In the current times of the music industry, heavily linked to the strict rules of intellectal property/copyright, the riddim is a strange (cultural ?) element. It looks like an open-source/copyleft/proto-Creative Common instrumental track, on which any guy with enough guts and charisma is allowed to toast.
Well, I guess current riddim producers have sorted the legal issue out since the phenomenon appeared, but still, the scheme is pretty original, and quite sane in my opinion.
Red Bull Music Academy just published an article about one of those riddims, the worldwide famous "Dem Bow", popularized by Shabba Ranks, and adapted until recently in the most annoying reggaeton anthems such as "Gasolina". Follow the history.
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