so I decided instead to focus on dancehall rhythms. A rhythm—or “riddim”—is an instrumental track created by a producer or label that’s given to vocalists to create their own versions. In the early ...

Despite sounding very different, there are numerous similarities between dancehall and the more downtempo, almost trippy sound of dub, not least in terms of the reliance on ‘riddims’, popular ...

Often harder, faster and, later, more digital than its progenitor reggae, dancehall relies on instrumental “riddim” tracks that would be the bedrock for a toaster to sing and talk over.

Dancehall, the musical genre ... The foundational element is the riddim, an instrumental beat or backing track that an m.c. performs over. Following the election of Prime Minister Edward Seaga ...

Instead, Paul operated within the same space as his dancehall peers, using the same instrumental that dozens of other dancehall artists were riding. There’s no one reason why Sean Paul became ...

Singer John Holt had observed U-Roy toasting live on an instrumental version of ... Shabba would take deejaying and dancehall reggae to a mainstream US audience, onto the Billboard charts and ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by F.S., Jah Vinci, Christopher Martin and more. By Kyle Denis After weathering two globe-traversing clashes in January, dancehall ...