Tun It Up Of the 4th Kind – Heavybeat Records

Heavybeat’s Tun It Up Of the 4th Kind leans into a warm, rootsy reggae pulse, the kind that gives veteran voices room to breathe and settle in. Across eight cuts, the riddim lines up Al Campbell, Carl Malcolm, Lloyd Brown and the younger Kashief Lindo generation side by side, and that contrast gives the set its charm. Kashief’s “Let Me Give You Love” sits nicely against Carl Malcolm’s “Don’t Worry Daddy, ” while Lloyd Brown’s “No Soul Today” keeps the mood a little more reflective without breaking the flow. Heavy Beat Records had this out on August 12, 2014, and the whole thing moves with that easy, late-summer lilt, right down to Stevie Face slipping in near the end.