Cool Rock Riddim – Dialtone Production

Dialtone Production keeps the Cool Rock Riddim moving with a warm, roots-leaning bounce that feels more easy-grooving than hard-charging, the kind of cut built on live-sounding drums, rolling bass and a clean guitar skank. Junior Kelly’s “Them Starving” brings the sharpest social bite, while Turbulence and Junior X lean into uplift and pressure with “Baby Its True” and “Rise, ” and Bascom X and Loyal Flames add a more reflective, street-level edge on “Proof It To You” and “State We Living In. ” The project landed in May 2021 as a compact six-song EP, with the instrumental tucked in at the end, and it sits neatly in that run of modern reggae riddims that keep the classic one-drop spirit alive without sounding dusty.