Lavender Riddim – Major Records

On Lavender Riddim, Major Records keeps the spotlight on a tidy seven-track set, and that concision gives the whole thing a focused feel rather than a crowded one. Arthur Allain opens with “Live up Guns Down, ” which sets a conscious tone before Natty Conqueror’s “Be Your Lover” and Medison Hart’s “Smile” push the vibe into smoother, more reflective territory. Major Records is also the name behind the instrumental, and that matters here because the producer is effectively framing the whole session as a house sound as much as a song list. Arthur Allain, who’s also the force behind Major Records, has said Lavender sits alongside his other reggae riddim projects, and you can hear that orderly, compilation-minded approach in the way the voices are spaced out. The sequencing moves from message tunes to rootsier affirmations and closes on the version, which feels like a deliberate way of keeping the riddim’s pulse front and center.

Lavender Riddim Tracklist:

1. Arthur Allain – Live up Guns Down
2. Natty Conqueror – Be Your Lover
3. Medison Hart – Smile
4. Gersham – Everything Is Everything
5. Cleus Antoine – Jah Jah Guide Me
6. Kingfa Redd – Woman’s Scorn
7. Major Records – Lavender Riddim Instrumental

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