ruel “KLYVE” Moncrieffe among the personnel attached to the track. For reggae ears, that is the kind of lineup that points to a polished roots recording with enough musicianship to hold up beyond the first play. It is the sort of cut DJs can drop between heavier selections when they want something warm, steady, and vocal-forward.

Nice & Mellow also arrives at a busy moment for Ginjah. In the same stretch, Lay On My Pillow was making noise in the United States, reaching No. 1 on the Island Gold Radio Top 10 Reggae Chart in West Palm Beach and holding that spot for six consecutive weeks. Another release listing tied Lay On My Pillow to the Fire Rocket Riddim and dated it to May 15 as well, through Long Chain Global and Juna-Vill Records. That gives Ginjah two separate May 15 touchpoints, one geared toward chart momentum and one aimed squarely at the softer end of the reggae spectrum.

Born Valentine Nakrumah Fraser on September 7, 1978, in Hanover, Jamaica, Ginjah later moved through St. James and then Spanish Town to pursue music, gaining early recognition as a protégé of Beres Hammond. His pandemic-era songs, including Survival, Trying Times, Pressures Of Life, and Soul Man, already mapped out that soulful, roots-minded lane, and a separate bio says his 2018 Roots album received Grammy consideration. Nice & Mellow fits that arc cleanly, giving selectors a new mellow cut that still carries the weight of an artist who knows exactly how to sing to the heart.