Kiss Kiss Riddim – Education Records

Kiss Kiss Riddim has that early-2000s reggae compilation feel, with a lean, ready-made groove that lets each singer bring a different shade to the same rhythm. Horace Andy’s title cut is the one that really lingers, all that cool, weathered voice floating over the riddim with ease, while Joseph Cotton’s “Wicked Running” pushes a tougher, chatter-heavy energy into the set. Action Fya’s “Think And Check” and Futur Trouble’s “Jah Bless Me” keep the momentum moving from conscious talk to straight-up praise, and the dubby “Cuss Cuss Version” from Roots And Radics And Scully closes things out with a stripped-back touch. Education Records kept it moving in 2004, right in that period when one-riddim projects were still a sharp way to hear a producer’s sound tested by a few different voices.