I AM CHIPPY Digital EP
Teejay

I AM CHIPPY Digital EP

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$6.98
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Teejay is redefining what dancehall music looks like in mainstream spaces and “I Am Chippy” is a modern take on the genre. Titled after a name Teejay was given as a child, the EP invites The 9-track EP, co-executive produced by diamond-selling musical legend Shaggy along with Sharon Burke and Steve Carless, invites listeners to a more personal understanding of the artist. He experiments musically while also giving fans his signature singjay style, a multiskilled mix of effortless singing and deejaying (rapping) in the same breath. "I Am Chippy” features Teejay’s breakout 2023 anthem “Drift” as a bonus track and its latest remix with Nigerian afrobeats hitmaker Davido. The “slick dancehall ditty” (Billboard) was one of the biggest dancehall songs of 2023 and continues to climb the U.S. Billboard's charts (R&B/Hip Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay, and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay). It has over 78 million global streams, amassed over a billion TikTok views for its viral dance (originally created by Gabi Don). Following “Drift” is another contagious single “Dip” by the same producer Panda and featuring dancehall favorite Tommy Lee Sparta. The song is also inspired by the popular Jamaican dance created by Pata Skeng. 

He keeps up this playfulness on the EP with the upbeat “Twerk It.” The song will command movement on any dance floor, boasting suggestive lyrics and a romantic Spanish inspired guitar riff fused with a dancehall trap inspired beat by DJ Frass Records. 

Like the many confidantes who helped paved the way for him, Teejay pays it forward and features a variety of Jamaican talent on the EP. From the struggle and strife, Teejay has come a long way from his humble beginnings, but still has his eye on the prize. “Me build up the board house to concrete now…but me still nuh satisfy,” he says. On his legacy and how he wants to be remembered, the artist states, “That Teejay is a multifaceted artist who [is] lyrically inclined, everything amazing, a young legend.” 

1. Dip (ft. Tommy Lee Sparta)
2. Fully Auto (ft. Bayka)
3. Twerk It
4. Chop Life (ft. Malie Donn)
5. 53
6. 4th of July
7. Drift Remix (ft. Davido)
8. Star (ft. Jaydon & Quada)
9. Never (ft. Skillibeng)
10. Drift