Vybz Kartel reunites with Mavado on God & Time album

Vybz Kartel has made God & Time feel bigger than a routine comeback album. The 14-track set arrives June 5 through TJ Records and Vybz Kartel Muzik with Zojak World Wide handling distribution, and the guest list reads like a dancehall summit: Mavado on Hype Life, Spice on Confession, Wizkid on Stay For The Night, Farruko on Casi Casi, Shenseea on Panic and Skillibeng on Try Again. Kartel said the album’s “flow will be different,” and that is exactly what this rollout is built to prove.

Hype Life is the cut that will dominate the conversation. Kartel and Mavado sharing a track still carries the weight of the old Gaza-versus-Gully divide, when their clashes at Sting and elsewhere helped define a whole era of dancehall rivalry. Kaboom Magazine said Hype Life is a remix, with the original version released earlier in 2026 through Droptop Records, which gives the song a second life and a clean runway into this new chapter. For listeners, the feature is not just a stunt. It is a direct reunion of two names that once split the culture down the middle.

The rest of the feature list widens the album’s reach without losing the dancehall core. Spice brings sharp local star power to Confession, Wizkid pushes Stay For The Night toward Afrobeats crossover, Farruko adds a Caribbean-to-Latin bridge on Casi Casi, and Shenseea and Skillibeng keep Panic and Try Again locked into the current Jamaican lane. Reggaeville’s tracklist confirms the album opens with God and Time and closes with Watch Over Me, so the sequencing itself looks designed to carry the project from headline moment to replay value.

The timing matters too. Kartel was released from prison on July 31, 2024, and every move since then has landed with extra force, from Party With Me and Heart & Soul to this new album, which follows Grammy nominations and a fresh jolt of industry recognition after his Best Caribbean Music Act win at the 2026 MOBO Awards in Manchester on March 27. Reggae Sumfest has already set A Taste of Sumfest for July 18 at Plantation Cove in St Ann, Jamaica, and the promotion has framed Kartel and Mavado as a reunion of two legends on one stage. God & Time is arriving right on the front edge of that summer cycle, with the kind of names and history that turn a release date into a moment.