Sesame Street Riddim – Various Artists

Brief and buoyant, Sesame Street Riddim keeps things lean with just two cuts, letting the groove do the talking instead of crowding it with names. Mrs Alysha’s “Jus Like That” leans into the playful, cheeky side of soca, while Problem Child’s “Whoa Gyal” pushes the energy a little harder with that same easy-to-move, party-room bounce. Released in 2011, it sits in that period when Trinidad-and-Barbados soca was full of compact, high-energy riddims that were made to work fast on the road and even faster in a DJ set. With only two vocalists on board, the project feels like a tight little snapshot rather than a big compilation, and that brevity is exactly what gives it its punch.