Hot Winter Riddim – Keep Left Records

Busy Signal and Sean Paul give Hot Winter Riddim its heat, with Spice’s “Real Hot Gyal” and Bling Dawg’s link-up with Brick N Lace adding some extra shine to a compact six-track set from Keep Left Records. The cut runs in classic dancehall-riddim fashion: four vocal tunes, then the version, so the instrumental gets its own space at the end instead of being tucked away in the middle. Busy Signal’s “Wine Up Pon Me” is the one that most naturally carries the pulse of the release, while Sean Paul’s “I Can Give You Pleasure” keeps things firmly in party mode. Hot Winter Riddim was issued in 2007 and lists six unique artists overall.