Frontline Riddim – Lion Sound Production

By 2008, Lion Sound Production had lined up a fairly militant rootical set around the Frontline Riddim, and the song choices lean hard into duty, resistance, and survival. Khari Kill’s “Jahs World, ” Prezident Brown’s “Rumours, ” and Ras Attitude’s “Serious War” sit comfortably beside Lutan Fyah and Jah P’s “In The Street” and I Lusha’s “More Life For Rasta, ” all riding the same stern framework. It’s the kind of one-riddim package that keeps the voice front and center, with the version tucked in at the end to show off the bare bones of the rhythm. The production has that dry, marching feel you hear in late-2000s reggae when the drums stay clipped and the bassline moves in a steady, deliberate pull.

Frontline Riddim Tracklist:

1. Khari Kill – Jahs World
2. Lutan Fyah Ft Jah – P – In The Street
3. I Lusha – More Life For Rasta
4. Arkangel – Pon Di Line
5. Ras Attitude – Serious War
6. The Lambsbread – Victory
7. Prezident Brown – Rumours
8. Soulmedic – Sound Weapon
9. Jah – P – Frontline
10. Simba Wa Yudah – Haujui
11. Riah Right – Shackles
12. Kast – A – Way – Tell Me
13. Ras Gabriel – Psalm 93
14. The Frontline Riddim – Version