An experienced artist/musician, Venemus is aware that many songs are created at the spur of the moment. That is what happened with ‘You’re Not Ready for This’, his single with deejay Agent 13.
Released on November 7, it evolved during a recent recording session.
“It actually started to take shape one day while Agent 13 (aka Orrahjahni) was in the studio working on one of his tracks and I jokingly said to him, ‘we should do a collab one day’, and his response was basically, ‘hell yeah!!!’ So I went in my stash and found the instrumental that was titled ‘You’re Not Ready For This’ which was earmarked for a love song. But when I thought about Orrahjahni’s lyrical style, I decided to write some new lyrics to provocatively highlight some of the follies and idiosyncrasies we face in life,” Venemus explained.
‘You’re Not Ready for This’ is Venemus’ first released song for 2024. The Ohio-based Jamaican usually has a prolific output but “due to certain circumstances that were beyond my control”, his production level dropped considerably this year.
From St. Thomas parish in eastern Jamaica, Venemus began his music career in high school, and later cut his teeth as a musician in the Defiance Band which backed artists such as Papa San, General Trees and Lieutenant Stitchie.
Over the years, he has released several singles including ‘Body Medicine’ and ‘Perspective’. His debut album, ‘Feevah’ was released in 2017. As a producer, Venemus has worked with Mr. Absolute (aka Shaggy Wonder), Honorebel, Keble Drummond (former lead singer of The Cables) and Papa Beeto.