The Employer Riddim – Cash Flow Records

By the time Cash Flow Records lined up The Employer Riddim in 2011, the label was already pushing a run of sharply focused dancehall projects, and this one sits right in that pocket: lean, direct, and built for the street. The rhythm has that punchy early-2010s energy, with a stripped, computer-driven bounce that leaves space for the deejays to work the hook and the attitude, whether it’s I-Octane’s “Who Fool Dem, ” Bugle’s “A Prayer, ” or Flexxx cutting straight to the title cut. Bramma and Timberlee add a sharper, more playful contrast on “You Got It, ” while Shawn Storm’s “Gynecologist” and Stein’s “The Gallis” keep the set moving with the kind of cheeky, fast-talking dancehall that Cash Flow was leaning into at the time. The final stretch lands on T’Nez’s “The Farmer, ” with the instrumental feel of the riddim itself tying the whole thing together.

The Employer Riddim Tracklist:

1. Aladon – Tek Mi Life
2. Bencil – Inna Mi House
3. Bramma & Timberlee – You Got It
4. Brusco – This World
5. Bugle – A Prayer
6. D Major – The Bartender
7. Erup – Plan Pon Mi Life
8. Flexxx – The Employer
9. I Octane – Who Fool Dem
10. Jiminal – Wine For Me
11. Kaya Warriors (Smokaz Sound Company) – Up & Down
12. Lisa Hyper – Night Nurse
13. Shawn Storm – Gynecologist
14. Stein – The Gallis
15. T Nez – The Farmer