Riddim Driven: Time Travel

Riddim Driven | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vp Records
• ASIN: B000098ZQE
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

11 TRACKS: 1) Elephant Man - Nah Mix Up 2) Bounty Killer - Many Gal 3) Zumjay - Do Or Don't 4) Wayne Marshall - Taking The Music 5) Assassin -Roll In 6) General Degree - The Specialist 7) Vibes Cartel - Send On 8) Crissy D - Share My Dreams 9) De K»ö ýS üï øï üñ $ ?2ó üð ýS @ ó L û

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another Lenky Production.. .. .., May 22, 2003

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Achis (Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riddim Driven: Time Travel (Audio CD)

Tracklist
1. Nah Mix Up- Elephant Man
2. Many Gal- Bounty Killer
3. Do or Don't Zumjay
4. Taking the Music- Wayne Marshall
5. Roll In- Assassin
6. The Specialist- Degree
7. Send On- Vybz Cartel
8. Share My Dreams- Chrissy D
9. Fake Badman- Determine
10. Head Up High- Bling Dawg
11. 20/50 Instrumental- Lenky

Do or Don't by Zumjay, Taking the Music by Wayne Marshall and Heads Up High by Bling Dawg are not good tunes. Zumjay's is listenable but barely and the other two are subpar at best. . . That being said, the real star of this album like all albums of this type is the riddim and it, of course produced by burgeoning super-producer Steven "Lenky" Marsden is fantastic. It manages to do what its brilliant predecessors the Diwali and the Masterpiece, respectively, managed to do; In that it takes a completely unique sound which one certainly wouldn't hear and slap a 'DANCEHALL' label on and completely turns it into a complete dancehall riddim with all its beautiful twists and turns.
To the album. Is it as good as the Diwali album? Nope. Is it as good as the Masterpiece album? Not really, but very comparable. Is it still a good album? Certainly. Lenky's riddims are truly about vibes and in that category the Time Travel stands comparable to both of its older brothers. The rest of the songs besides the three i mentioned are very good. The best of which being Send On by superstar in the making Vybz Cartel and Roll In by another superstar in the making Assassin. Also really like the Specialist by Degree and Chrissy D who is making quite a career for herself staying on Lenky's riddims with excellent material is great on Share My Dreams which would do great (just like her tune on the Masterpiece) in clubs all over the world were it given the opportunity. Fake Badman by damn good lyricist Determine is tight as well and of course, just like the other two albums one of this albums best songs is the instrumental which is just a very unique mix by Lenky which really does stand well by itself. Overall, of course you can't go wrong here, a complaint would be that maybe it shouldn't have come out until it had more than 11 tracks, Lenky favourite Wayne Wonder is noticably absent, but maybe its better that its not overrun with 20+ tunes as Greensleeves does with its albums, however Lenky has proven his ability to make that many different adaptations of his riddims, and which artist out there wouldn't want to jump on and try riding one at this point? But its still a very good album, just now the Masterpiece is just starting to break in the urban market all over the country, so it may be a second before the Time Travel gets great airplay, but it will certainly get its chance, (if Greensleeves is smart they'll make Send On a single off of Vybz Cartel's upcomming album)so get the jump on it and snag the riddim album now, seriously incredible vibes, seriously good recordings with some seriously skillful artists and a seriously good album. GO GET IT!

4.0 out of 5 stars Good song selection, great Riddim, May 4, 2004

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"juddjs" (Vt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riddim Driven: Time Travel (Audio CD)

I'll start by saying that this cd is loaded with todays top dancehall stars. With stars like Elephant man, Vybz Kartel, Bounty Killer, and Zumjay plus many more. My cd however I think is defective because I can hear little skips but they are hardly noticed. This is a great dancehall riddim that has been used by many stars for good reason it's Great!! From the same guy who made the ever popular Diwali riddim probably the most popular riddim ever made!! So this would be a great choice for someone who likes dancehall. I would also recommend The Diwali riddim cd from Greensleeves, it has many great artists like, Spragga Benz, Elephant Man, T.O.K., Danny English and Egg Nog, Bling Dawg and many more!!!