Merlot Wine Riddim – Dont Fight It Production

Don’t Fight It Production’s Merlot Wine Riddim sits in that busy 2016 run of dancehall jugglings that leaned hard on cheeky, late-night party lyrics and a compact four-song setup before the instrumental closes things out. Smeegle Hype’s “Gyal Yuh Punany Nuh Sick” and Fraction’s blunt “Fuck Yuh Wan Gyal” carry the rowdy edge, while Don Pree’s “Everywhere We Go” is the cut that gives the riddim a little more motion and personality. Whambizzi’s “Visa Loving” keeps the theme in the same flirtatious lane, and the I Am France instrumental ties it all together with the kind of bare-bones pace these mid-2010s dancehall pieces loved. It’s a short, no-frills drop from 2016, but that’s part of the charm.