Four Bottle Riddim – Heart Of Love Records

Four Bottle Riddim sits in Heart Of Love Records’ 2008 catalogue as a lean nine-artist juggling with 12 cuts, led by Junior Kelly’s “Thinking Of You” and backed by strong turns from Mad Cobra, Natural Black, Taru, and Krisi. The project leans on a clean, no-frills reggae arrangement rather than anything overly decorative, with the vocalists carrying most of the weight over a steady version pull. Taru and Mad Cobra each appear in both edit and raw form, which gives the set a slightly archival feel and lets you hear how the songs sit in different mixes. The riddim itself moves at a relaxed mid-tempo pace, with a firm bass line and clipped drum pattern that keep the whole thing grounded.

Four Bottle Riddim Tracklist:

1. Junior Kelly – Thinking Of You
2. Taru – Herb Tree (Edit)
3. Taru – Herb Tree (Raw)
4. Jallanzo – Hussle
5. Mad Cobra – Dont Cry (Edit)
6. Mad Cobra – Dont Cry (Raw)
7. Nature – Beside Me
8. Dejah – Got To Go
9. Natural Black – Glas House
10. Krisi – Life Goes On (Edit)
11. Krisi – Life Goes On (Raw)
12. Four Bottle Riddim – Version