Curfew Riddim (2021) – Y-Not Productions

Y-Not Productions keeps the Curfew Riddim in a lean, hard-edged dancehall pocket, and the title alone feels right for the 2021 moment it came out of. Donteh turns up twice with “Gyallis Settingz, ” King Tappa checks in on “Bout Dem Bad, ” and J’Can’s “Fornicator” adds a sharper, more confrontational note, while Xelo’s “Money” and Jula Fatstash’s “Vertrouw Geen Mensen” widen the cast without crowding the rhythm. Compared with Y-Not’s earlier 2020 and 2021 work, this one sits closer to the streetwise side of their catalogue than the more open-ended riddim projects they’d been pushing, with the instrumental version closing things out in tidy fashion. It’s a compact seven-artist set that keeps the focus on attitude, hooks, and a tight bounce.