4 Season Lover Aka Fresh Release Details
- Riddim year: 1987
- Style: Dancehall
- Total tracks: 62
- Unique artists on riddim: 60
- Production credits: JAMMY'S RECORDS and VARIOUS LABELS 1987
- Key artists on this riddim: Admiral Bailey, Admiral Tibett, Beenie Man, Buccaneer, Buju Banton, Capleton
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Dancehall Riddims
With more than 60 cuts tied to it, 4 Season Lover Riddim — also known as Fresh Riddim and Hol A Spliff Riddim — is one of those Jammy’s patterns that kept circling through dancehall for decades, starting in 1987 and turning up again in later versions. The lineup moves from Admiral Bailey’s “X-Rated Country” and Admiral Tibet’s “No Time Waste” through Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Capleton and Buccaneer, so you get a cross-section of the era rather than a single mood. King Jammy’s original cut has that lean, cut-and-dry digital feel he was pushing hard in the mid-to-late ’80s: sharp drum programming, a dry skank, and a bassline that sits low and steady instead of wandering. It’s the kind of riddim that leaves plenty of room for the deejays, and the tempo stays clipped enough to keep the vocal attack front and centre.
4 Season Lover Tracklist:
- Admiral Bailey – X-Rated Country
- Admiral Tibet – No Time Waste
- Ansel Collins – Carried Away
- Ashman – Sen Fi Di Brush
- Beenie Man – Love Have Fi Come
- Bingy – Flood Out
- Bionic Steve – Sharon + Version
- Buccaneer – Easy Street
- Buju Banton – Under Mi Roots
- Capleton – Tour (Refix)
- Chuck Turner – A Who Say
- Courtney Melody – Beautiful Woman
- Cridland Collins – What A Friend
- Cubandillo – Nuh pon mi bed
- Digital-B – More Reality Version (Preview)
- Dominic – Drugsman Type of Living
- Dominick – Boy George
- Echo Minott – Mad Over Me
- Egyptian – Water Come A Mi Eye
- Everton Bonner aka Pliers – Murder She Wrote
- Flourgon – Hol A Splif
- Foreign Remix – Fresh Rhythm Version
- Frankie Paul ft Dennis Brown – Love On A Two Way Street prv
- Good Time – Rappin Fresh
- Goofy ft Sanchez – Gangster
- Gregory Peck – Madman & Coleman
- Hartrock – Straight Man Version (Preview)
- Horace Martin – Conscious Lyrics
- Horseman – Country Gal
- Irie Fernandez – Shake Yu Belly
- Janjo – She Gone With Everything
- Japanese – Nuh Squander
- Johnny P & Tuffist – Duppy A Badda Me prv
- Junie Ranks – Country Man Nice
- Lelly Melodie (Melody) – Straight Man (Preview)
- Leroy Gibbons – Four Season Lover
- Little Twitch – Hotter Fire
- Louie Culture – Yuh Nuh Waan Let Off
- Lovindeer – Hol A Mess
- Lt Stitchie – Ram Dance & Party (remedy) .mp3
- Mama Marjas – L’uagnun
- Michael Prophet Ft Daddy Freddy (Daddy Freddie) – Hypocrites
- Mikey Jarrett – Trade
- Mikey Melody – Mona Lisa
- Natural Black – Bless The Herb
- Ninja Ford – More Reality (Preview)
- Pliers – Bias Dem Bias
- Red Dragon – Hol’ A Fresh
- Screwdriver – Run Johnny
- Shabba Ranks – Fresh (Original Fresh)
- Sister Charmaine – Granny’s Advice
- Sister Charmaine – Hol A Rest
- Sister Chinna – ABC Of Love
- Sizzla – Be Strong (Refix)
- Sizzla – Sentinel Sound Dub
- Twiggi – Never Wanted You
- Version – Black Scorpio – Fresh Rhythm
- Version – Fresh Riddim (techniques)
- Version – Young Blood Records
- Vybz Kartel – Wha Dat Fa (Refix)
- Ward 21 & LOC – Dog Friend Dem (Refix)
- Yellow Bird – Let Me Be Your Lover
