9. Lyrikal, “25/8”
We’ve all been there: at a party we wish would never end, ever. Some of us might want to go at it all day, or even all week. Trini soca artist Lyrikal takes it a step further in “25/8,” advocating for just “one extra hour and one extra day” to feed an unbreakable partying habit because, well, “24/7 is never enough for we.” The Ma$tamind and Kay Gee production was actually released in time for Cropover 2012, becoming a soca staple and achieving party anthem status in Carnival season 2013, and it is not difficult to see why. With lyrics touching on alcohol, backsides and of course a party that “cannot done,” “25/8” epitomizes the sentiments of all dedicated feters, and adherents of bacchanal. —Marcha M. Johnson