Giant Step Riddim – Various Artists

GIANT STEP RIDDIM produced by VARIOUS ARTISTS 2012

Giant Step Riddim comes off as one of those 2012 juggling sets that leans more on sentiment than hard-edged attack, with Richie Bless’s “I Miss U Love” and I A Flaymz’s “Broken Promises” giving the rhythm its most memorable heartbreak weight. The six-cut lineup stretches across eight voices, so the project has a nice bit of movement in it, especially when Hard Dryve and Firewayne trade the title track duties on “Giant Step” and Da Chef lifts the mood again with “Have I Ever. ” For a release credited to various artists, it still feels cohesive, riding the same warm reggae pulse throughout without getting too busy. It sits neatly in that early-2010s crop of straight-ahead reggae riddims that favored hooky lovers selections over big conceptual flourishes, and the result is a tidy little entry in the 2012 archive.

Giant Step Riddim Tracklist:

1. Richie Bless – I Miss U Love
2. Ranger Ryhmz – Couldnt Believe Her
3. I A Flaymz – Broken Promises
4. Hard Dryve And Firewayne – Giant Step
5. Da Chef – Have I Ever
6. I Daddy Lando And Singing Rudeboy – Im Gonna Love You Tonight