Peas Inna Pot Riddim – Ikation Records

A taut, rolling dancehall cut with a little street-level swagger frames Peas Inna Pot Riddim, the sort of instrumental that leaves room for the voices to do the talking. Ikation Records keeps the set compact at four songs plus the version, and the sequencing plays like a quick showcase: Busy Signal’s “Bad Up Who” sets the tone, then Cubanis, Levardes, and Pistal each take a turn before the bare riddim closes things out. Busy Signal is the name that jumps off the tracklist, but the whole package has that lean, no-frills early-2010s dancehall feel, with the version tucked in as the final cut. Peas Inna Pot Riddim was issued in 2013.