this one comes from a greensleeves riddim cd that i bought a while ago and i bought it blind as it wasn't a riddim that i knew but it had enough interesting names for me to want to check it out. after taking it home and listening to the first track, which was capleton's "caan hold we dung", i was amazed. to be honest while capleton's track is among the best on the cd, it wasn't his effort that stunned me.
it was those pianostabs that starts the track and it's they are that infamous fill from britney spears' "...baby one more time". the way the riddim is worked is that fill which goes into this traditional digital dancehall riddim formula of wonky drums and fat bass. here it is also treated with a pad that plays some chords and some small keyboard twitterings.
the virus riddim was produced by tony thomas, mikey williamson and delon reid and for his outing on this riddim he decides to take a stab at another song from the cheiron camp. being the backstreet boys' "i want it that way" and this crosspolination of cheiron pop music and ultra modern dancehall music is nothing short of brilliant.
reid sings the song as faithfully as he wants to take it and tackles this song in a good way. even the bridge where it gets a bit over the top in the original goes on the same tip and he pulls it off well. to be honest, all of this may be rear view mirror kitsch but i love this track.
buy here (7digital)
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