Loose Foot Riddim – Jaysing Oxford Music

Loose Foot Riddim moves with a nimble, springy groove rather than leaning on brute force, which suits the set’s mix of reflective and sentimental cuts. Jaysing Oxford Music lines up nine voices across the board, with Emerald Campbell’s “Grateful, ” Unique’s “In Between, ” and Euphoria Boss’s “Time Fi Changes” carrying the kind of everyday emotion that keeps a reggae riddim from sounding interchangeable. Jaysing Oxford turns up twice on the vocal side with “Never Knew” and “Is It Worth It, ” while the closing cut, “Nuh Mash Up Wi Country, ” folds Jaysing, Swazz, Unique and Imotive into a more communal finish. Released in 2018, it sits neatly in that period when smaller independent reggae productions were still keeping the one-riddim format alive with lean, melody-first arrangements and room for different singers to work the same pulse their own way.