The Dirty Harry Riddim – Dublife Muzik Kulcha Shok

By 2016, Dublife Muzik Kulcha Shok had settled into the kind of rootsy, dub-conscious reggae work that plays well in a sound system set, and The Dirty Harry Riddim sits right in that pocket with 11 cuts and a wide spread of voices. The sequence around “Day And Night, ” “Tell Me Why, ” and “Trouble Like Rain” keeps the energy moving without rushing, while Predator Dub Assassins give the project its roughest edge with “Heavy On Harry” and the instrumental “Dirty Dub. ” Compared with Dublife’s earlier Irreplaceable Riddim, this one feels a little broader in cast and a touch heavier in atmosphere, less about one breakout anthem than the way the whole rhythm carries several different singers. It’s a sturdy entry in the label’s run of compact reggae juggling, with enough variation to keep the set moving and enough dub pressure to make the title stick.

The Dirty Harry Riddim Tracklist:

1. Diallo & Keeling Beckford – Day And Night
2. Fyaworks – Say Love
3. Mikey Jarrett & Rupert Reid – Tell Me Why
4. Natty Remo & Derrick Lara – Trouble Like Rain
5. Nkrumah & Keeling Beckford – True Champion
6. P-Dub – King For A Day
7. Predator Dub Assassins & The Skootch – Heavy On Harry
8. Predator Dub Assassins – Dirty Dub
9. Predator Dub Assassins – King’s Highway
10. Rocksteady Levi & Jah Bami – Raindrops
11. Roy Radics & Lucette Elegance – I Don’t Wan