Calm Side Riddim – Xpert Productions

Back in 2019, when dancehall was full of tight, mid-tempo riddim projects, Xpert Productions dropped Calm Side Riddim with a laid-back pull that sits more in the pocket than in your face. The cut has a clean, easy sway, the kind of beat that leaves room for melody and attitude without crowding the vocal, so Gold’N’s “One Dance, ” Cjae’s “Muss, ” Bonnie A’s “Motivation, ” and Alma Boy’s “Look At You” all come through with their own shape over the same framework. Xpert Productions, credited here as the producer, keeps the whole thing compact at five tracks, and the closing instrumental lets the riddim breathe on its own for just over three minutes, which feels like the right way to leave it.