Bicycle Riddim – Yawdkore Music

Yawdkore Music’s 2011 Bicycle Riddim leans into the rough-and-ready dancehall compilation format, packing 11 cuts from nine artists and finishing with the riddim version itself. The set moves from Brain’s “Swagg Tun Up” and Cee Gee’s “Hold Tight” through Chi Ching Ching’s sharply titled “Nuh Man Nuh Fi Dance Wid Nuh Man, ” while Versatile gets the deepest run with “Girl Show Mi” in clean and raw forms plus “Nah Sell Out Wi Self. ” That mix of repeated vocal treatments and straight riddim placement gives the release a little more room to breathe than a bare-bones juggling. Yawdkore Music is credited as the sole production name here, and the tracklist closes with “Bicycle Riddim” as the final cut.