Riddim Revenge

Di Genius Stephen Mcgregor gets up with teh Jamaican Star to talk about duplicating older classic riddims. Stephen Mcgregor’s latest riddim The Day Rave is available on Episode 26 of One Drop Radio.

Remaking a rhythm or duplicating it does not necessarily mean that a rhythm was not good enough but it might be a testament that the first was exceptional.

There have been some memorable dancehall rhythms over the past two decades, and recently, there have been remakes of these older rhythms on the airwaves.

One of the most popular and recent rhythms to grace the dancehall is Unfinished Business by TJ Records, which features several songs like Serani’s No Games, Mavado’s So Special and Assassin’s Jah Guide And Protect Me.

Unfinished Business is actually a remake of producer, Dave Kelly’s popular 1998 Showtime rhythm. TJ Records also did another variation of the Showtime called Show-off last year which featured Bounty Killer’s Bullet Proof Skin and Beenie Man’s Bullet Proof.

This is no surprise because Dave Kelly provides musical inspiration for owner and producer of TJ Records, Linton ‘TJ’ White.

The full story is available at The Jamaican Star