Ghetto View Riddim – Ricardo Growe Records

Ricardo Gowe Records keeps Ghetto View Riddim in lean, four-track form, and that economy suits the darker edge of the project. Tommy Lee Sparta’s “Destruction Of Man” is the obvious anchor, with Cj Kilawno’s “This Is Life” and Dre Zee’s “Ghetto Mi Come From” giving the riddim a street-level, survival-minded tone rather than a glossy club feel. Released in 2017, the set sits among Ricardo Gowe’s run of hard-nosed dancehall instrumentals, and the sequencing is telling: three vocal cuts line up before the instrumental closes the package, so the producer lets the voices land first and then leaves the bare riddim to hang on its own.