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Justice

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I noticed that Yellwo Moon Records were listed as the creators of the Justice Riddim after hearing a breif clip of it and noticing the selection of the artists voicing on it.

Rest assured, however, the only author of the nice nice Justice riddim is ace dancehall producer Vendetta. The cool intro to the riddim which sounds like something right out of a Godfather movie "For Justice we must go to Don Corleone", makes the audience well aware of whose the real architect of the Justice. Like most of Vendetta's productions, the Justice is fun fun fun, a huge amount of vibes, and like most version albums which run 20 tracks deep, there is a whole heap of average material mixed in here with some very good material. However, like all of these type of albums, the real star here is the riddim/producer.

The Justice is a high-powered, wicked and hard hitting piece of a riddim that explodes on speakers. Of the artists that approach it, vets Capleton, Bling Dawg, Elephant Man (who seems like he should've had something amazing on this riddim which suits him fine) and Delly Ranks & Lukie D all fail to hit the mark on Not Amred, But Dangerous, Real Gangsta, Gimme Back Dancehall and U Don't Even Know Me respectively.

The stars of the Justice riddim are Beenie Man and, predictably, Vybz Kartel (who mind-melds himself to every single Vendetta riddim almost immediately) who both score on both combinations and solo tracks, with arguably Kartel's combination with Wayne Marshall, the riddim's namesake being the best of the entire album. Also highlighting here is Turbulence who turns in a surprisingly fine effort on Put Love On Your Mind. Vendetta artist Alaine also scores fine on her tune Go.

Also scoring well on the Justice, are up and coming Calico who just goes flat out wicked on his Gal Hunt, very big tune. And ex Elephant Man sparring partner Spice who does a fine job on her Guilty as Charged, Lady Spice is an artist worth keeping an eye on and hopefully Vendetta didn't lose her number as I'd love to hear her on his future exploits. And of course on eof the finer tunes on the album is the closer which is the just the freeflowing riddim itself, always a must to include on albums like this one.

Overall, the major critique I have of this album is that unlike most of the producer's other pieces the Justice riddim doesn't change much from artist to artist. Maybe due to the 'Yellow Moon' factor, but it kind of stays the same no matter whose riding it, and I would have loved to see what he could have done in switching this one up a little. However, its everything you've come to expect from GS's Rhythm Album series, little good, little bad, always nice vibes.