Nah Get Buddy Riddim – Harry J Records

Nah Get Buddy Riddim catches that late-’80s dancehall moment when the bass is lean, the drums are clipped, and the whole thing leaves plenty of room for the vocals to cut through. Harry J Records kept it tight in 1987, and the little line-up here says a lot: Chief Jaguar’s “Sweetman Style” and Yellowman’s “Nah Get Mi Buddy” ride the rhythm with different shades of attitude, while the sample cut sits in the middle like a raw studio fragment. Yellowman is the name most people will clock first, and he does what he always did best on these one-riddim sides, turning a simple hook into the tune that sticks in your head. It’s a short set, only three tracks, but the instrumental pulse has enough snap and swagger to carry the whole thing without any filler.