Recess Riddim – Weapon X International

Recess Riddim carries a rooted, mid-tempo swing that leaves plenty of room for the vocals to land, and Weapon X International keep the arrangement lean enough that each song can breathe. Saine’s “One More Time” feels like the sharpest fit, riding that patient pulse with a devotional tone that sits nicely beside Naptali’s “Land Of Rastafari” and Arofat’s “Naw Give Up. ” There’s a neat connection in the way the producer’s own title cut mirrors the same steady, no-rush energy the singers lean into, especially on Rseenal’s pair of turns, one more celebratory, one more prayerful. It’s a seven-track set from 2011, with six artists across the line, and that compact lineup gives the whole thing a small, familiar-house-session feel at the end.