Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 5 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 5

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
July 2012	Irie Ites	Stop That Sound riddim Irie Ites	3,149
June 2012	Sherkhan	Dutty Foot riddim Tiger Records	2,625
June 2012	Dub Akom	Full Swing riddim Akom Records / Fire Ball	2,326
June 2012	Flowin Vibes	Reggaeville riddim Oneness Records	1,835
June 2012	I Love Sound	Old Timer riddim I Love Sound	2,908
March 2012	Irie Seem	High Times riddim Head Concussion Records	3,420
March 2012	Irie Seem	Rock & Come Een riddim Dalton Leigh Music	1,356
March 2012	Irie Seem	Life After Lifetime riddim Larger Than Life Records	2,100
March 2012	Irie Seem	Dutty Diseases riddim Scotch Bonnet Records	2,294
March 2012	Cultural Production	Hungry riddim Cultural Production	1,760
February 2012	DJ Red Eyes	Naughty Mind riddim RKF Production	2,888
February 2012	Irieseem	Kingston 13 riddim Ranch Entertainment	1,556
February 2012	Irieseem	Freedom Shines riddim Truckback Records	1,387
February 2012	Irieseem	Royal Flush riddim Madrigal Musique	1,930
January 2012	Sherkhan	And the sun come dung riddim Tiger Records	1,992
December 2011	Irie Ites	Jah Jah Man riddim Irie Ites	3,387
December 2011	Tarzan	Lickshot riddim Soul Vybz	4,441
December 2011	Tarzan	Lickshot riddim (Fogata remix) Soul Vybz	2,052

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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.