Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 17 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 17

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
April 2006	Tarzan	Good over evil riddim Maximum Sound	9,007
April 2006	Tarzan	Medallion riddim Main frame	13,291
March 2006	Tarzan	Sell off riddim Supertronics	5,659
March 2006	Tarzan	Truth and rights riddim Massive B	6,439
March 2006	Tarzan	Galore riddim Legends	7,372
March 2006	Tarzan	Gangsta rock riddim Birchill	14,458
March 2006	Tarzan	Wharfedale riddim Tiger Records	25,080
March 2006	Tarzan	Heavenly riddim Don Corleon	15,213
March 2006	Tarzan	Nukie riddim John John Records	5,242
March 2006	Tarzan	Acqua riddim One Love	6,263
March 2006	Tarzan	Twice my age riddim Studio 2000	5,183
March 2006	Crown Prince	Lovers Race riddim Fire links	5,803
March 2006	Crown Prince	The ruler riddim Worhington Project	5,807
March 2006	Crown Prince	Playlist riddim Camp Fire	7,994
March 2006	Crown Prince	Halfway tree riddim Footstep	7,320
March 2006	Crown Prince	Confessions riddim Juke Boxx	11,040
March 2006	Crown Prince	First Sight riddim Pow Pow	15,140
January 2006	Tarzan	Landlord riddim FIP Records	13,762

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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.