Dashboard Riddim – Truck Back Records

By the time Truck Back Records rolled out Dashboard in 2008, the label was already leaning hard into that rough, live-feeling sound it had been shaping on earlier projects like Gearbox, and this one keeps that same engine-room energy running. The set pairs big-name voices with a tighter, more street-level crop, and the best moments come when the hook cuts clean through the knock of the rhythm: Erup’s “Mek Noise” has that rowdy, chest-out charge, while Elephant Man’s “Nah Beg Dem Nutten” brings the kind of no-nonsense delivery that suits the riddim’s hard-edged bounce. Ghost’s “Dont Call Me Back” and Mr Lexx’s “100 Dagger” add a sharper, more playful contrast, and the fact that several cuts appear in both edit and raw versions tells you this was built for selectors as much as casual listening. It landed right at the end of 2008, when Truck Back was pushing out a run of riddims with that container-truck studio grit.

Dashboard Riddim Tracklist:

1. Monster Hempire – Badder Than Dem (Edit)
2. Monster Hempire – Badder Than Dem (Raw)
3. Elephant Man – Nah Beg Dem Nutten (Edit)
4. Elephant Man – Nah Beg Dem Nutten (Raw)
5. Ghost – Dont Call Me Back (Edit)
6. Ghost – Dont Call Me Back (Raw)
7. Deja Vu – Dat Mi Seh (Edit)
8. Deja Vu – Dat Mi Seh (Raw)
9. Erup – Mek Noise (Edit)
10. Erup – Mek Noise (Raw)
11. Mr Lexx – 100 Dagger (Edit)
12. Mr Lexx – 100 Dagger (Raw)
13. Anthony B – Position (Edit)
14. Anthony B – Position (Raw)
15. Christopher Martin – Want Mi Ting (Edit)
16. Bugle – Fluffy (Edit)
17. Dashboard Riddim – Version