Step Up Riddim – Kickoff Records

Kickoff Records takes a more conscious turn on Step Up Riddim, leaning into roots reggae with a ten-artist lineup that keeps the focus on social pressure, family duty, and spiritual grounding. Lutan Fyah’s Family Effort is the one that jumps out straight away, riding the riddim with his usual plainspoken authority, while Marley I’s Cry For The Poor and Tony D’s Moment Of Silence keep the mood reflective without getting heavy-handed. Jodian Pantry’s Pray To The Father and Empress Robertha’s Hail The I add a more devotional edge, so the whole set feels stitched together by a “rise above” message rather than pure party energy. Coming out in 2009, it sits nicely in that late-2000s run of reggae compilations that still cared about message music, even when the production stayed clean and compact.

Step Up Riddim Tracklist:

1. Jodian Pantry – Pray To The Father
2. Marley I – Cry For The Poor
3. Lutan Fyah – Family Effort
4. I Zula – Love Everyday
5. Delanche – Love Is The Answer
6. Emanuel Stain – Mama Land
7. Empress Robertha – Hail The I
8. John Blaze – Mi Want Fi Know
9. Mega Flex – Peoples Cry
10. Tony D – Moment Of Silence

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