Monstar Release Details
- Riddim year: 2011
- Style: Dancehall
- Production credits: WDH RECORDS
- Key artists on this riddim: Chevaughn, Voicemail
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 2011 Riddims List · 2011 Dancehall Riddims
WDH Records’ Monstar Riddim sits in that early-2010s dancehall pocket where the production is lean but the hooks do the heavy lifting, with 2011 dating it to the run of compact, radio-friendly one-riddim sets the label was pushing around that time. The rhythm has a tight, speaker-rattling swing rather than a cluttered arrangement, giving songs like Magazeen’s “The Way You Wine” and Chevaughn’s “Girls Dem Chose We” room to ride the groove, while Popeye Caution’s “1st Hail (Mi Kno Mi Friends)” and Scotch Bonnet’s “Hot Fi Dancehall” keep the energy in rude-boy territory. Sotto Bless and Nefatari deepen the roster without breaking the mood, and the closing “Monstar Riddim Version” by Adrian “DJ Snypa” Bryan ties the project together with the bare instrumental at its core.
Monstar Tracklist:
01. Chevaughn Feat Voicemail , Popeye Caution – Girls Dem Chose We02. Magazeen – The Way You Wine (Radio Edit)03. Magazeen – The Way You Wine04. Popeye Caution – 1st Hail (Mi Kno Mi Friends)05. Scotch Bonnet – Hot Fi Dancehall (Radio Edit)06. Scotch Bonnet – Hot Fi Dancehall07. Sotto Bless – Tun Up (Buk)08. Nefatari – All Dem A Pree09. Dejavu – Born Alone
