Butterfly Effect Riddim – Hot Coffee Music Group And Asha Records

Hot Coffee Music Group and Asha Records took a slightly more international route on Butterfly Effect Riddim, pairing the usual dancehall pull with a lineup that stretches from Jamaica to the UK and Ghana, and that wider reach gives the 2014 project its character. Gappy Ranks gets one of the sharper turns here with “Like Chair, ” while Stonebwoy’s “So Real” and Exco Levi’s “Through This Vally” lean into the more conscious side of the set, sitting over a mid-tempo riddim that keeps its bassline tight and its percussion crisp rather than overloading the arrangement. Kim Kelly’s “In My Bed” adds a female voice to a seven-track package that also features Brakka General, Cyras and Reddman UK, with Gappy Ranks handling co-production duties alongside Asha Records. The compilation runs seven cuts deep, all released under the Butterfly Effect Riddim banner in 2014.