Airplay Riddim – Various Artists

Airplay Riddim keeps things tight with just three names across six cuts, so the focus stays on the songs rather than any big all-star roll call. Blak Ryno’s “She Link Mi” and Shawn Storm’s “Sneak Out” both come in clean and raw versions, which gives the set that late-2000s dancehall feel where the radio-friendly take sits right beside the harsher version for the dances. Earthworm’s “When Mi And Mi Gyal” adds a lighter, more flirtatious note in the middle, but it’s the Blak Ryno and Shawn Storm tunes that feel like the ones built to move a sound system. Released in 2008, the riddim lands right in that era when compact, no-filler juggling plates were doing serious work in the dancehall.