Spring Blade Riddim – Truck Back Records

A raw, hard-driving 2006 dancehall cut with a sharp metallic edge, Spring Blade Riddim feels like it was made for big sound systems and fast-talking singjay cuts. Truck Back Records lines up heavyweights like Beenie Man on “Hardest Way, ” Capleton on “Lighthouse Top, ” and Anthony B’s “Violate, ” and that trio tells you plenty: sharp hooks, militant energy, and no wasted motion. The selector-friendly roster stretches right through Delly Ranx, Mad Cobra, Mr Lexx and Tony Rebel, so the riddim keeps flipping between streetwise swagger and more conscious heat without losing its bite. I kept coming back to the Capleton cut, though, because it rides the pattern with that snarling urgency Truck Back was clearly after, and the whole set lands with 18 tracks, just enough to let the groove keep moving.

Spring Blade Riddim Tracklist:

1. Anthony B – Violate
2. Beenie Man – Hardest Way
3. Briggadistas – Sen Out The Force
4. Capleton – Lighthouse Top
5. Delly Ranx – God Nah Sleep
6. Esco – Long
7. Flexx – Its A Joy
8. Junior Cat – General Don
9. Mad Cobra – Happen
10. Monster Hemp Higher – Stop Man
11. Mr Lexx – Gallis
12. New Kidz – System
13. Queen Ifrica – Yad The East
14. Scare Dem – Gully And The Garrison
15. Steve Locke – Springblade Riddim Dubwize
16. T.O.K. – Entourage
17. Tony Curtis – Rich
18. Tony Rebel – Believe You