Primordial Riddim – Eldoh Rado Productions

A dark, brassy dancehall charge runs through Primordial Riddim, with the kind of clipped percussion and heavy low end that leaves room for the voicing to cut hard. Eldoh Rado Productions lines up 10 artists across 12 tracks here, with Dhat Bwoy KC’s “Put In The Work” getting double duty in clean and raw form, while cuts like Andre Lyricist’s “Dead Body” and Whytt Shadow’s “Dead Man” keep the tension up. It feels like a step on from the producer’s earlier 2020-21 run, especially the leaner Ruger and Deadline projects, but with a wider, more crowded dancehall set around it. Eldoh Rado even steps in with “40 Ball” and the title cut, which makes this one sit neatly in the middle of the label’s run of street-minded riddims from that period.