Flip Riddim – Mo Music

The Flip Riddim comes loaded with names that tell you straight away this was aimed at the dance, not the archivist’s shelf: Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Sean Paul, T. O. K. , Ward 21, Chico, and Kiprich all cut it, with Mo’ Music issuing it in 2002 as part of the Riddim Driven run. Louis “Flabba” Malcolm handled the production for the label, and the tune list sits right at that early-2000s crossover moment where hardcore dancehall was rubbing shoulders with pop and U. S. rap cuts like Aaliyah, Bubba Sparxxx, Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and Foxy Brown. The rhythm itself has that sharp, clipped drum pattern Mo’ Music leaned on in that period, with a chunky bassline pushing the vocalists into quick, chatty phrasing. It moves at a brisk, mid-tempo pace, and the whole thing hangs on the snare hits and elastic low end that keep the voices bouncing rather than floating.

Flip Riddim Tracklist:

1. Aaliyah – Rock The Boat
2. Beenie Man – Express Yourself
3. Beenie Man – Girls Lover
4. Bubba Sparxxx – Ugly
5. Chico – Whine Pon Time
6. Christopher – Its On
7. Elephant Man – The Game Change
8. Foxy Brown Feat. Wayne Wonder – Saddest Day
9. Kiprich – Nah Waste Time
10. Magnificent Eleven – Dj Baby Ace Flip Megamix
11. Missy Elliot, Ludacris – One Minute Man
12. Notch – Party Hardy
13. Sean Paul – Concrete
14. Sizzla – Best Over All
15. T.O.K – Girlz Girlz
16. Tafari & Ava Mone’t – Round & Round
17. Tanto Metro & Devonte – That Thing
18. Version – The Flip Riddim
19. Ward 21 – Style