Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 20 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 20

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
June 2005	Tarzan	Water bed riddim Fire house crew	6,694
June 2005	Tarzan	Zion hill riddim Togetherness records	9,150
June 2005	Tarzan	Season riddim Don Corleon	18,095
June 2005	Tarzan	Throw me corn riddim Super Power	5,164
June 2005	Tarzan	Top dance riddim Juke Boxx	5,837
June 2005	Tarzan	Sleepy dog riddim Steely & Clevie	5,398
June 2005	Tarzan	Ivan riddim Minor 7 Flat 5	5,121
June 2005	Tarzan	Madda than riddim D-ice	5,086
May 2005	Tarzan	World a music Riddim Bad 2000	7,474
May 2005	Tarzan	Fowl fight riddim Maximum Sound	5,976
May 2005	Tarzan	My swing riddim Birchill	6,072
April 2005	Tarzan	Fire riddim Mo fire	6,642
April 2005	Tarzan	Off the hook riddim Raggedy joe	5,162
April 2005	Tarzan	Boo Town riddim Raggs	4,719
April 2005	Tarzan	Jonkanoo riddim Don Corleon	7,430
April 2005	Tarzan	Bionic ras riddim South Rakkas	7,790
March 2005	Dj Red Eyes	Dis ya time riddim Special Delivery Music	7,128
March 2005	Dj Red Eyes	Cry baby riddim Echo	7,801

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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.