Fm8 Riddim – Various Artists

Beenie G’s “Gal Bush” gives the Fm8 Riddim its sharpest edge, and that’s a good place to enter this 2012 set. The eight-track package moves through a tidy slice of early-2010s dancehall: Krymis comes in clean with “Suh Yu Clean, ” G Listick pushes “Swag A Beat, ” and Stylus doubles up with the party-ready “I Love To Party” and “Represent, ” while Ashtellama’s “Rich Or Wah” and Redd Man Uk’s “Bruk Out” keep the energy shifting without breaking the riddim’s straight-ahead pulse. It’s a compact lineup, with seven unique artists across eight cuts, and the production credit is listed simply as Various Artists, which fits the no-frills, community-style feel of the project. Still, Beenie G’s “Gal Bush” is the cut that leaves the deepest mark here, the one that gives the whole run its roughest, most memorable pull.