Istanbul Riddim – Bun Up Records

Istanbul Riddim from Bun Up Records is a 2005 reggae juggling that lines up Anthony B, Bounty Killer, Jah Cure, Natural Blacks, Tok, Wayne Marshall and Alaine, and Wayne Wonder across one clean, vocal-heavy cut. The set moves from Anthony B’s Dont Worry and Bounty Killer’s Say Youre Leaving to Jah Cure’s What Will It Take and Wayne Wonder’s My Everything, with the Wayne Marshall and Alaine combination True Story adding another hook to the sequence. Bun Up kept the rhythm firmly in rootsy dancehall territory, and the mix of conscious voices, lovers rock sentiment and crossover names gives the riddim a broad pull. It is the kind of early-2000s Jamaican production that works best by letting each singer bring a different mood to the same pulse.

Istanbul Riddim Tracklist:

1. Anthony B – Dont Worry
2. Bounty Killer – Say Youre Leaving
3. Jah Cure – What Will It Take
4. Natural Blacks – Forever
5. Tok – Marijuana
6. Wayne Marshall And Alaine – True Story
7. Wayne Wonder – My Everything