For The Children Riddim – Xterminator

Xterminator keeps this one stripped back and direct: just two cuts, Cologne’s “Who Is That Man” and Turbulence’s title tune, both issued in 2002. With only a pair of voices riding the same reggae framework, the riddim has a focused, almost intimate feel rather than the crowded, all-star sweep you get on bigger one-riddim sets. Cologne opens it with a searching, spiritually minded question, but Turbulence is the cut that lingers longest, pushing the title message with the kind of urgent delivery that made him such a strong fit for conscious material in that era. It’s a compact release, but that economy leaves the songs exposed in the right way, and Turbulence’s “For The Children” ends up carrying the weight of the whole session.

For The Children Riddim Tracklist:

1. Cologne – Who Is That Man
2. Turbulence – For The Children