Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 12 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 12

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
August 2008	Irie Ites	Only solution riddim Irie Ites	7,899
August 2008	Selector Ben	Day rave riddim Big Ship	7,957
August 2008	Selector Ben	Fugitive riddim Wile Fiya	6,427
July 2008	Tarzan	Mother long tongue riddim Belleville International	8,401
July 2008	Selector Ben	Magazine riddim P&L Records	4,535
June 2008	Bush Doctor	Clean riddim Blackat Music	6,370
June 2008	Bush Doctor	General Key riddim Oneness Records	8,384
May 2008	Dub Akom	Vitamin riddim Dub Akom records	7,790
April 2008	Tarzan	Sunrise riddim Soul Vybz	40,792
April 2008	Bush Doctor	Piano riddim Soul Jazz records	7,642
March 2008	Bush Doctor	Show love riddim Itation records	9,440
March 2008	Bush Doctor	Chunky riddim Friendly Fire Music	7,886
February 2008	Tarzan	Rae riddim Mentally Disturb	8,094
February 2008	Tarzan	Tear drop riddim Track House Records	11,171
February 2008	Tarzan	Gear box riddim Truckback Records	12,481
February 2008	Rootdown records	I love riddim Rootdown records	9,222
February 2008	Bush Doctor	Hard drop riddim Foundation sound	7,707
February 2008	Buggie productions	Dirty Heart riddim Buggie productions	5,622

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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.