Basalt Release Details
- Riddim year: 2021
- Style: Dancehall
- Total tracks: 11
- Unique artists on riddim: 8
- Production credits: CONCRETE PRODUCTION
- Key artists on this riddim: Powerman
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 2021 Riddims List · 2021 Dancehall Riddims
A low-slung, no-frills dancehall cut, Basalt Riddim keeps the focus on a hard, stony pulse rather than any flashy ornament. Concrete Production lines up eight voices across 11 tracks, with clean-and-raw versions for Powerman, CV, and Speng Beng sitting beside one-off cuts from CK Progmatic, Ghandi, Peligro, Frassman Brilliant, and Elly Gan. The strongest pull comes from the way the songs ride that weighty instrumental bed: tight drums, a clipped forward motion, and a bassline that stays firm without crowding the vocal. Frassman Brilliant’s “Up Again” and Ghandi’s “Eye Openah” fit the groove especially well, while Peligro’s “They So” adds a sharper edge with K. Bae in tow. It’s an archival-style 2021 dancehall set, and the riddim’s whole shape depends on that steady, heavy bottom end.
Basalt Tracklist:
- CK Progmatic – Fake Friends
- Ghandi – Eye Openah
- Peligro – They So (feat K.Bae)
- Frassman Brilliant – Up Again
- Powerman – Gymnastic (Clean)
- Powerman – Gymnastic (Raw)
- CV – Loopy (Clean)
- CV – Loopy (Raw)
- Elly Gan – Suh Mi Do It
- Speng Beng – Musky (Clean)
- Speng Beng – Musky (Raw)
