Rub A Dub Riddim

by Reggae Artists

Reggae and dancehall purists will argue all day and all night about different ‘riddims’ with you but I won’t spend much time on the subject today. Essentially a ‘riddim’, or rhythm in non patois, is the beat to which a particular track is set to.  What used to be associated with the bassline and drum beat – back in the day of Sly & Robbies ‘Bam Bam’ riddim – has now been more widely used to refer to the entire backing track. As to the number of riddims out there today I could not even hazard a guess but I did find a database with 886 and counting over at Reggae Riddims.

Moving on though I wanted to just give you that intro before I announced one riddim that I am really into right now, it’s called the Rub A Dub riddim. I dug up a few tracks by some of my favourite reggae artists that use the Rub A Dub riddim and here are three of the best examples.

Anthony B – Striving

Richie Spice – The Plane Land

Morgan Heritage – Nothing To Smile About

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