Maria Maria Riddim – Shocking Vibes

Maria Maria Riddim – Shocking Vibes is a 1997 dancehall juggling from Patrick Roberts’ Shocking Vibes camp, lining up a strong set of voices that includes Beenie Man, Mad Cobra, Tanto Metro and Devonte, Goofy, Future Troubles, Snagga Puss, and Little Kirk with Ricky Rudie. Beenie Man’s Bad Mind Is Active is one of the better-known cuts here, alongside the cheeky Guiness from Tanto Metro and Devonte and Mad Cobra’s Got It Going, while Devonte and Alkatraz’s Everything Is Everything and Little Kirk and Ricky Rudie’s Girls Go Mad add more variety to the sequence. The riddim sat in the same fertile Shocking Vibes era that helped define late-’90s dancehall, and the tune roll feels especially busy and competitive, with each artist bringing a different angle to the pattern.

Maria Maria Riddim Tracklist:

1. Beenie Man – Bad Mind Is Active
2. Devonte & Alkatraz – Everything Is Everything
3. Future Troubles – John Go Deh
4. Goofy – Mi Willing
5. Little Kirk & Ricky Rudie – Girls Go
6. Mad Cobra – Got It Going
7. Oneil Shines & Bun Pan – Living The Life
8. Snagga Puss – Good Hygiene
9. Tanto Metro & Devonte – Guiness