Optimistic Love Riddim – Smashing Records

Warm and needy, this 2017 Smashing Records set circles love-talk from a few different angles, with K Lyricist’s “Scream N Moan” and Pink Boss featuring Diiverse on “Mi And Yuh Forever” giving it the steamiest pull. The riddim itself has that lean, late-night dancehall pulse rather than any heavy bashment thunder, so the voices sit right up front and the melodies do most of the talking. Lymit’s “Ohh Mami” keeps the mood playful, while Shallii’s “Deceiving Woman” nudges things into more cautionary territory, which gives the sequence a little tension before the instrumental closes it out. One of those quiet riddim tapes you can stumble on and keep playing.