Hip Strip Riddim – Blackmoney Records

Blackmoney Records’ Hip Strip Riddim sits in that busy 2011 run of straight-ahead dancehall juggling, and the thing that sticks is how the compilation keeps the energy tight while giving Jah Lyfe two cuts to work with, including the feverish “Turn Up The Fire” alongside Mia and the sharper-edged “Badmind People. ” Chuckle Berry’s “Eva Ready” and Loaded’s pair of tunes add extra movement to the set, while Lexikahn and Rocky British and Nigga Meanyo push the harder end of the riddim with confrontational writing over the same stripped-back pulse. Blackmoney fronts the project under its own banner, and the release runs nine tracks deep with nine different artists, including the title cut from Black Money and closes on “Destiny” from Rocky British and Nigga Meanyo.

Hip Strip Riddim Tracklist:

1. Black Money – Hip Strip Riddim
2. Chuckle Berry – Eva Ready
3. Jah Lyfe & Mia – Turn Up The Fire
4. Jah Lyfe – Badmind People
5. Lexikahn – Dying Fi The Come Off
6. Loaded – Craw Mi Up So
7. Loaded – Want We Dead
8. Notalone – Whats The Cause
9. Rocky British & Nigga Meanyo – Destiny