B52 Bomber Riddim – Sipo Records

Down in the 2018 dancehall lane, Sipo Records came with B52 Bomber Riddim on May 25, a 20-track set that keeps circling back to the same idea in two cuts apiece, clean and raw, like a selector’s favorite kind of package. The tune that grabs first is 3Star’s “Straight Unda Grung, ” but the cut that really locks into the riddim’s push is Iyara’s “Nuh Freak, ” which sits nicely against Sipo’s own “Pop It Off” and Don Mafia’s “War. ” The whole thing has that sharp, militant dancehall bounce you’d expect from a title like B52 Bomber, with enough room for each deejay to throw their own angle on it; the instrumental at the end leaves the rhythm hanging in the air a little longer, which feels right.