Talk To Me Riddim – Real Vibes Entertainment

Talk To Me Riddim came out through Real Vibes Entertainment in 2012, even if some archive listings later attached a 2016 tag to it. The set sits in that smoother end of dancehall, with a soft, rolling pulse and a mellow, romantic tone that leaves room for melody instead of forcing raw DJ energy.

The release carries six cuts: Moy with “My First Time, ” Gappy Ranks on “Three Little Words, ” Geoffrey Star with “Is It, ” Jahvante Campbell on “I’m Dreaming, ” Lymie Murray’s “Your Eyes, ” and C Block’s “Need Somebody. ” That lineup gives the riddim a varied vocal spread, from Gappy Ranks’ polished UK dancehall approach to Lymie Murray’s Jamaica-rooted singing style, which has long sat closer to lovers rock and contemporary roots melodicism than hard-edged slackness. Everton Blender, Anthony Cruz, Daddy Rings and Jack Radics are also tied to the riddim in the catalogue notes, which points to a wider circle of vocalists connected to the project’s life.

Real Vibes Entertainment is a family-run outfit founded by Donald D’Aguilar in 1998, and in this context the label feels less like a major production house than a boutique dancehall and event-music team working with a warm, radio-friendly sound. The riddim’s strength is its restraint: clean drums, a liquid groove, and songs that stay in the lane of yearning, attraction and late-night conversation. Gappy Ranks’ “Three Little Words” and Lymie Murray’s “Your Eyes” are the cuts that best capture that mood.