Memo Riddim – Digitalize Records

Memo Riddim keeps things tight: just three cuts, all from 2012, with Digital Sham’s “Fuck Yo” setting the tone before Anointed’s “Gi It Weh” and Kos Bella’s “Position” keep the pressure on. Digitalize Records had already been working that raw, stripped dancehall pocket on earlier riddims like X Facta and Wats Poppin, and this one sits comfortably in that run, leaner than the bigger VA projects but still wired for the sound system. “Fuck Yo” is the grabber here, rough-edged and direct, while the other two tracks keep the pace clipped and dancefloor-ready. In the Digitalize catalogue, Memo feels like one of those smaller releases that still says plenty about the label’s taste for hard, no-frills 2012 dancehall.