Follow Me Then Riddim – True Loyal Records

Rough-edged and clutching at tension, Follow Me Then Riddim leans into a stern 2016 dancehall juggle with enough room for a few strong voices to cut through the noise. Vershon’s title cut, voiced with Likkle Dainjah and also issued in radio form, sets the tone early, while Raytid’s Dig The Road, Ganggoolie’s This Week and Iyara’s No Gold Spoon keep the energy grimy and direct. True Loyal Records had already been moving through this lane a year or so earlier with Money Me a Look, and this one feels like a harder, more crowded pass at the same streetwise formula. The set runs 20 tracks from 14 artists, including a handful of radio edits, which gives it that busy mid-2010s juggling feel. It sits comfortably in the label’s catalogue as one of those compact, no-frills dancehall compilations built for selectors.