One Family Riddim – Mashworks Family Studio Productions

MashWorks Family Studio Productions keeps the focus tight on One Family Riddim, a five-track 2019 soca set that pairs D’Regulars’ “Angelina, ” Smallz’s “Fence, ” Clever’s “Prison, ” and Anthony KD’s “You N See Meh” with a joint instrumental from Hype Lyne Productions and MashWorks. The selector’s ear is on short, catchy cuts rather than a crowded lineup, and that compact approach fits neatly with the producer’s run of 2019 work, which also included titles like Dirty Trash and Blind Spot. There’s a familiar Grenadian-party energy in the way the vocals sit over the riddim, but this one leans a little cleaner and more direct than some of the heavier bashment-soca excursions in the catalogue. It’s the kind of release that slots into the middle of MashWorks’ late-2010s output as a lean, tuneful dance-floor piece.