Dancer Riddim (2017) – Loyal Records

Voicemail’s “Hanky Panky” is the sharpest way into Loyal Records’ Dancer Riddim, a 2017 dancehall juggling that keeps the energy moving with six other cuts and closes on the label’s own version track. The cast is tidy rather than crowded, with Luke Nuk’Em’s “Lion Youth” and D. Stein’s “Clean To Mi Step” giving the riddim some extra pull, while Silkki Wonda, Shokqwua, and I-Splen each take a turn over the same pattern. Loyal Records keeps the sequencing clean: vocal rides first, then the instrumental version at the end, which is the kind of setup that lets the riddim breathe properly. Dancer Riddim runs seven tracks in all.