Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 3 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 3

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
October 2013	Selecta Fazah Kris	Sweet Aroma riddim Princevibe & Kalibandulu	869
October 2013	Selecta Fazah Kris	Mad World riddim Di Genius	1,033
October 2013	Selecta Fazah Kris	Rising Sun riddim Chimney Records	1,295
October 2013	Rock-A-Matik	Dirty riddim Rock-A-Matik	1,186
September 2013	Evidence Music	Dancing Machine riddim Evidence Music	1,182
September 2013	Heartical	Freedom Rockers riddim Heartical	1,658
September 2013	Bizzarri Sound	Laba Laba riddim Bizzarri Records	1,002
August 2013	Straight Sound	Unfair Games riddim Hemp Higher	841
August 2013	IrieSeem	Broke Life riddim Larger Than Life Records	982
August 2013	IrieSeem	Rough Road riddim Soul of The Lion Records	1,092
May 2013	IrieSeem	Diamonds And Gold riddim DJ Frass Records	2,375
May 2013	IrieSeem	Diseases Rebirth riddim Sajay / Volcano	1,881
May 2013	IrieSeem	Arise & Shine riddim Weedy G Soundforce	2,236
May 2013	IrieSeem	Selection riddim First Name Music	1,577
April 2013	IrieSeem	Shango riddim 149 Records	1,467
April 2013	IrieSeem	Tallawah riddim Larger Than Life Records	1,390
April 2013	Coco Roots	Dreamland riddim Blue Steel Records	1,611
February 2013	DJ Wayne	Scriptures riddim Don Corleon	2,479

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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.