Motion Time Riddim – One Motion Records

One Motion Records was in a tidy run of late-2019 dancehall one-riddims when Motion Time landed on August 23, and this one keeps its focus tight: 10 cuts, 9 artists, no wasted motion. The rhythm has that clipped, forward-driving bounce you’d expect from the period, with enough low-end pressure to let the vocals cut through without crowding the mix. Dexta Daps opens with the slick Real Know Real, Chronic Law follows with the colder, more hard-edged Heartless, and I-Octane gets double billing on Wi Nuh Fren in both clean and raw versions, which tells you the label thought the tune had legs. Iyara’s My Glory and Navino’s What Kind Of Friend Are You keep the mood firmly in that warning-shot, distrustful space, and the set closes on Don Husky’s Stand Up Tall, a strong finish that leaves the instrumental humming in your head.