New Age Riddim (2017) – Haynes Records

Haynes Records keeps New Age Riddim lean and to the point, a five-song dancehall set from 2017 that leans more on mood and message than big-room swagger. Blueprint’s “One More Drink” and StaySuh’s “Enjoy Your Life” frame the project’s easygoing, self-directed theme, while Jonnah’s “Live Your Life” and Payne’s “What Kinda Friend” pull it a little deeper into real-life advice and relationship talk. It’s a compact line of artists, but the sequencing gives the riddim a nice forward motion, with Parris’ “Try and Them Try” adding a sharper edge in the middle. Haynes wasn’t overreaching here; this sits comfortably in the label’s catalogue as one of those mid-2010s dancehall releases that keeps the production tidy, the hook work central, and the whole thing moving in under 15 minutes.