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'Dirty Harry'

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"playground"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 05:25 (twenty-two years ago)

DIWALI DIWALI DIWALI DIWALI DIWALI

(the sick thing is that I'm STILL AT WORK)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 05:40 (twenty-two years ago)

second on "playground". witness the majesty of mr. vegas' "nike air".

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 06:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the cure!

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 06:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Buy Out

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 08:02 (twenty-two years ago)

New Ride

― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Clappas

― jk_ (jk@gabba), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

As Diwali and Clappas are already taken, I'm going for Masterpiece

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate that mangling.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Be My Baby

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

stalag. or do i not understand the question ;-)

― ron (ron), Thursday, 29 May 2003 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

To my mind what sets apart "Diwali" and "Masterpiece" is not the riddim itself (although it's easy to make a case for the former), but rather that Lenky goes to the trouble of coming up with multiple distinctive sounding arrangements to go on top, which is why I guess the riddims themselves are so basic (cf. "Bollywood", which is an incredibly intricate arrangement-as-riddim, but which almost never varies). Like, half the fun with "Get Busy", "No Letting Go", "Galang Gal" etc. is how different each one sounds from the others.

Of the recent riddims I'm partial to "Knock Out", which sounds like Diwali-meets-garage-bounce, and is generally just all around nutty. Search Buju Banton's "Five O".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 29 May 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

What's the name of the one that sounds like 99 red balloons?

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

99 Red Balloons

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

my new favorite is "sars", with "sign" just behind it

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

there seems to be some sort of relationship between boring functionality of the name vs. quality of riddim but i haven't worked it out yet.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

(i.e. none of the really crazily named ones - "puppy water", "r2d2" - have been very good.)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(though i suppose "diwali" is nicely "mysterious")

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"good to go" right now wicked flamenco flourishes and allsorts...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

strongo - di nipples was a fab rhythm as was mad ants!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

well i said i hadn't figured out the patten yet!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

i want one called "steak and kidney" or "fat bastard" to come out, then my world will be complete...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

sean g is right...it really is like trading pokemon

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

pokemon riddim

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

snorlax riddim

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

i want cybele to come on and tell me about vitamin s

is it nice?

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

hornby riddim

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

custos riddim

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

surely trife riddim?

Oh there's too many great ones to boil it down but right now I'm loving Kashmir and Bad Kalic and Rebirth (Sean Paul's "Close To Me" is a better pop song than anything on his actual album!)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

What is this about?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

It's like this, Sundar.

Tim, is that "Close to Me" of "Cure Riddim" fame?

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

dancehall and grime threads guarantee I will never leave ilm

― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Sonny - I was excited at first too but Sean Paul's "Close To Me" is on the "Rebirth Riddim" and is a totally different song (excellent though!). In fact I can't even be sure that the riddim that is based on The Cure is based on "Close To Me" (I haven't heard it; read about it in The Face where I think they pinpointed that track; plus I wouldn't be surprised if it was an indirect result of Aussie group Baggsmen doing a dancehall version of "Close To Me" last year)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

please please please listen to sopranos riddim! it's the best of the year closely followed by sars. i recommend sean paul's dream dream dream. if i had to only pick one it would be bollywood. i love the disregard they give to the original by putting a really happy bouncy bassline over the top. addictive is a really sad song.

― sean g, Wednesday, 13 August 2003 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah Bollywood is great although the riddim album is a bit of a stretch. Sizzla's "Heat Is On" is fantastic in particular - why doesn't he do more nasty modern dancehall?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Because he also believes in higher powers unlike you, oh corrupt minion of Babylon. (Or something.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

addiction by tanya stephens is the best track on the bollywood rhythm easily, it's absolutely filthy!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

yes the cure riddim is 'close to me'

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Yabby You's 'Jah Vengeance'

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Sly, Robbie and Howie B - Super Collider

Dun dun dun duuuun, dun duuuun, dun dern dernn du da*2
dudler dudl da, duddle duddl da, duddl duddlr da da daa da*2

Repeat

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Coolie Dance! Coolie Dance! Coolie Dance! Profoundly offensively named, yet wicked. Check Sizzla on this one. So very very nice.

I forgot how much I love "Queen of the Minstrel"--there's some new stuff out on it. Very sweet, but nice as well.

― cybele (cybele), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Did someone actually call their track 'SARS'?
I still hate the name so much more then even 'Emo'

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

algoriddim

― man, Sunday, 9 November 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

nine years pass...

algoriddim
― man, Sunday, 9 November 2003 18:35 (9 years ago) Permalink

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 28 December 2012 20:38 (thirteen years ago)

answer riddim

― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 December 2012 21:37 (thirteen years ago)

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