KINGSTON, Jamaica — Deportee and Ricky Ten, two artistes on the Akbar Record Label out of Boscobel, St Mary, are set to drop separate singles on the Melodies Riddim, produced by Zimm, on June 1.

But it’s Bennett’s Drop Leaf riddim, a traditional one-drop reggae beat awash in tasteful guitar strums, that stands as a benchmark riddim of the 2000s.