J Star Riddim – Detroit Avenue Productions

Eight cuts and eight different voices give J Star Riddim a quick, taut shape, with Detroit Avenue Productions keeping the focus on the individual songs rather than any long-winded concept. Rally Banks opens with “Waah Know Caah Know, ” and J Aries’ “Steppin In” brings Celetian into the mix for the only featured appearance on the set. Released in 2019, the project runs just over 21 minutes, so there’s no room for dead space; the sequencing moves briskly from Hazzmatic and Q Neek through S Sense, Dihi 1, Tenshon and Tatoue Boss, and that compact order gives the riddim a clean, straight-ahead dancehall pulse.