Sanity Riddim (2023) – Forever Music

Forever Music’s Sanity Riddim arrived in 2023 as a roots-minded juggling from Shayne Green’s Portmore-based imprint, a production house he launched after years working around the Sly and Robbie camp. The project sits in the same lane as the company’s earlier White Squall, Big City, Rockers Railway, Dub In Town and Reggae Roadblock releases, and it keeps that message-first approach intact. The instrumental runs at a laid-back 84 BPM, with a warm, open-bottom groove that leaves plenty of room for voices and phrasing.

The songs move between spirituality, social pressure and relationship talk, but the strongest cuts are the ones that lock into the riddim’s patient pulse. Aaron Silk’s Rejoice Jah and Jah Wyz’s The Coming Of Jah both carry the conscious tone cleanly. Earth Tremma’s title cut, featuring Renegad, gives the riddim its strongest identity moment, while Perfect Giddimani’s A Little Different adds his familiar roots authority and direct lyrical edge. Lymie Murray’s Gully Gully brings one of the smoother vocal performances on the set, and Darrio’s Love You Girl shifts the mood toward straight lovers’ business without breaking the flow.

Phalcon’s Reschedule and Ch4se’s Falling widen the palette a little, but the whole release stays unified by that clean roots-rock backdrop. It is the kind of riddim built for juggling: steady enough to carry message songs, melodic enough to hold the sweeter voices, and sturdy enough that the instrumental version earns its place at the end.