Highty Tighty Riddim – Various Artists

HIGHTY TIGHTY RIDDIM produced by VARIOUS ARTISTS 2005

This 2005 Highty Tighty package feels like a later, more regional take on the better-known Don Corleon cut from the year before, but here the credits are left to a plain Various Artists tag and the tracklist leans into French Caribbean voices. Be’nty’s “Kout? ” and Jenone’s “An Lucide” sit alongside pairings like Lighta D ft. Stk and Rhamsin ft. Cyanide, with the version tucked right in the middle as a marker. The riddim itself comes across lean and propulsive, built for fast-chat delivery and shouted hooks rather than silky melodies, with the vocals riding a clipped, driving drum pattern and a thick bassline that keeps the whole thing moving. The sharpest moments come from “Gyal Tonight” and “Pliss Gyal, ” where the cadence locks in and the pace never really lets up.

Highty Tighty Riddim Tracklist:

1. Be’nty – Kout?
2. Chab One Ft. Popi One – Dance Hall
3. Highty Tighty Riddim – Version
4. Jenone – An Lucide
5. Lighta D Ft. Stk – Yo K F? Moun Chi?
6. Mega D Ft.I.V.A – Gyal Tonight
7. Ones – Pliss Gyal
8. Rhamsin Ft.Cyanide – Rfo Freestyle
9. Scianur – Pou Li
10. Scientifik Feat Lighta D – Yo Ka Fai Moun Chie
11. Vnc Ft.Willan – Trop Gyal
12. Zappa – Ask Me