Haffi Fly Out Riddim – Techniques

Haffi Fly Out Riddim comes off like late-’80s dancehall in full stride: lean, rough-edged, and geared for sound system play, with Techniques steering the whole thing in 1987. The set is only four cuts deep, but it’s got a tidy spread of voices, and Courtney Melody’s “Bad Boy” and Daddy Lizard’s title tune do the heavy lifting, each riding the rhythm with that tough, cheeky street-corner energy Techniques was so good at framing. Sanchez slows the pulse a touch with “Sad Songs, ” while Sister Charmaine’s “Man So Nice” brings a lighter, flirtier finish to the sequence. It’s a compact little snapshot of that period, when one strong riddim and a sharp cast were enough to carry the whole release.