Waiting Riddim (2017) – Dredavis Records

Eleven voices riding one Dredavis Records groove make Waiting Riddim feel more like a proper crew session than a quick singles dump, with Chezidek’s “Jah Light” and Chuck Fenda’s “In This Life” setting the tone early. The cuts lean into rootsy uplift and everyday struggle, and Teflon’s “People Please Dem Self” and Potenkli’s “Dem a Try fi Stop Man” keep that pressure on the system without losing the singalong feel. There’s a nice spread here too, from HK’s “High Grade” to Lava’s “What a Lovely Day, ” so the riddim never sits in one place for long. Put out in 2017, it lands in that period when Dredavis was quietly building a catalogue of straight-ahead reggae projects with a local, no-frills edge.