Cloud 9 Riddim (2023) – Mt Zion Studio

Cloud 9 Riddim arrived in 2023 from Mt Zion Studio, and the small voice lineup gives it a distinctly Grenadian soca flavour. The released cuts listed with it are NMA Pain on “The Weekend, ” Sly on “Blaze It, ” and Scholar on “Rest It On Me. ” Scholar is the most familiar name in that trio, a Grenada soca mainstay who has been active for years and has long been associated with sharp party material and island pride. His cut feels like the anchor here.

The rhythm itself sits in that bright, springy soca pocket that works more on bounce than brute force. It has a light, airborne feel, with the kind of percussion and melodic lift that points straight to fete season rather than the harder, bass-heavy approach some later-season soca takes. The title suits it: airy, floating, and geared toward movement.

Mt Zion Studio has been filing steady soca riddims in this space, and Cloud 9 fits that run as a concise one-riddim project with enough identity to separate it from a generic party instrumental. “The Weekend” brings the casual release-of-pressure angle, while “Blaze It” pushes the more celebratory, smoke-and-heat party mood. “Rest It On Me” is the cut that gives the riddim its clearest hook, pairing Scholar’s confident delivery with a chorus made for crowd singback.