Few Jamaican careers have caught fire as fast as Koffee’s. A teenager from Spanish Town went from posting an acoustic Usain Bolt tribute online to holding a Grammy in barely two years.
The best Koffee songs still carry that rush: clean, quick-witted deejaying, gratitude where others reach for bravado, and melodies that slip into your head and stay there.
Now performing as Original Koffee, she has spent 2026 reminding everyone she is far from finished. The four-track Ova So EP landed in September, and “Toast” picked up a fresh Gold plaque in France the same week.
It is a good moment to look back. Here are the 12 tracks that define her, from Upsetta riddim beginnings to UK garage crossovers.
1. Koffee, “Toast” (2018)
Every artist dreams of one song that follows them everywhere, and “Toast” is Koffee’s. IzyBeats and Walshy Fire of Major Lazer built it around a bright guitar loop and a drum pattern that leans toward modern dancehall.
On top of that, Koffee turned a simple message about counting your blessings into a worldwide singalong. Its reach was remarkable.
According to Mixmag, Rihanna and Barack Obama both played it, and Obama’s 2019 summer playlist gave it another push.
It turned up in Jordan Peele’s Us and drew remixes from Tory Lanez and Mura Masa. It went Platinum in the UK and Gold in Canada in 2023, then Gold in France this September.
With more than 233 million Spotify streams and nearly 280 million YouTube views, it remains her signature.
2. Koffee, “Rapture” (2019)
The title track of her debut EP is where Koffee proved she was more than a one-hit wonder. She rides the beat with the ease of a veteran deejay, and the hook is pure crowd fuel: “Koffee come in like a rapture, and everybody get capture.” Mixmag watched a crowd sing that line straight back at her, which tells you everything about how it lands live.
The Rapture EP debuted at the top of Billboard’s reggae chart and then won Best Reggae Album at the 62nd Grammys.
At 19, Koffee became the youngest winner in the category and the first woman to take it. The song still gets heavy radio rotation and has passed 60 million Spotify streams.
3. Koffee, “Raggamuffin” (2018)
If you want proof that Koffee understood her lineage from day one, start here. Raggamuffin” puts her on the Real Rock riddim, the Coxsone Dodd Studio One foundation that Mixmag called “one of the most revered” tracks on the island.
Generations of Jamaican artists have tested themselves against that rhythm, and she does not flinch. The song arrived in January 2018 through Frankie Music and VP Records.
On it she calls out gun violence and the government’s neglect of young people with a calm authority far beyond her years.
It later took its place on Rapture, and it remains a favourite among serious heads who rate her catalogue song by song. Old riddim, young voice, timeless message.
4. Koffee feat. Gunna, “W” (2019)
Released on 26 November 2019, “W” was Koffee’s first crossover collaboration, pairing her with Gunna. A team-up like that could easily have felt like a label exercise. It works because she never bends herself to fit the rap world, and the track meets her halfway instead.
“W” reached No. 82 in the UK and went Silver with the BPI, but its afterlife has been even bigger. It landed on the iFruit Radio station in Grand Theft Auto V, which introduced her to a generation of gamers.
It has also piled up more than 92 million Spotify streams, second only to “Toast” among her own tracks. For a song few people would file under reggae, it did plenty to extend reggae’s reach.
5. Koffee, “Lockdown” (2020)
Some songs capture a moment. “Lockdown” captured a whole world holding its breath. It was released on 17 July 2020, and Koffee described it as “a song I wrote during the pandemic.”
She had been called to Popcaan’s studio, where she met producer Dane Ray, and the two found each other at exactly the right time.
Rather than wallowing in the strangeness of those months, the song turned the stillness into something warm and danceable, a commentary on COVID-19 that people actually wanted to replay.
The video has passed 92 million views on YouTube. When it later anchored her debut album Gifted, it stood among the record’s best-loved tracks, and it still sounds like a hand on the shoulder.
6. Koffee, “West Indies” (2021)
“West Indies” is Koffee at her most relaxed, a celebration of the region that sounds like the sun dipping into the sea. Released on 7 October 2021, it came from a pandemic-era studio link.
“During the pandemic, I got the chance to link up with Jamaican producer and DJ Iotosh, who I’ve been a fan of for a while,” she explained. That chemistry shows in the breezy, unhurried production.
One reviewer compared its dusk-settling party mood to Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long,” and the comparison holds.
This is music for the hour when the cooler starts emptying and nobody wants to leave. It became one of the standout cuts on Gifted and remains among her most played songs on Apple Music.
7. Koffee, “Pull Up” (2022)
For the lead single from Gifted, Koffee turned to JAE5, the producer behind records for J Hus, Burna Boy, Dave and Skepta. “Pull Up” blurs dancehall, rap and Afrobeats, with a sax line that smells of 1980s soul and a hook that is almost impossible to shake.
The video was shot on a rainy day in Manchester, but it slips in a nod to home with a Lada, a car plenty of Jamaicans will recognise.
The song has kept growing, passing 31 million Spotify streams and ranking among the album’s top-rated tracks with fans.
Its biggest legacy may still be unfolding. In 2025 it was sampled on “Slow Burner,” which gave it a second life on UK dancefloors.
8. Koffee, “Throne” (2019)
Hometown pride rarely looks as good as it does in the “Throne” video. It debuted on The Fader on 22 January 2019 and takes viewers on a tour through Spanish Town.
Walshy Fire, who also had a hand in “Toast,” co-produced the song, and the two tracks share a family resemblance.
Mixmag grouped them together as “sweet,” and the label fits. Where “Toast” gives thanks, “Throne” carries a quiet confidence: a young artist taking her seat without needing to shout about it.
It sat comfortably on Rapture, drew a Mura Masa remix and has collected more than 14 million Spotify streams. More than anything, it fixed Koffee in fans’ minds as a proud daughter of St. Catherine.
9. Koffee, “Burning” (2017)
This is where it all began. “Burning” was Koffee’s debut single and her contribution to Upsetta Records’ Ouji Riddim mixtape, where she shared space with heavyweights Busy Signal and Luciano.
The riddim carries its own family story, since it is named after Dubee, the firstborn son of the label’s co-founder.
The song grew out of a setback: her disappointment at not getting into Sixth Form after Ardenne High School.
She turned that sting into fuel. “‘Burning’ is about finding and embracing the fire within yourself and using it to accomplish great things,” she said.
It topped several reggae charts in the U.S. and announced that a serious new talent had arrived, one whose discipline matched her gift.
10. J Hus feat. Koffee, “Repeat” (2020)
Koffee’s UK story would not be complete without J Hus. Her guest turn on “Repeat,” from his album Big Conspiracy, gave her a top 25 hit.
It peaked at No. 21 on the Official Singles Chart during an eight-week run and reached No. 10 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B chart.
The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, J Hus’ first, and the song rode that wave. Her verse slots neatly into his Afro-swing world, a reminder of how naturally Jamaican flows sit inside Black British music, which has been shaped by sound system culture for decades.
With more than 50 million Spotify streams, it is her most-streamed feature and a key chapter in her British crossover.
11. Interplanetary Criminal & Original Koffee, “Slow Burner” (2025)
The newest song on this list is also one of the hottest. “Slow Burner” was released on 30 May 2025 through Room Two Recordings.
Interplanetary Criminal, the producer behind the UK chart-topper “B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)” with Eliza Rose, meshes UK garage with dancehall here.
The clever part is how the track folds Koffee’s own past into the present by sampling “Pull Up” alongside The D.O.C.’s “Let the Bass Go.” The result feels both familiar and new, with her voice gliding over a garage shuffle as if she had always belonged there.
An extended mix and an Effy remix followed that summer. The track has passed 19.5 million Spotify streams and still pulls in more than 16,000 plays a day.
12. Koffee feat. Buju Banton, “Pressure (Remix)” (2020)
“Pressure” first arrived on 30 July 2020 as an easygoing Koffee single with plenty of charm. Then Buju Banton stepped onto the remix, and the song became something bigger: a meeting of generations.
One of the most respected voices in Jamaican music, a man whose catalogue shaped the dancehall and reggae Koffee grew up on, was now sharing a track with the young Grammy winner.
His grit and her lightness make an inspired contrast. The remix video has drawn 18 million views on YouTube, and the original and remix together have topped 17 million Spotify streams.
More than the numbers, it stands as a blessing from an elder, the kind of torch-passing that matters deeply in a culture built on lineage.
Why Koffee Still Matters
Put these songs side by side and a pattern emerges: Koffee has never needed to shout to be heard. She has moved from the Ouji Riddim to Real Rock, from Gunna to J Hus, and from Iotosh to Interplanetary Criminal.
Through all of it, she has kept the clarity of her voice and the gratitude at the heart of her writing, which is rare in any genre.
Her Grammy made history. Her deeper achievement is showing a new generation that conscious lyrics, sweet melody and dancefloor energy can live in the same song.
Now recording as Original Koffee, she is still writing the next chapter, with Ova So fresh and “RAPID FYAH” alongside Skillibeng pointing somewhere new. For an artist who started out singing about the fire within, the best may still be ahead.
