Christmas Riddim (1996) – Stone Love

Christmas Riddim is a compact 1996 Dancehall set from Stone Love Music in Jamaica, trimmed down to just two cuts: Simple Kid’s Oh! Oh! Oh! and the instrumental Christmas Riddim Version. The release has that classic short-form riddim feel, with the vocal riding the beat and the version giving the trackroom to breathe on its own. Stone Love were already a major force in dancehall by this point, and this one keeps the focus tight rather than loading up a big multi-artist lineup. It’s a small but memorable holiday-flavored slice of mid-90s Jamaican dancehall.