1Xtra - Greatest Dancehall Riddim Ever POLL

In this context, wouldn't the "old head" choice be Real Rock?

yes, but i'm not that old.

i could easily pick from about half a dozen of these but with regard to Sleng Teng i also basically only listened to versions of it for months.

where does Dembow fit into all this?

i guess Dembow is more important for it going on to have such a fundamental impact on Reggaeton rather than it being a riddim that there are tons of versions that people love.

Surprised not to see Tempo, Rumours or African beat
Also love Wicked in Bed (Shabba Ranks), Hypocrites, I'm Just a Guy, Love me Forever (Bim Sherman), Get in the groove...

From these, I don't know, Stalag. It's hard to separate from the performances on them.

Sleng Teng. No contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDrRNbVpjg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzqS6MHd9Ek

A worthy winner, but it would have been nice if Real Rock got a few votes. My second choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgwW27RvzIc

Answer deserved a vote too; that's one I didn't immediately recognize based on the name, which was pretty dumb in retrospect, given how much I love Lone Ranger's titular version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKmelL9RI9E

On the other hand, the selection criteria are fairly opaque to me. I basically disqualified Real Rock because it seemed like the list was trying to showcase quintessentially dancehall riddims, and RR is such a classic reggae riddim it didn't make sense to me to include it and not Satta Massagana, Drum Story, etc. But Bam Bam, Answer, and Stalag all precede the dancehall era too so idk...