Hard Slam Riddim

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Bernice Ebesugawa

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Aug 3, 2024, 2:26:35 PM8/3/24

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Me fall in love with dancehall riddim from bootleg cassette tapes. Mummy always say same how people have different taste in clothes and food, is same way dem have different taste in music. Me teenage years secrete behind ah big iron vault in me mind, and de vault bury under six feet ah concrete fuh extra security. Dat ah why me son, Luciano, duh know bout me rebellious years when me life was like one ah dem Indian quipu. Dancehall riddims tangle up in knots, and every knot is ah bag ah memories.

Ah slow drum beat mix-up with shak-shak and bass start up. Me not sure why everybody excited. De music mek church service sound like de best ting since slice bread. Me figure Chucky jus wah help me sleep caz he know me wake up since before cock crow dis morning. Me rest me head pan de seat in front me and doze off.

Guilt nearly kill me when me catch meself. Mummy bruising she kneebone every morning fuh beg de lord guidance pan me soul. She appealing to me father fuh look out fuh me from de grave. And me wining down in people van. Chucky play de same riddim go home. Me nah move ah muscle. When he stare me down, me stare um right back. And when me fed up, me drop ah sleep.

Chucky ah watch me hard, but he never touch me. Once me reach home, he passing me in de road like example. Me nah dig no horrors, caz he done explain dat he waiting patiently till me reach age ah consent.

Notten never hurt me so. Me know me short, but Suzette nah too older dan me. She father, Harry, put she fuh fry chicken in he rum shop after she fail Common Entrance three times. Every Friday night, when Harry throw Blacko, all man, married or single, congregating like red ants round de chicken basket.

Mummy notice me by de window and chase Cephus out she yard. Den she ban me from Blacko. It nah bother me though, caz is de same week Harry drop down in de middle ah de session and dead just so. Harry drink too much rum, but he always nice to me. Dat ah de second time me sorry fuh Suzette.

The emphasis pan Suzette last word knock out de floodgate me trying hard fuh control. Me feel warm piss running down me foot. Suzette push me like ah invalid to de public toilet by de top ah de van stand. And me searching ine me bag like ah mad woman fuh me face mask and me 99 cent hand sanitizer. Dis ah de first time me sorry fuh meself.

The Applause Riddim was created in 2005 by Rohan 'Snow Cone' Fuller. It appeared as the 97th album in the Riddim Driven series. Sean Paul's 'Temperature' is by far the biggest hit on the album, even people that are not into dancehall most definitely heard the tune. The riddim got a refresh in 2007 as the Mo' Applause Riddim.

The Coolie Dance Riddim was created in 2003 by Cordel 'Scatta' Burrell and his brother Everton 'Eva' Burrell. It was released as the 45th album in the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series. In 2004 another album was released as the 60th album in the Riddim Driven series, this time as the Coolie Skank Riddim (even though the riddim is exactly the same).

The Rice And Peas Riddim was created in 2001 by Paul 'Teetimus' Edmund. The tunes on it were first released on the 10th album in the Riddim Driven series by Rohan 'Snow Cone' Fuller. In the same year a version of the riddim called the Bun Bun Riddim was released on the 18th album in the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series.

The Red Bull & Guinness Riddim was created in 2006 by Delroy 'Delly Ranks' Foster and Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor. It was featured on the 81st album of the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series as well as the 114th album of the Riddim Driven series.

The Ghetto Whiskey Riddim was created in 2006 by Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor. It was released as the 86th installment in the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series. The tunes are all produced by Delroy 'Delly Ranks' Foster for the Pure Music label.

The Doorslam Riddim is the 3rd release in the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series. The riddim was created by the Annex Crew in 2000. The tunes were produced by Harvel 'Gadaffi' Hart. Stone Love released a version called the Mistake Riddim, also in 2000.

The Diwali Riddim was created in 2002 by Stephen 'Lenky' Marsden. Most people, dancehall lovers or not, probably know it because of 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul. The riddim was used on the 27th installment in the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series.