Coffee Street Riddim – Optimus Productions Tt

Coffee Street comes in with that breezy, lime-ready soca pulse Trinidad crews were leaning into around 2013: light on its feet, but with enough bounce in the rhythm section to keep the dancers working. Optimus Productions TT keeps the cast tight at six cuts, and the tracklist moves neatly between the polished swagger of Shurwayne Winchester’s “Friday, ” Peter Ram’s feel-good “Feeling Nice, ” and Dev’s more aggressive “Wuk It N Wuk It, ” so the riddim never settles into one mood for too long. Sean Caruth, Tricia, and Valerie Hill fill out the set without crowding it, which leaves room for each tune to land cleanly. The strongest pull here is Shurwayne Winchester, whose “Friday” has the kind of open-road, weekend-starting lift that gives the whole project its lasting shape.