Kick Off Riddim (2016) – An9ted Entertainment

Kick Off Riddim lands in that 2016 dancehall pocket where sharp one-line chants and militant swagger still ruled the juggling circuit, but the production had enough space for melody too. The project comes from An9ted Entertainment, the imprint tied to Bugle, whose name was already carrying weight for conscious reggae and dancehall work by the time this riddim dropped. The release date sits in August 2016, and the riddim gathered a mix of frontline names and harder-to-spot voices from the scene.

The strongest cuts are the ones that match the riddim’s clipped, driving pulse with personality. Popcaan’s Fully Auto brings his trademark raw, streetwise bounce; Dexta Daps turns Still Bad into a sly, vocal-heavy flex; Tarrus Riley eases into the groove with a smoother, more polished touch; and Busy Signal rides Naah Use Dem with the kind of fluid delivery that has long made him one of dancehall’s most adaptable voices. Bugle’s own Wi Different fits naturally beside them, while Agent Sasco and Mr. Easy’s Love Dem Bad adds a veteran dancehall contrast. Sizzla, Tifa, and Mad Cobra deepen the lineup with different shades of toughness and melody.

What makes Kick Off work is the balance between authority and variety. It has enough bass pressure and forward motion for the dance, but the singers and deejays pull different moods from the same frame: gully grit, uplift, flirtation, and straight-up badman talk. That range is what gave the riddim its pull in 2016, and why it still reads as a proper dancehall juggling rather than just a stack of names over one beat.