The Girl Is Mine Riddim – Various Producers

Sitting in the early-’80s dancehall pocket, The Girl Is Mine Riddim pulls together a sharp little set of version cuts around a tune that also travelled under the Come On Little Girl name, with Clive Jarrett among the key hands behind the original configuration. The lineup leans hard into that period’s talk-over energy: Yellowman and Peter Metro on the title cut, Half Pint on “Winsome, ” Anthony Red Rose on “Champion Bubbler, ” and Lone Ranger on both “Love Affair Problem” and “Tom Drunk, ” with Papa San’s “Pick Your Choice” adding a later rub. The production keeps the bass line taut and the skank brisk, leaving plenty of room for the deejays to ride the groove without crowding it. It’s a compact, straight-ahead riddim with a clipped one-drop feel and a steady, rolling low end.

The Girl Is Mine Riddim Tracklist:

1. Half Pint – Winsome
2. Anthony Red Rose – Champion Bubbler
3. Early B – Hot Up Bout Ya
4. King Everald – Walk & Skip (Version)
5. King Everald – Walk & Skip
6. Little John – Spin You Roll
7. Lone Ranger – Love Affair Problem
8. Lone Ranger – Tom Drunk
9. Papa San – Pick Your Choice
10. Yellowman & Peter Metro – The Girl Is Mine