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The term "riddim" is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm".The derived genre originally stemmed from dub, reggae, and dancehall.Although the term was widely used by MCs since the early days of dancehall and garage music, it was later adopted by American dubstep producers and fans to describe what was originally referred to as "wonky dubstep".
Often a melody is associated with the riddim, and occasionally an artist will produce two different songs with the same riddim (e.g. Elephant Man's "Ele Melody" and "Father Elephant" were both produced using the Kopa riddim, produced by Supa Dups). [citation needed] Riddims began forming popular in the early 1960s with the evolving role of the ...
Since 2010, reggae fusion has become a regular component of dancehall music and is as popular as it has ever been, being incorporated in such riddims as the popular "One Day" riddim produced by Seanizzle. In 2011, Shaggy established a reggae fusion record label called Ranch Entertainment. It was intended to be launched in the summer of 2012. [26]
Sleng Teng is among the most versioned (rerecorded) of Jamaican riddims, with nearly 500 versions. [23] The riddim was updated by Jammy in 2005 (slightly speeded up, with added horn riff) and this variation is known as "Sleng Teng Resurrection". Several new cuts on the original Sleng Teng were also released by Jammys in 2005 in celebration of ...
The Kopa riddim continued to get major club play through 2005, and in 2006, Black Chiney released Higher Octane. The newest riddim by Black Chiney is the Drumline/Timeline , released in 2007. At 2007's Fully Loaded, Black Chiney spent their entire set insulting event organizer Sharon Burke, who did not pay them for their 2002 appearance.
Later into 1980s, Jammy improvised Reggae and Dancehall, he digitalized old riddims, like Real Rock, and Far East. King Jammy then began working with top artists in Jamaica throughout the 1980s and 1990s such as Admiral Bailey, Admiral Tibet, Chaka Demus, Frankie Paul, Lieutenant Stitchie, Pinchers, and even Dennis Brown. Jammy's productions ...
Steven "Lenky" Marsden is a Jamaican-born music producer and musician who specializes primarily in dancehall reggae music. He also arranges and remixes pop and hip hop songs. . Marsden is the founder of the Jamaica-based label, 40/40 Records and was a former member of singjay Buju Banton's b
The Stalag riddim (or Stalag version) is a popular reggae riddim, which came to prominence in the 1980s. It was originally written and recorded as "Stalag 17" (named after the 1953 war film) by Ansel Collins and released by Winston Riley's Techniques record label in 1973. [1] The riddim has been used on hundreds of derivative records.