De Calling Riddim – Various Artists

Low-slung soca energy runs through De Calling Riddim, a 2012 various-artists set that leans hard into waistline lyrics and jump-up momentum. I. V’s “X Marks D Spot” and Red Cherry’s “Carnival Wine” set the tone early, while Chenko’s “Jiggle And Pose” and Venomous’ “Gyal Wine” keep the pressure on with the sort of cheeky, dance-floor-first writing that defined a lot of early-2010s Carnival material. There’s no single producer name attached here, just a straight-up platform for the voices, which gives the riddim a looser, more mixed-compilation feel than the tighter label packages circulating around the same time. That makes it sit neatly inside the 2012 soca catalogue as one of those party-side releases that was clearly meant for the road, the fete, and a quick selector pull.