The French Kiss is arguably one of the most compact and brilliantly-produced projects in dancehall in years.

The rhythm, produced by DJ Constantine, a disc jock from Z103.5 in Canada who has one of the biggest live-club radio broadcasts in North America, is a must-have for any dancehall lover.

Beenie Man leads out the bouncy rhythm on the Constantine Music label with typical high energy as he makes lyrical boasts that he is a gangsta and a gallis on the party-mad Touch The Street.

Rookie deejay Bencil shows just how incredible a writer and an artiste he is with Gangsta Love, a melodic track where a thug professes love for a girl who wakes up emotions he never knew he had in him.

However, Blak Ryno has arguably the best song on the rhythm, Nah Fraida People. The song racked up 10,000 views in only one week on YouTube, and we can see why because Ryno raises the bar as he deejays: 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust, bwoy affi fraid of us/the last bwoy violate, that crash like a country bus'.

Dancehall veteran Bugle explains he would "rather smoke and high, mi rather drink and fly", rather than resort to violence "because mi no waan nobody die" while the brilliant Calado, with a powerful voice, declares that it is My Time to eat his slice of the musical cake.

Chuk Star shows up on the rhythm with I Wish, where he expresses remorse that he lost the girl of his dreams and he wishes for just one more chance to make things right with the love of his life. The ultra-talented Dudsy Mill jumps in with Tell Me Now, a plaintive song that asks the elemental question: does she like me? Dudsy Mill sings: "Tell me now, don't wait until later/do you really love me or is it just the paper?"

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Canadian-based artiste Eyesus shows that he is a powerful, fierce voice moving towards bigger things with the melodic My Love while Jahvinci brings his incredible voice and range to Jah Is My Life. Red-hot rookie Kantana tells a story with the track, Insecure, where he talks about the issue of trust, the lack of which has doomed many relationships.

Northbound comes up with a novel concept, Worker's Party and is brash enough to ask the boss not to fire him if he parties too hard and cannot show up for work the following day.

Deejay Reack shows excellent flow with Step Out with one of the best two bars we have heard in a long time. The talented Rural drops the cheeky Real Man She Want, a real 'Joe Grind' anthem for all the men who ill-treat girls only to find that they end up in the arms of another.