Lifestyle Riddim – Track Starr Music/Terro Flex Production

Out of the 2013 reggae churn, Lifestyle Riddim feels like one of those cuts that catches a crew in a thoughtful, everyday mode rather than chasing big crossover flash. Track Starr Music and Terro Flex keep the pace warm and steady, so Lutan Fyah’s “Sell Out” and Sizzla’s “Dem A Talk (Poor People Anthem)” land with that upright, socially minded edge those two do so well, while Turbulence’s “Health and Strengths” pushes the same message from a more devotional angle. Miriam Simone and Ras Penco add some softer colour in between the tougher voices, and the instrumental sits neatly in the middle of the set, almost like a breather before the final stretch. Tenor-wise, it’s a tidy little roots-minded session with eleven cuts, even if the title suggests a mood more lived-in than glossy.

Lifestyle Riddim Tracklist:

1. Alandon – Hurt Harr
2. Bittah So Sick – Gal Alone
3. Haskell – Emotions
4. Hyah Slice – Gone Up
5. Lutan Fyah – Sell Out
6. Miriam Simone – Tonight
7. Ras Penco – My Dawling
8. Sizzla – Dem A Talk (poor People Anthem]
9. Swagga Don – Hustel
10. Track Starr Music / Terro Flex Production – Lifestyle Riddim (instrumental)
11. Turbulence – Health & Strengths