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1. under me sleng teng - wayne smith

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

riddimriddimriddim
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What on earth is the etymology of "riddim"? I'm seeing it way too often these days, and it kinda bugs my boring self.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:22 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, ok. maybe this could be adressed heretoo.

the genaelogy of the term/notion?

i was talkin to a hiphop head the other day who was sighing over the diwali riddim and i mentioned "classic breaks" as a riposte.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

here

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

My rule of tumb was "if they go 'biddly biddly bong' -> by this theory grebt pianner artiste VANESSA CARLTON = riddmintastic -> my theory is watertight!

― Sarah (starry), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dancehall is practically the same as 'riddim' but 'riddim' sounds better innit. I've seen posters for it in Walthamstow you know but give me a nice copy of Indie Top 20 and I'm happy.

― Sarah (starry), Saturday, 20 September 2003 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd be incredibly embarrased to read a white rock crit use 'rhythm' when discussing dancehall instrumentals. There really is no argument, it's 'riddim' and has been since the music's conception.

― jani, Saturday, 20 September 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

As for the etymology of the word riddim, it hardly takes a rocket scientist to work out does it?

― jani, Saturday, 20 September 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd be incredibly embarrased to read a white rock crit use 'rhythm' when discussing dancehall instrumentals

works the other way too i guess

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 20 September 2003 11:48 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

So there's this Sleng Teng Progress: 2K5 riddim disc I got in the mail the other day (reasonable enough lineup -- Sizzla, Beenie Man, etc.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Listened to MIA's Arular again this week (it's a grower) and after two or three cuts found myself singing "Under me sleng teng..." Played Wayne Smith next and it's a match! Followed that with "Ring The Alarm' by Buju Banton featuring Tenor Saw and then straight to the expanded edition of The Congos from 1977. Jah still rules baby.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 14 May 2005 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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