Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 14 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 14

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
March 2007	Tarzan	Vision riddim Special Delivery Music	44,853
March 2007	Tarzan	After Dark riddim Yellow Moon	7,601
March 2007	Tarzan	Mad Notes riddim Royal Inity	6,305
March 2007	Tarzan	Darker shade of black riddim Taxi	8,814
March 2007	Tarzan	Be Careful riddim In The Streetz	8,771
February 2007	Tarzan	Untouchable riddim Gravi-T music	10,143
February 2007	Tarzan	Church Heathen riddim Big Yard	8,892
February 2007	Tarzan	Pepper Spray riddim Stainless	6,677
January 2007	Tarzan	Ready and willing riddim Fresh Ear	6,065
January 2007	Tarzan	High Altitude riddim Don Corleon	6,830
January 2007	Tarzan	Dreaming riddim Daseca	7,623
January 2007	Tarzan	Cheerful riddim Snowcone	8,303
January 2007	Tarzan	Bye Bye Bye riddim Belleville International	16,349
December 2006	Double B	Sidewalk University riddim Jam 2 Records	7,605
December 2006	Double B	Limbo riddim Birchill	10,326
November 2006	Tarzan	Jah Power riddim Maximum Sound	9,762
November 2006	Tarzan	Bad Belly riddim Ward 21	7,537
November 2006	Tarzan	Yard Step riddim SSMG	8,295

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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.