Hello Moto Riddim – H2o Records

Hello Moto Riddim captures that mid-2000s dancehall moment when the big one-drop pulse was still in the rearview and producers were tightening the screws on lean, digital workout tunes. H2O Records put together a busy 2005 session that pulled in heavy hitters like Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Busy Signal, Capleton and Vybz Kartel, with Beenie’s “Dancing Mood” and Kartel’s “Hello Moto” sitting near the centre of it all. Pitchfork picked up on the release back then as a 7-inch Jamaican issue, which fits the way this riddim moves: spare, bright, and built for quick vocal turns rather than long windups. The track list runs deep, but the energy is really in the clipped synth figure, the skittering drum pattern, and the forward-leaning bassline that keeps every cut moving at a sharp, dancefloor pace.

Hello Moto Riddim Tracklist:

1. Beenie Man – Dancing Mood
2. Beenie Man – Don’t Try
3. Bling Dawg – Nutten Nuh Dead
4. Busy Signal – Mouth Wata
5. Capleton – She Fuck Me Good
6. Cecile Feat Voicemail – She’s A Player
7. Delly Ranks – Pop Style
8. Elephant Man – Promise
9. Kim Kartina – This Is The Way
10. Kiprich – Fi Get Nuh G Al
11. Macka Diamond – Look Mi Friend
12. Mavado – Give Me A Call
13. Nicky B – Move
14. Razor – One Piece Of Stone
15. Shane – Girls Dem President
16. Version – Hello Moto Riddim
17. Vybz Kartel – Hell Moto
18. Ward 21 – Maybe I.O.U
19. Wayne Marshall – Takes Me Higher