Smarties Riddim – Bread Back Productions

By 2005, reggae riddims were still leaning hard on sharp one-drop cuts and militant singjay energy, and Smarties Riddim sits right in that pocket with Bread Back Productions lining up Delly Ranks, Jimmy Riley, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Norris Man and Warrior King across a tidy nine-track set. Sizzla’s “Hear Dem Talking” and the Sizzla/Thrilla U combination on “Mortal Man” carry the fiercest edge, while Morgan Heritage’s “We Run The Town” and Jimmy Riley’s “Should Be Her” bring a smoother, rootsier touch to the same frame. Bread Back keeps the arrangement lean enough for each voice to land cleanly, and the package closes the way these projects should, with a straight instrumental “Version – Smarties Riddim” tucked in at track eight.