Dancehall Rock is the latest in VP Records' Riddim Driven series, and like the other entries, it features fifteen contemporary Jamaican dancehall artists voicing over the same rhythm track, in this case, the so-called "dancehall rock" rhythm developed out of the King of Kings Studio in Kingston. The lead version, "Ova Di Wall," by Elephant Man, benefits greatly by being first, although the speed rap attack of Hollow Point on "Sen On" is also pretty exhilarating, and Voicemail's "Higher" manages to wring romantic emotion out of the rhythm with his smooth neo-soul crooning. By far the most successful version here, the eerie, sliding "Pop No Style" by Chico, is the penultimate track, but a lot of these cuts fail to add much innovation to the rhythm, which will hardly matter once people hit the dance floor. ~ Steve Leggett