Legalize Riddim – Friendly Fire Music

Friendly Fire Music usually leans on live roots work, but Legalize Riddim keeps that same band-in-the-room feel and sharpens it into a modern one-drop statement with a clear anti-littering? no—conscious, ganja-friendly edge. Released on July 10, 2013, it pairs Lion Art’s “Legalize It, ” Murray Man’s “Nah Get Away, ” and the Tippa Irie/Peppery cut “Humanity” with dub versions from the house band and Max Powa. The riddim itself is described as a heavy one-drop roots groove, and that fits the way the vocal cuts are sequenced: statements first, then a dub stretch that folds the whole thing back into the band’s own instrumental spine.