Riddims

447 riddims listed

Reggae and dancehall riddims: 447 entries

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
April 2015	Silly Walks Discotheque	Ram Jam riddim Silly Walks Discotheque	5,586
March 2015	JahmanIcan Records	How High riddim JahmanIcan Records	3,770
March 2015	Selecta d.i.s	Better Run riddim Diversité	1,849
February 2015	AL.TA.FA.AN	Overdub riddim Altafaan	1,857
January 2015	Unikson	Falling Rain riddim Made in Mars	1,335
December 2014	Riddim Wise	Empire riddim Riddim Wise	2,506
October 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Weh Dem Fah riddim Bizzarri Records	2,053
October 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Drink Up riddim TJ Records	1,554
September 2014	Fireman Crew	Four Seasons riddim Fireman Crew	1,739
September 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Get Ready riddim Inkalink Records	1,357
September 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Nobody's riddim Manudigital	1,026
September 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Freedom Fire riddim Independent Works Prod	1,335
September 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Galang riddim Galang Records	855
September 2014	Selecta Fazah Kris	Take It Easy riddim Ranch Entertainment	985
July 2014	Tarzan	Pressure riddim Tanta Records	1,884
July 2014	Irie Ites	Soulful Spirit riddim Irie Ites	1,684
May 2014	Dub Akom	Way Back riddim Akom Records	1,898
March 2014	May.B Unity	Love U riddim May.B Unity	2,890

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Riddims of a label

What is a riddim?

In Jamaica, the lifeblood of the record industry is the riddim (from "rhythm"), an instrumental produced by a label. A label that does not settle for recording a single artist on that riddim, but as many as it can: this is what is called a "series". To make a name for itself, a label will try to get big names on its riddim.

Amid the endless flow of releases, artists have every interest in voicing the most popular riddim of the moment. Every week in Jamaica, more than a hundred 7" singles are produced this way.

Only later, if an artist manages to find a distributor and a record company, can they make an album, which usually gathers some of those singles.