Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 13 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 13

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
February 2008	Tarzan	Rock Steady riddim Stone Love	6,252
February 2008	Tarzan	Bee Hive riddim Big Ship	5,896
February 2008	Tarzan	Chi Chi bud riddim Joe Frasier	7,494
February 2008	Tarzan	Crisis riddim Greatest friends records	6,983
February 2008	Tarzan	Dreams riddim Birchill	8,861
October 2007	Various Artists	Rumours riddim Fire Ball	12,535
September 2007	Tiger Records	Skylarkis riddim Tiger Records	17,747
September 2007	Tiger Records	Ol' Sitt'n riddim Tiger Records	27,436
September 2007	Various Artists	Down in Jamaica riddim Irie Ites	8,560
May 2007	Tarzan	Xpulsion riddim Maffé production	15,744
May 2007	Tarzan	Sativa riddim Don Corleon	13,425
May 2007	Tarzan	Drop Draws riddim Young Legends	15,478
May 2007	Tarzan	I love Jah riddim Zion gate music	25,172
April 2007	Tarzan	Judgement time remix The Bombist	8,823
March 2007	Tarzan	Let them talk riddim Broken Stick	9,579
March 2007	Tarzan	Rocking Time riddim Irie Ites	8,944
March 2007	Tarzan	Togetherness riddim Old Capital Records	10,625
March 2007	Tarzan	Gloria riddim Dasvibes Production	12,514

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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.