You know when you first hear an amazing song, and it physically hurts to go through the day without listening to it, so you seek it out and listen to DJs who will probably play it, then eventually you get hold of the song yourself and you just mercilessly play and re-play it until anyone who shares space with you hates you a little bit? That’s where I am this week. For the past five or six days my life has been ruled by the Mission riddim by Baby G.

Baby G’s the son of the legendary King Jammy…

and he’s produced a bunch a great beats, including Hollow Hollow, but the Mission is his masterpiece.

The Mission belongs to an elite category of riddims that, for some cosmic reason, command all vocalists who approach them to take their shit 1000% serious. There are no less than 4 genuinely great songs made off of this riddim, and there would be no reason to have a blog at all if I didn’t share them now. Enough intro here they are.

The Mission - Damian Marley featuring Stephen Marley

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Green Grass - Jah Cure

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Cater For The Poor - Elephant Man

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and last but most definitely not least I’m On The Rock - Mavado

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I love this song so much that earlier this week I commissioned movementpants to create an interpretive dance for it. Really.

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