Splash Out Riddim – Jam 2 Records

In 2007, when dancehall was still leaning hard into sharp-edged gun tunes and bawdy party cuts, Splash Out Riddim sat right in that pocket with Jam 2 Records running the show. The set pairs Busy Signal’s “Gun Ina Hand” and “Sexy Time” with Demarco’s “Gangsta Life, ” then swings through Elephant Man, Lady Saw, Macka Diamond, and Vybz Kartel, so the riddim never stays in one mood for long. Jammy James and Demarco are credited on the production side, which fits the project’s street-level energy and its very Kingston way of moving from hardcore talk to outright slackness. The sequencing feels deliberate too: the biggest names are stacked early, the tougher deejay cuts come in the middle, and the version closes it out cleanly, like the producer wanted the riddim to play like a proper dance sound system set.

Splash Out Riddim Tracklist:

1. Busy Signal – Gun Inna Hand
2. Busy Signal – Sex Time
3. Demarco – Gangsta Life
4. Einstein – High Rise
5. Elephant Man – Any Guy Weh Suck
6. G Maffiah – Gangsta Nah Guh Dis
7. Harry Toddler – We Nuh Waan Nuh Friend From Them
8. Lady Saw – This Pussy
9. Macka Diamond – We Nuh Left Di Eagle
10. Rseenal – War We
11. Unknown Artist – A Me A Beat It
12. Version – Splash Out Riddim
13. Vybz Kartel – Mek Me See You Tatoo