The Outlaw Riddim – Adidjahiem Records

Adidjahiem Records usually gets talked about for its Kartel-linked, Gaza-heavy dancehall output, but The Outlaw Riddim leans into a rougher, more street-level mix of voices rather than one big name carrying the whole thing. It dropped in 2011, right when Popcaan and Shawn Storm were turning every new cut into a talking point, and both show up here alongside Sheba, Perfect and Denno, with Jahvante Campbell’s “Crawl” giving the set one of its sharper moments. The rhythm has that stripped-back, late-night bashment pull: tough drums, a clipped bassline, and enough space for each singer to push their own angle, whether it’s boastful, romantic or outright confrontational. The sequence moves from sharp one-off tunes into the “Crawl” remix and back to solo cuts, which feels less like a random compilation and more like a carefully paced selector’s sheet.

The Outlaw Riddim Tracklist:

1. Cutty Corn – Weh Dem Come From
2. Denno – It Bun Dem
3. Di Senetah – High Grade
4. Guardian – She Like My Style
5. Influentiel – Good Loving
6. Jahvante Campbell – Crawl (Remix) Ft. Di Senetah & Bill Gates
7. Jahvante Campbell – Crawl
8. Perfect – Damn Girl
9. Popcaan – Killing Pussy
10. Shawn Storm (Sivva) – Agony
11. Sheba – Hold Him
12. Swagg God – Mek Dancehall Happy
13. Telepath – Never Let Dem (Edit)
14. Telepath – Never Let Dem (Raw)
15. Unicorn – Bleaching Right
16. Vybz Kartel & Gaza Slim – Best Of Me
17. Vybz Kartel – Welcome The Outlaw