Machine Riddim – Hype Productions

By 2011, Hype Productions had this one parked neatly among the year’s dancehall riddims, and Machine fits that era’s sharper, digital-cut sound: tough, midtempo, and lean enough to leave the voices room to cut through. The lineup mixes rising names and seasoned dancehall hands, with Kiprich’s “Over Mi Shoulder, ” Bugle’s “Dem Need Fi Know, ” and Serani’s “Form Dem Wake” giving the riddim some of its strongest character; Wayne Wonder and Spragga Benz keep the project from tilting too far in one direction. The repeated clean and raw versions underline how the rhythm was aimed squarely at sound-system play. It closes on Hype Productions’ own instrumental, and that stripped-back version does the real talking here, carrying the project with a tight, mechanical pulse that feels true to the title.

Machine Riddim Tracklist:

1. New Kidz – Swagg
2. Flippa Mafia – Show Di Brand Dem
3. Bambino – My Things (Feat Tolerance)
4. Kiprich – Over Mi Shoulder
5. Earth Worm – Nuh Boy Cant Beat Me
6. Singer J – Dem Ah Fassy (Clean)
7. Singer J – Dem Ah Fassy (Raw)
8. Wayne Wonder – Friend We No More
9. Bugle – Dem Need Fi Know (Clean)
10. Bugle – Dem Need Fi Know (Raw)
11. Serani – Form Dem Wake
12. Kibaki – Girls Like Wow
13. Spragga Benz – Nah Set Nuh Rule (Edit)
14. Spragga Benz – Nah Set Nuh Rule (Raw)
15. Briggy Benz – Talk Up
16. Honerable – Who See Dem
17. Ras Bogle – Money We Want
18. Hype Productions – Machine Riddim (Instrumental)