Grave Digger Riddim – Dynasty Records

Dropping out of 2013’s dancehall underground, Grave Digger Riddim feels like a sharp little Dynasty Records session with enough weight to keep the tougher voices happy. The tracklist runs from Blak Ryno’s clipped threat on “When Yuh See Me” to I-Octane’s “Danger” and Kiprich’s “Talk Dem A Talk, ” with Munga’s “Drink and Floss” doing double duty in raw and radio form. There’s a nice tension in the way Dynasty frames the riddim: gritty enough for Bookie’s “Rifle” and Masicka’s “From Dem Dis, ” but still spacious enough for Gappy Ranks to ride “Bird Inna Tree” with a cooler, more melodic touch. The whole set clocks in at 11 songs, and that extra Suhverto cut at the end hangs there like a final warning.