Top Shelf Riddim – Walshy Fire

Top Shelf Riddim leans into a warm, rootsy groove with enough low-end weight to keep the energy moving, and Walshy Fire frames it with a cast that feels properly chosen rather than crammed in. Cocoa Tea’s “Medical Marijuana” is the obvious anchor, with Queen Omega bringing militant depth on “Roots Daughter Flex” and Sean Taylor getting two turns, including the dub version that gives the riddim a little extra air. The release landed on March 16, 2018 as an eight-track, 32-minute project under Walshy Fire Presents, which places it neatly alongside his other culture-minded reggae work rather than his more dancehall-slanted output. It’s the kind of riddim set that favors song craft and voice over gimmicks, and that keeps it in the more serious corner of Walshy Fire’s catalogue.

Top Shelf Riddim Tracklist:

1. Cocoa Tea – Medical Marijuana
2. Takke – Blessed Morning
3. Queen Omega – Roots Daughter Flex
4. Fyakin – I & I Story
5. Buzzrock – We Deya
6. The Expanders – Top Shelf
7. Sean Taylor – Shelf Top
8. Sean Taylor – Top Shelf (Loud City Dub Version)