Bless Ya Riddim – Rial Agony

Cool, clipped roots energy runs through Bless Ya Riddim, and Rial Agony keeps the focus on a sturdy one-riddim set rather than a crowded showcase. Lutan Fyah and Anthony John’s “Roots Woman” gives the compilation one of its strongest opening turns, while Dr. Ring Ding’s “Tomorrow” and YT’s “Hold The Faith” lean into the conscious side of the cut with a lighter, melodic touch. The line-up also reaches beyond Jamaica, with names like Hooga Troopers, Admiral P, Nico D, and Joddski pointing to Rial Agony’s wider European reggae network. Coming off the earlier Biba project, this one feels a little more polished and open in its arrangement, and it sits neatly in the label’s catalogue as a 2008 document of that Poland-to-Europe roots-dancehall circuit.