Artist profile
Cutty Ranks is a dancehall and reggae artist from Jamaica known for his work in the Caribbean music scene. His recordings span several decades and reflect the evolution of dancehall production and vocal styles.
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Cutty Ranks is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Caribbean pocket.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Cutty Ranks averages 48% energy — harder than 73% of individual Caribbean tracks — and 55% groove, groovier than 57%.
Measured against 681 Caribbean tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 80–135 BPM with a median of 91 · predominantly major keys (45% minor) · most common key: 9B (G Major) with 3 tracks.
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We scored every transition between Cutty Ranks’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 60 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
17 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Snake Serve · 1B → 12B · +1 BPM · 84 chemistry
17 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Won't Kick The Habit · 1B → 12B · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
19 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Who Got da Funk · 1B → 2A · same BPM · 86 chemistry
19 of the 385 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Counterbalance · 1B → 1A · +2 BPM · 85 chemistry
18 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Alone in the City · 1B → 2A · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry
17 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 5 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
The HitMan - Martin Flex & Angel ft. Rubi Dan Remix → Can't Hide It · 8A → 8A · −5 BPM · 84 chemistry
17 of the 352 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Midnight Hour · 1B → 12A · same BPM · 86 chemistry
18 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 3 different Cutty Ranks tracks.
Retreat2018 → Cadence · 1B → 1A · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Cutty Ranks by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Cutty Ranks, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Cutty Ranks's tracks in our catalog range from 80 to 135 BPM, with a median of 91 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 90–95 BPM bucket.
Cutty Ranks's tracks are mostly in major keys (45% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 9B (G Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Cutty Ranks's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 60 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Amoss, Benny Page, Break are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Retreat2018 into Snake Serve, 1B to 12B, 84 chemistry.
Cutty Ranks sits closest to General Degree, Shabba Ranks, Chaka Demus & Pliers in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Cutty Ranks releases spanning 1991 to 2018, with the most tracks from the 1990s.
