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Still Pushing is the title of Randy Valentine\u2019s new album. The 9-track set include potential hit singles like Wake the Town<\/em> and Black Cinderella. Valentine left Jamaica for Great Britain several years ago and is rapidly taking his place among the conscious reggae crew in that country. The album was released in the US on April 10 on the Hemp Higher\/Ariwa Label<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Still Pushing is the title of Randy Valentine\u2019s new album. The 9-track set include potential hit singles like Wake the Town and Black Cinderella. Valentine left Jamaica for Great Britain several years ago and is rapidly taking his place among the conscious reggae crew in that country. The album was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59,191,101,115,203,128,163],"tags":[261,389,472,507,554],"class_list":["post-113657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-higherariwa","category-latest-releases","category-new-release","category-new-releases-news","category-reggae","category-world-music","tag-ariwa","tag-higher-hemp","tag-new-release","tag-randy-valentine","tag-still-pushing","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kingston12.net\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/randyvalentine_stil-lpushing-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115663,"url":"https:\/\/kingston12.net\/2020\/2026\/01\/28\/the-echo-in-the-machine-how-ai-redefined-the-music-industry\/","url_meta":{"origin":113657,"position":0},"title":"The Echo in the Machine: How AI Redefined the Music Industry","author":"Sydney","date":"January 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"For decades, the music industry has navigated digital disruptions\u2014from the MP3, the shift away from large production studios to the streaming revolution. 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