More Ideas Riddim – Pressure Sounds

Beenie Man’s “Lickey Lickey Girl” pulls you straight into More Ideas Riddim, but the real pull here is how Bunny Lee recasts the 1988 Rumours/Telephone Love groove into a tougher dancehall setting. Delroy Wilson’s “Ease Up” sits right at the centre of it, cutting through with that seasoned, easy authority while Vin Gordon’s “Roots Of Zion” and Tony Asha’s “Lion Of Zion” give the set a sharper instrumental edge. There’s a nice tension between the younger voices and the veteran names, and that’s where the riddim lives: sly, slightly lean, and very much of its moment. From there you get Derick Irie, Double Ugly, George Faith, and Lloyd Hemmings filling out the picture, with the album originally surfacing in 1988 and tucked into the long shadow of Striker Lee’s studio style.