First Move Riddim – Hardball Entertainment

D’Koncep’s “Weh Me Wah Reach” is the sharpest way into Hardball Entertainment’s First Move Riddim, a 2017 dancehall set that keeps its focus tight and its energy clipped at just over half an hour. The lineup moves through Dee Queen’s money-minded “Money Man, ” Gage’s “Chatty Natty, ” and Navino’s “Style a Me Own, ” with Pink Boss and Ten Point bringing the most obvious party push on “Party Tun Up. ” Hardball keeps the production lean and direct, letting each cut ride the same compact framework without losing the cut-and-thrust feel that a good dancehall juggling needs. Still, it’s D’Koncep’s opening shot that sets the tone best, all attitude and forward motion, and it leaves the riddim sounding like it knows exactly where it’s headed.