Ease Up Riddim – Taxi, Father, Son

Ease Up produced by Robbie Shakespeare, John John for Taxi, Father, Son in 1988

1988’s Ease Up Riddim from Taxi, Father, Son brings together a tight three-track set cut by Robbie Shakespeare and John John, with Linval Thompson’s title tune anchoring the rhythm alongside Bobby Crystal’s The Only One and Sanchez’s Get Out. The riddim is tied to Sly and Robbie’s Taxi sound, and that connection gives it the clean, heavy foundation you’d expect from their late-’80s work. Linval Thompson’s Ease Up is the key cut here, while the later Bobby Crystal and Sanchez tracks show how the rhythm kept finding new life beyond its original year.

Ease Up Riddim Tracklist:

1. Bobby Crystal – The Only One (1991)
2. Linval Thompson – Ease Up (1988)
3. Sanchez – Get Out (1991)

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