We Are All One Riddim – Diamond Rush Promotion International

By 2003, Diamond Rush Promotion International was leaning into a warm roots-reggae feel here, and the draw is really the pairing of heavyweight voices over a tidy little three-track set. Dennis Brown joining Freddie McGregor and Beres Hammond on “We All Are One” gives the cut real weight, while Jack Radics’ “Legalize It” keeps the mood conscious and laid-back without getting sleepy. The production credit on the release points to Garfield Phillips, which fits the kind of straight-ahead, melody-first approach this period of reggae often favored. It’s a small riddim package, but the sequencing makes sense: the vocal cuts do the talking, and the closing version leaves the instrumental hanging in the air like the spine of the whole thing.