Club 19 Riddim – Various Artists

Chunky, club-night energy runs through this 2012 dancehall juggling, with nine tracks and nine different voices keeping the pressure up instead of letting the riddim settle into one mood. Junior Fire’s “Havambotigona” and Roby Gee’s “Unoita My Love” set the tone early, while “Club 19” from Joker and King Labas’ “Man Fi Get Girl” lean hardest into the dancefloor angle. The set feels very much of that era’s one-riddim run of blunt, speaker-rattling dancehall, and the mix of names suggests a grassroots compilation rather than a star-heavy showcase. In that sense it sits neatly alongside the more regional, artist-by-artist riddims that piled up in 2012, where the focus was less on polish and more on keeping selectors fed with fresh cuts for the dance.

Club 19 Riddim Tracklist:

1. Junior Fire – Havambotigona
2. Roby Gee – Unoita My Love
3. Fire Mansa – Mr Ar Ma Gladiator
4. Military Sk – Naah Afraidah
5. Tingz – In My Life
6. Jah Link – Dancehall Tittle
7. Power Rasta – Ina Dance
8. Joker – Club 19
9. King Labas – Man Fi Get Girl