9-5 Riddim – Chiney K Productions

You can hear Chiney K Productions leaning into a warm, early-evening dancehall feel on 9-5 Riddim, with Bounty Killer’s “Mamas Love” and Tony Rebel’s “Love To Bluff” giving the set its sharpest pull while Mr. Easy and Round Head keep the voice of the compilation moving in different directions. The title is no accident either: this was Chin’s first riddim, cut while he was working with Stone Love, and it carries that patient, hooky Kingston-forward sensibility rather than anything rushed or overcooked. Around the core cuts, you get a tidy nine-track lineup with the instrumental version tucked in, so the project moves from Bounty Killer and Powerman’s sibling-style pairing into Marlon King, Ras Myrhdak, and the rest without losing its shape. Eight vocal cuts plus the version make up the 2008 release.