Next Step Riddim – Strapland Records

Next Step Riddim leans into a tight, mid-tempo dancehall pulse, with a handful of vocal cuts that keep the energy moving without crowding the groove. Teflon’s “Stocks” gives it an early edge, while Navino’s “Only You” and Sennica’s “Drive You Crazy” are the songs that linger after the first pass; the radio edits point to a release that was clearly cut with the selector in mind. Strapland Records keeps the arrangement lean across 11 tracks, including the instrumental, and the whole thing feels like a snapshot of where the label was heading in 2019 rather than a one-off experiment. If you know their catalogue, this sits comfortably alongside the cleaner, song-first riddims they were pushing around that period.