Samurai Riddim (2009) – Dj Bigryde & Rocks Music

Dj Bigryde and Rocks Music’s Samurai Riddim sits in that busy 2009 dancehall run where producers were chasing sharp, militant one-riddim concepts, and this one keeps its focus tight with eight tracks and ten artists on the cut. Kibaki’s “Whos To Blame” is the name that keeps coming up first, but the set also gets punch from Busy Malone’s “Say Way Mi Feel Fi Say, ” Tyrical and Savege’s “Bad Man Like Me, ” and the pairing of Iyara and Anachi on “Kill Da Whole A Dem. ” The rhythm has that stern, clipped edge you’d expect from the title, with the voices riding a hard, forward-driving groove rather than anything glossy or playful. The release closes with a version, making it a compact 2009 dancehall package built around those seven vocal cuts and the instrumental.