Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 11 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 11

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
June 2009	Greatest friends records	Music riddim Greatest friends records	4,351
May 2009	Selector Ben	Through the fire riddim Muzik factory	5,155
April 2009	Bush Doctor	Highlight riddim Dub Akom records	7,574
March 2009	Selector Ben	Dub wise riddim Juke Boxx	6,327
February 2009	Tarzan	Advocate riddim Di Genius	6,646
February 2009	Tarzan	Automatic riddim Penthouse	10,759
January 2009	Hot & Spicy recordz	Angel riddim Hot & Spicy recordz	9,703
December 2008	Bost & Bim	Soprano riddim The Bombist	10,910
December 2008	Selector Ben	Nylon riddim Juke Boxx	8,205
December 2008	Reggaefrance team	Big league riddim Star Kutt	5,866
October 2008	Wake up sound	Versatile riddim Wake up	4,830
October 2008	Reggae remedy	Teaching dub riddim Reggae remedy	5,195
October 2008	Heartical sound	El Ministerio del Dub Riddim Heartical	8,322
October 2008	Tarzan	The session riddim Maximum Sound	8,442
October 2008	Ruff Gong Unity	Fat 32 riddim Ruff Gong Unity	5,080
September 2008	Tune in crew	World go round riddim Itation records	11,765
September 2008	Selector Ben	Self defense riddim Kings of Kings	6,945
September 2008	Bush Doctor	Mexican Bean riddim Scotch Bonnet Records	3,422

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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.