Top Shelf originally appeared as a tune on the 2015 album from The Expanders, Hustling Culture, which suggests that it was more recently cherry-picked by Walshy Fire for the juggling. There are also several high-caliber reggae artists like Fyakin, Queen Omega, and Cocoa Tea featured on the juggling. For their latest project, Top Shelf Riddim, The Expanders link with Black Chiney selector/producer, Walshy Fire, who came to global prominence as part of the pop-dancehall outfit, Major Lazer.

If The Expanders were alive and living in Kingston in the 1970’s, they would likely already be reggae legends. The instruments sound right, the mastering is accurately gritty, and their three-part harmonies could stand alongside legendary Jamaican groups like The Mighty Diamonds, The Abyssinians, and Israel Vibrations. While other American reggae bands tend to water down the genre with rock and/or pop, L.A.-based group, The Expanders, lean hard into the pure roots sound, creating music that feels like it could be 40 years old and Jamaican. TOP SHELF RIDDIM (THE EXPANDERS X WALSHY FIRE) Reggaeville Riddim Corner #23 (Top Shelf, Anti-Racism, Rudeboy Skank & Vibes Maker)