Most reggae artists\/producers who live outside of Jamaica yearn to have hit songs there. Hopeton Lindo, who is based in South Florida, is no different.<\/p>\n
In early August, the singer-songwriter\/producer topped the Jamaica Music Countdown\u2019s (JMC) Top 10 Albums\/CD Chart with \u2018Favorite Riddim\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, a compilation album driven by songs from artists like himself, Sanchez, Novel-T and Peter G.<\/p>\n It is a big deal for Lindo who earned his stripes as an artist on Jamaica\u2019s competitive sound system circuit, and with songs including \u2018Territory\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Not Another Lonely Night\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. He made his name as a composer by co-writing or writing hits for JC Lodge, Gregory Isaacs, Buju Banton and Maxi Priest.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling as I know how competitive it can be, so to be accepted and approved by my country of birth is a blessing,\u201d said Lindo.<\/p>\n \u2018The Favorite Riddim\u2019<\/em><\/strong> was released in April by his Irie Pen Records. It contains songs such as \u2018Favorite Girl\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Lindo, \u2018The Best in Me\u2019<\/em><\/strong> (Sanchez), \u2018I Love the Way\u2019<\/em><\/strong> (Novel-T) and \u2018Not Taking No\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Peter G.\u00a0 \u2018I Love the Way\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Not Taking No\u2019<\/em><\/strong> topped the South Florida Reggae Chart.<\/p>\n Lindo credits his association with producers like Osbourne \u201cKing Tubby\u201d Ruddock, Gussie Clarke and Willie Lindo for his successful transition into production. Like them, he prefers to work with a stable of artists including Novel-T and Peter G.<\/p>\n \u201cProducing the same artists has its advantages as I get to know them on a different level. I also enjoy breaking new artists as I love to share the blessings of the Almighty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u2018Favorite Riddim\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is currently number two on the JMC Top 10 Albums\/CD chart which is operated by popular Jamaican broadcaster Richard \u201cRichie B\u201d Burgess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most reggae artists\/producers who live outside of Jamaica yearn to have hit songs there. Hopeton Lindo, who is based in South Florida, is no different. In early August, the singer-songwriter\/producer topped the Jamaica Music Countdown\u2019s (JMC) Top 10 Albums\/CD Chart with \u2018Favorite Riddim\u2019, a compilation album driven by songs from artists like himself, Sanchez, Novel-T […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-9198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breakingnews"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9199,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198\/revisions\/9199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}