Raining Bass Release Details
- Riddim year: 2012
- Style: Dancehall
- Total tracks: 14
- Unique artists on riddim: 15
- Production credits: FAMS HOUSE MUSIC
- Key artists on this riddim: Bugle, Junior Reid, Kiprich, Tiana, Wayne Marshall
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 2012 Riddims List · 2012 Dancehall Riddims
Compared with some of Fams House Music’s other tighter one-voice pulls, Raining Bass leans into a fuller dancehall compilation feel, with 14 cuts and a proper version tucked in at the end. The riddim itself sits in that early-2010s sweet spot: dry drums, a heavy rolling bassline, and just enough melodic movement to keep it from feeling stripped bare. Wayne Marshall gets the project’s sharpest split moment with both “Phone Text” and the raw “Phone Sex, ” while Junior Reid’s “Legal Tender” and Bugle’s “The Youths” bring a steadier, more serious tone into the mix. G Whizz, Kiprich, and Delus help round out the set, but the real glue is the tempo, sitting around 80 BPM, which leaves plenty of room for the vocal phrasing and that low, rattling bass to carry the whole thing.
Raining Bass Tracklist:
- G Whizz – Swallow Dem Words
- Rasta Bogle – Hol Dung
- Bugle – The Youths
- Wayne Marshall – Phone Text (Clean)
- Wayne Marshall – Phone Sex (Raw)
- Juju Blood And Bomba Drop – Crazy Love
- Bum Roots – Fly Away
- Kadesha – More Than Friends
- Delus – She Want More
- Tiana – You Alone
- Andrew And Wada Blood – I Lie
- Junior Reid – Legal Tender
- Formila One – Rainy Days
- Kiprich – Nuh Rain
