Next Election Riddim – Ras Blinga Records

In 2016, when dancehall was still leaning hard into topical one-riddim concepts, Ras Blinga Records cut Next Election Riddim with a lean three-track run that keeps the message front and center. The title alone points to the election-season mood of the era, and Shane O’s “Next Election” is the sharpest cut in the bunch, with Anarchie’s “One Day” and Tatik’s “Pray Fi Dem” giving the set a more reflective counterweight. The release landed on July 15, 2016, and that timing fits the politics-and-pressure angle that runs through the project. With only three voices on the riddim, the sequencing feels deliberate: each song gets space to breathe, and the producer uses the short tracklist to move from urgency to prayer without ever crowding the arrangement.