Mad Ting Riddim – Ward 21 Music

With Beenie Man, Bugle, Cutty Ranks, Tifa and Tony Curtis among the names on board, Mad Ting Riddim lands as a fairly deep 2008 Ward 21 Music juggling with plenty of room for both established voices and a few less familiar ones. The riddim sits in that hard-edged Ward 21 pocket: taut drums, a clipped synthetic skank, and a low end that stays close to the chest rather than trying to bulldoze the room. The edit/raw pairing across several cuts suggests the producers were thinking in sound system terms, giving selectors clean options without changing the shape of the rhythm. Beenie Man’s “Tell Yuh Something” and Cutty Ranks’ “Wi Nuh Play” feel like the anchor points, but the real thread is the brisk, marching tempo and the dry bass pulse that keeps the whole set moving.

Mad Ting Riddim Tracklist:

1. Beenie Man – Tell Yuh Something (Edit)
2. Beenie Man – Tell Yuh Something (Raw)
3. Bibi Gardener – Denali (Raw)
4. Bibi Gardener – Denali (Edit)
5. Bling Dawg – Supreme (Edit)
6. Bling Dawg – Supreme (Raw)
7. Bugle – Nutten Nuh Change (Edit)
8. Bugle – Nutten Nuh Change (Raw)
9. Chicken – Nuh Dweet (Raw)
10. Cutty Ranks – Wi Nuh Play (Raw)
11. Cutty Ranks – Wi Nuh Play (Edit)
12. Eggy – Dem Nuh Badman (Edit)
13. Eggy – Dem Nuh Badman (Raw)
14. Mad Ting Riddim – Instrumental
15. Natalie Storm – Dem Nuh Know (Edit)
16. Natalie Storm – Dem Nuh Know (Raw)
17. Nitty Kutchie – Move (Raw)
18. Power Man – Send On (Raw)
19. Tifa – Wah Do Dem (Edit)
20. Tifa – Wah Do Dem (Raw)
21. Timberlee – Gunny Gunny (Raw)
22. Tony Curtis – Crab Inna Barrel (Edit)
23. Tony Curtis – Crab Inna Barrel (Raw)
24. Ward President (Raw)