Riddims

447 riddims listed, page 7 of 25

Reggae and dancehall riddims – page 7

Date	DJ	Riddim	Plays
June 2011	Irie Seem	Jah Army riddim Ghetto Youths International	4,516
June 2011	Akom Records	Bonafide riddim Akom Records	2,685
May 2011	Irie Seem	Light & Shadow riddim The Handcart Market	4,111
May 2011	Bost & Bim	Hustlin riddim The Bombist	2,937
May 2011	Irie Ites	Strange Things hip-hop riddim Irie Ites	3,450
May 2011	Tarzan	Design riddim GreenYard Records	3,071
May 2011	Tarzan	Exit 21 riddim Dwajay Productions	2,504
May 2011	Tarzan	Go Fi Her riddim Penthouse	780
May 2011	Tarzan	Gyal Pharm riddim Keep Left Records	3,266
May 2011	Tarzan	Ninety riddim Keep Left Records	3,415
May 2011	Tarzan	Eternity riddim Techniques Records	6,856
May 2011	Irieseem	Target riddim John John Records	1,558
May 2011	Irieseem	Armagiddion riddim Romeich Records	1,803
May 2011	Irie Seem	Retro riddim DJ Frass Records	1,577
April 2011	Tarzan	Brain Freeze riddim Ward 21	1,887
April 2011	Tarzan	Bam Bam aka The Sequel riddim Clifford Ray Music	2,659
April 2011	Irie Seem	Island Breeze riddim Madd Spider Productions	1,535
April 2011	Irie Seem	Sweet Corn riddim Pure Music Productions	1,369

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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.