Tun Up Louder Riddim!!! – Young Veterans Records

By 2011, dancehall was deep into that era of brute-force party riddims, and Tun Up Louder sits right in the middle of it with a sharp Young Veterans cut that leans hard on a thumping digital pulse and a stripped-down, speaker-rattling groove. The set pulls in a tight lineup rather than a crowded cast, with Lady Saw’s “Anuh Anything, ” D’Angel’s “Baddest Angel, ” and Ninja Kid’s “Tan Tudy” giving the riddim its clearest hooks, while the inclusion of both edit and raw versions of “Tan Tudy” hints at how much mileage the tune was meant to get.

There’s a cheeky, bawdy edge running through the whole sequence, from Baby Tash and Bitta Blood through to Traina’s “Cow Foot U Wah! ! ! , ” but the production keeps everything locked to the same tense, bouncing pattern. It’s the kind of riddim that lives on its kick drum and bassline, pushing the vocals forward at a fast, no-nonsense dancehall tempo.