Get Up Riddim (2017) – Jah Sazzah

Jah Sazzah’s Get Up Riddim leans into a brisk, skanking dancehall pulse with enough bounce to keep the vocals moving and enough grit in the low end to give it some bite. The cut feels like a 2017 sound-system piece made for selectors, and the line-up backs that up: Skarra Mucci and Navigator come in sharp on “Warning Warning, ” while Teacha Dee’s “Fed Up” and Don Tippa’s “Come Fi Party” keep the energy firmly in the party zone. Elsewhere, Julia Kee, Plata and Mama Marjas with Don Ciccio add a more melodic, positive edge, so the riddim never settles into one mood for too long. Released in March 2017 on Sazzah Studio Records, it sits right in that mid-2010s wave where European-based producers were still pushing modern dancehall riddims with a strong live-session feel.