Condition Riddim (2017) – DJ Karim

DJ Karim’s Condition Riddim hits with a crisp, hard-driving dancehall pulse, the kind of riddim that leaves room for the voices but still keeps the pressure on. Sean Paul’s “Run It Red” is the obvious headline grabber here, and Kabaka Pyramid’s “No Guns Round Here” adds a sharper, more conscious edge against the lighter bounce of cuts like Future Fambo’s “Kitty Hunter” and Bling Dawg’s “Still Ricky Rudie. ” This one sits neatly alongside Karim’s earlier Stainless work, but it feels a touch more streamlined than some of his bigger, more crowded sets from that stretch. With nine artists across ten tracks and Karim handling the instrumental himself, Condition lands as a tight 2016-2017 dancehall package in the producer’s catalogue, not a sprawling compilation but a focused one that gets in, makes its point, and keeps moving.