Beach Mountain Riddim – Riddim Soldiers Records

Beach Mountain Riddim has that bright, springy dancehall swing that keeps the percussion bouncing while the low end does the heavy lifting, and Riddim Soldiers Records line it up with five cuts that lean into party-time energy without getting sloppy. Chuck Fenda’s “Girl” opens with the kind of seasoned, straight-to-the-point delivery he’s long made his calling card, while Deep Jahi’s “Like The Way You Move” and Delly Ranx’s “Back It Up” keep the groove moving from one flirtatious angle to the next. Melloquence and Yoma Fearless round out the set with “Shake Up” and “Fluffy Girls, ” giving the riddim a compact, no-dead-weight feel. It arrived in 2017, around a period when the label was putting out lean, vocal-forward dancehall packages rather than overstuffed compilations, and this one sits neatly in that part of the catalogue.