Editing Riddim (section)

==Definition==
Some classic riddims, such as "Nanny Goat" and "Real Rock" both produced by [[Coxsone Dodd|Clement "Coxsone" Dodd]], are essentially the accompaniment tracks of the original 1960s reggae songs with those names. Since the 1980s, however, riddims started to be originally composed by producers/beatmakers, who give the riddims original names and, typically, contract artists to voice over them. Thus, for example, "Diwali" is the name not of a song, but of a riddim created by [[Steven "Lenky" Marsden]], subsequently used as the basis for several songs, such as [[Sean Paul]]'s "[[Get Busy]]" and [[Bounty Killer]]'s "Sufferer."<ref>Goodman, Steve (2009). ''Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear'', p.161. {{ISBN|0-262-01347-9}}; and Manuel, Peter, and Wayne Marshall (2006). "The Riddim Method: Aesthetics, Practice, and Ownership in Jamaican Dancehall," in Popular Music 25(3), pp. 447-70.</ref>

"Riddims are the primary musical building blocks of Jamaican popular songs.... At any given time, ten to fifteen riddims are widely used in [[dancehall]] recordings, but only two or three of these are the ''now ting'' (i.e., the latest riddims that everyone must record over if they want to get them played in the dance or on radio).... In dancehall performing, those whose timing is right on top of the rhythm are said to be ''riding di riddim''.<ref>Stolzoff, Norman C. (2000). ''Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica'', p.126. {{ISBN|0-8223-2514-4}}.</ref>