Fowl Feather Riddim – Big House Records

Fowl Feather Riddim sits in that sturdy mid-2010s dancehall pocket where the groove does the talking: spare, tough-edged, and built for voices with attitude. Big House Records kept the lineup tight in 2014, and the cut runs through Bastian’s “How Mi Look, ” Blac Blayde’s sharp-tongued “Do Things Do Things, ” and Prymist’s “Head Get Hot” before closing out with the instrumental version. The project actually lists 11 tracks in all, so there’s a little extra room for the rhythm to breathe between the vocal entries. That sequencing gives the compilation a proper session feel, moving from one singer to the next without losing the momentum or the streetwise edge that carries the whole release.

Fowl Feather Riddim Tracklist:

1. Bastian – How Mi Look
2. Blac Blayde – Do Things Do Things
3. G Bling – Ring Like Bell
4. Giddian Warrior – Who Jah Bless
5. Gorilla – Skin Without Spot
6. Loaded – Nah Kill Myself Fi Nuh Gyal
7. Prymist – Head Get Hot
8. Solid – Plan Fi War
9. Surface – Cyaan Stop We
10. Zenith – Badmind
11. Fowl Feather Version