Got Ur Self A Gun Riddim – Various Artists

GOT UR SELF A GUN RIDDIM produced by VARIOUS ARTISTS 2001

This one catches the 2001 “Got Ur Self A Gun” wave and reroutes it straight into dancehall, with Megahertz and Large Professor’s production work giving the riddim a sharper, crossover edge than a lot of the era’s party sets. The best cuts lean into that tension: Assassin and Wayne Marshall’s “Lock The Gun” rides the hook with a militant bounce, while Bounty Killer’s “Sumfest” flips the premise into pure stage-show menace. Elephant Man keeps things grim and quick on “Nah Bow, ” and Sizzla’s “Cop Killa” pushes the whole thing deeper into hard-edged street talk. Nas is in the mix too, which gives the compilation an odd but memorable Brooklyn-to-Kingston connection, and that matters because this was cut in the same year his original single landed on Stillmatic.

Got Ur Self A Gun Riddim Tracklist:

1. Assassin & Wayne Marshall – Lock The Gun
2. Bounty Killer – Sumfest
3. Cia – Live On Got Yourself A Gun
4. Elephant Man – Nah Bow
5. Nas – Got Yourself A Gun (Raw)
6. Nas – Got Yourself A Gun Rhythm Version
7. Nas – Got Yourself Yourself (Clean Acappella)
8. Nas – Got Yourself Yourself (Clean)
9. Orphen – Da End
10. Sizzla – Cop Killa
11. TOK – Buss It Up