Jah Mason releases 14-track No Matter The Time roots album

Jah Mason kept his 2026 run moving with No Matter The Time, a full 14-track roots album that arrived as a digital release on April 24 through Vikings Production, Pete Music and Evidence Music. The set is a collaborative project with the Vikings Band, and its scale sets it apart from the single-driven pace that dominates much of today’s reggae market.

The track list makes the intent clear. Reggaeville lists 14 cuts, beginning with Introduction and moving through Fussing And Fighting, Black Star Liner, Too Hot Fe Dem, No Matter The Time, Free Up The Knowledge, Dem Caan Keep Up, Love Is The Answer, Got To Be True, A Lot Of Love, Burn Dem For A Purpose, Burn Dem Still, Precious Stone and Give Thanks. That sequence reads like a roots statement built to travel from tension and resistance into uplift, with titles that lean hard into knowledge, love, accountability and gratitude.

The release lands just four days after Roots Man, another Jah Mason drop that surfaced on April 20. Put together, the two projects show an artist working in a live 2026 stretch rather than circling a nostalgia lap. For selectors and committed listeners, No Matter The Time offers the kind of long-form set that can carry a session, not just a quick spin.

Jah Mason’s background gives the album added weight. Reggaeworldcr identifies him as a native of Manchester Parish, Jamaica, and says he has been a member of the Bobo Ashanti Rastafari order since 1995. The Reggae Museum places him in motion since the early 1990s and traces his debut single, Selassie I Call We, to 1991 on Junior Reid’s JR record label. AllMusic notes that he adopted the Jah Mason name in 1995 after joining the Bobo Ashanti branch of Rastafari, and that his early full-lengths Keep Your Joy and Unlimited both arrived in 2002.

That history matters because No Matter The Time does not read like a reset. It extends a career that has long mixed spirituality and social commentary with singjay momentum, and it does so through a proper album form that is still central to roots culture. With Evidence Music behind the release and the Vikings Band in the frame, Jah Mason has delivered a set that feels built for repeat listening, not just release-day noise.