Kuff Release Details
- Riddim year: 1987
- Total tracks: 55
- Unique artists on riddim: 47
- Key artists on this riddim: Admiral Bailey, Buccaneer, Buju Banton, Cocoa Tea, Courtney Melody, Cutty Ranks
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Kuff produced by King Jammy, Witty, Patrick Roberts, Hugh James, Harry J, Acka T, Michael Jeffers, Lloyd Dennis, Sugar Minott, Harold McLarty, Doctor Dread, Bobby Digital, Buju Banton for Jammy’s, Music Master, Shocking Vibes, Witty, Redman International, Wackie’s, Sunset, Startone, Pickout, Harry J, Youth Promotion, Digital-B, Gargamel, Rockers Master in 1987
1987’s Kuff Riddim is a classic Jammy-era dancehall version that came out across a wide circle of labels and producers, with King Jammy at the center and links to names like Witty, Patrick Roberts, Hugh James, Harry J, Sugar Minott, Doctor Dread, Bobby Digital and Buju Banton. The lineup runs through artists such as Admiral Bailey, Brigadier Jerry, Cocoa Tea, Courtney Melody, Cutty Ranks and Buju Banton, and the track history stretches from late-’80s cuts to later versions like Cutty Ranks’ Blood On The Corner and Buju Banton and Pinchers’ Without You. Often tied to Jammy’s Waterhouse sound, the riddim is one of those patterns that kept resurfacing well beyond its original 1987 run.
Kuff Tracklist:
- Dub – Ease Off Dub (1988)
- Admiral Bailey – Jump Up (1991)
- African – Believe Me (1992)
- Brigadier Jerry – Hard Drugs (1988)
- Buccaneer – Wife Material (1994)
- Buju Banton – Hackle Me (2001)
- Buju Banton & Pinchers – Without You (2001)
- Candy Floyd – Divorce (1988)
- Cocoa Tea – Christmas Medley
- Colin Roach – Champion Sound
- Courtney Melody – Put It Down (1988)
- Cutty Ranks – Blood On The Corner (1994)
- Daddy Screw – Good Weeding (1994)
- Determine – Work Hard (1994)
- Dirtsman – Trailer Load Come (1994)
- Dominick – A Year In Jamaica (1988)
- Early B – DJ Government
- Frankie Paul – Cassanova (1987)
- General Degree – Bad Mind (1994)
- Hippy Ranks – Girls Want Money Man (2009)
- James Bond – Jah A Mi Savior (1988)
- Johnny P – Wetliner (1988)
- Junior Demus – Bank Haffe Lick
- Junior Demus – Love Them So Much
- Junior Tucker – Why (1994)
- Junior Wilson – I'm The Toughest
- Knight Rider – Bad Boy Stepping
- Leroy Gibbons – This Magic Moment (1987)
- Lieutenant Stitchie – Great Ambition (1987)
- Lieutenant Stitchie – Obeah Wedding (1987)
- Little Dave – Mary Ann (1988)
- Little John – House Land (Discuss Dem Man)
- Little Kirk – We've Only Just Begun
- Little Twitch – Respect Due (1987)
- Lukie D – Hold Me Tonight
- Pinchers – Hotter Mr Pinchers (1994)
- Sanchez – Feelings (1994)
- Screwdriver – Dance Like Us (1988)
- Shelly Thunder – Kuff (1988)
- Sister Charmaine – Wake Up
- Spragga Benz – Good Swear (1994)
- Spragga Benz – Ruff And Tuff (1994)
- Sugar Minott – Dis The Programme
- Sugar Minott – Jehovah
- Sugar Minott – When My Little Girl Is Smiling (1988)
- Tenor Senior – Stab It Out (1991)
- Terror Fabulous – Gilligan (1994)
- Terror Fabulous – Remember (1994)
- Terry Ganzie – Texas Ride (1994)
- Tiger – Bam Bam (1988)
- Tiger – Decent Man (1988)
- Tony Tuff – Ease Off (1988)
- Trevor Sparks – Keep It
- Wayne Wonder – Face It (1994)
- Yami Bolo – At The End Of The Day (2001)
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