Nasty Jab Riddim – Impulse Productions

Impulse Productions took the jab theme and kept it lean on Nasty Jab Riddim, a five-track soca set from 2017 that leans on sharp road-march energy rather than overloading the lineup. Jab King’s “Who Does Play Jab” comes off like the most direct anthem here, all attitude and carnival bite, while Lavaman’s “Sparrow” gives the riddim a little more character with its name-checking angle. Libra’s “Jab Level” and Pupa Leendi’s “D Shot” keep the pace moving, and the instrumental sits right in the middle of it all like a proper driver’s cut. It dropped in a busy jab-heavy soca era, when producers were still finding fresh ways to keep the genre’s carnival pulse sounding hard and current.