Troop Riddim – Mentally Disturbed

TROOP RIDDIM comes in as a 15-track dancehall set with a fairly tight, frontline lineup, and the pair of versions from Aisha and Konshens tell you right away this wasn’t just a one-off singer project. Mentally Disturbed kept the focus on hard-edged rude-boy material: Bling Dawg’s “Game Up, ” Delly Ranx’s “Run Weh, ” Boom Dandimite’s “Craub Up, ” and T. O. K’s “Gangsters Never Die” all sit in that same pressure zone, with raw cuts folding in beside the cleaner versions. The riddim itself leans on a stern, stripped-back late-2000s bounce, the kind of pattern that leaves room for the vocals to jab through while the bass stays heavy and unsentimental. It’s a compact 2008 set, finished off by an instrumental that underlines the march-like drum phrasing and clipped low-end pulse.

Troop Riddim Tracklist:

1. Aisha – Run But Cant Hide
2. Konshens – Warrior (Raw)
3. Bling Dawg – Game Up
4. Bling Dawg – Game Up (Raw)
5. Aisha – Run But Cant Hide (Raw)
6. Boom Dandimite – Craub Up
7. Dangel – Real Gangsta
8. Einstein – Bad Mind Bwoy (Raw)
9. Delly Ranx – Run Weh
10. Ward Gangsta School (Raw)
11. Flex – Step Pon Dem
12. Kibbaki – Real Real
13. Konshens – Warrior
14. T.O.K – Gangsters Never Die
15. Troop Riddim – Instrumental