Following its seminal release on streaming platforms in 2014, Before Zero Records is proud to be working in partnership with I Grade Records to offer this release on vinyl and as a high quality digital download via Bandcamp for the first time.

Also check out our giveaway in collaboration with Before Zero Records on Instagram: To celebrate ‘Ride Tru – Akae Beka’ being released today for the first time on vinyl! we have 3 copies of the Vinyl LP to give away. 3 x winners will be picked randomly, and the vinyl will be shipped to you anywhere in the world.

Ride Tru, originally released digitally and on CD in 2014, stood every chance disappearing into the all eclipsing shadow of the LP released by them earlier that year, Beauty for Ashes, which had been named by iTunes as the reggae album of the year. So needless to say, the bar was high and Vaughn Benjamin and Zion I Kings must have known that, as they managed to raise it higher again.

Ride Tru continues in the same form, rootsy, soulful, refreshingly polished, and authentically raw, the threads of anciency that any devout reggae lover will be looking for and the threads of modernity that keep it alive and appealing in the modern day. A uniquely regal tapestry that has become synonymous with music created from the unity of Zion I Kings and Vaughn Benjamin.