More Jab Jab Riddim – Combination Studio

Jab-heavy and straight to the point, this 2011 Combination Studio cut leans hard into the Carnival side of soca, with “Rum and Carnival, ” “Jab Black, ” and “Beat The Drum” doing the kind of roadwork that keeps the energy moving. The eight-track set is spread across seven artists, but Soca Samuel gets the clearest spotlight with both a club mix and a radio mix of “Beat The Drum, ” a nice touch that makes the package feel a little more rounded than a bare-bones riddim drop. Compared with the label’s later jab-minded releases, this one feels like an early marker in that lane: less polished, maybe, but full of the rough, grease-on-the-boots spirit that made jab jab soca such a strong Carnival thread. It sits neatly in Combination Studio’s catalogue as one of those local-season riddims built for the road, not the background.