p good reflection (note to Fader: it is 2021) on the current scene:
https://www.thefader.com/2021/02/17/without-carnival-soca-artists-made-2020-theirs
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
mentioned in that article, Motto's "Uber Everywhere" is an anthem*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLmLrfthu0I
*not just for Uber, Inc. lol
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
ha, I’m in the very middle of finally checking these out. my main findings so far:- I love the Crazy Duck Riddim- I am extremely sure Teddyson John & Kerwin Du Bois' "See Dem” works incredibly well for meJust in: - “Uber Everywhere” is top notch
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 20 February 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
ha yeah I was shuffling my soca playlist the other day and "See Dem" came up, I was like "what is this?? it's amazing!"; just needed fresher ears I think
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
this takes a minute to build up but then it's monumental:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkC8uU0OC0
System32 & Shal Marshall, "All Day" (the whole 24 Hour riddim is prob worth checking out)
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
“Properly” also a proper jam
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Swappi's properly is... strangely kartel-like in that one part. I love all of it.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 20 February 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
it has some vybz for sure! annoyingly not on streaming in my neck of the woods though
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
I can't find it anywhere outside of youtube, unfortunately. I need an mp3 badly.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 20 February 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
always puzzling to me when this happens and there's a professional video
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
Nadia Batson's A Love Note to Carnival is giving me all the feels tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjntjwvlswA
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 21 February 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link
Loving how Machel channels Wizkid on the approriately titled High Life (Beach Chair Riddim)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EarA7zSmmQ
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
Kerwin's 'See Dem' upthread is something special, the way it hardly has any beats on it but still sounds iconic and like something you could see people getting down to. No doubt it will get versioned to fuck, and I'm all for a big Road version myself
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
This is sumptuous. Can't wait for summer
Aisha Noel - One Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRu4Dx0pq6k
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 5 March 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
Belated thanks for System32 "All Day" as noted earlier, once it gets going that is a serious jam
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 17 April 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
Does David Rudder still put out music or is he retired?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
wild, i was just listening to "Calypso Music" when i clicked this thread!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
So I held an informal 2021 Soca Monarch competition at the school where I work back in early March and the clear winner was Olatunji's Drunk History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsUg3v0Ibg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 09:07 (three years ago) link
Have decided that while "Backyard Jam" might be one of the most upbeat, topical soca songs of recent times, it's "See Dem" which has proliferated as my internal soundtrack to lockdown slowly being lifted in the UK. The lack of drums gives it an airiness and a floatiness akin to spring days, meeting up with friends in parks and gardens. Is there a word for a current thing which makes you feel nostalgic for the present? Cos that's how I feel about "See Dem", it's like a postcard of right now.
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 09:14 (three years ago) link
still on lockdown here in Montreal, but that's a nice post dl
and Drunk History is great! thanks for posting that
― rob, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
“See Dem” gives me the feels too. the irony being that the song is about people who are *not* your friends
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
btw, dog latin, from a different thread, but have you heard Busy’s “Bring Rum”? it has the exact same vibe you just described imo
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
worth repostinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_SpwmQj2M
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Ola's "Riddim We Want" is pretty banging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdHzgXZqVU8
him and System32 have a somewhat similar borderline chaotic vintage makeover tune too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDEBYQFZpo8
"Don't Stop Carnival"
― rob, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
I swore I already posted this (it's on the same riddim as MM's Private Party), but Skinny Fabulous's "Act Normal" also works as an opening up anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etxx6GsfSRQ
― rob, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
Xps yes it only just struck me how antisocial "See Dem" is. I don't pay attention to lyrics on first or second pass so I'm actually a bit disappointed that this song I'd attributed to "yearning" (and I know there's a Trini word for this specific feeling which I can't remember right now) is actually about distrust and solipsism. Never mind, it's lovely. And yes, "Bring Rum" is fantastic
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
you're probably thinking of "tabanca"
btw, I'm listening to Bring Rum again and liking it a lot more than the other day (my pop music ears have been messed up by pandemic/lockdown is my theory)
― rob, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
"Tabanca" was what I was thinking. It was on the tip of my tongue and yet it kept reaching for "parang", lol
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
"Drunk History" is so much fun. Soca's killing it right now, but I guess it always is
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
Apparently this is from 2019 so might be old news to some of you, but it's worth posting about since it's the first time I'm detecting an SA house vibe on a soca riddim.
Here's the Bantu Village Riddim mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpKiv8eu2B0
Orlando Octave – Beauty Marlon Asher – Party Started Benjai - Say What They Want Lady Lava – Feeling Away Shea Shea – Love Come Down Dale Ryan - Give Thanks
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
WE GOIN' ALL DAAAAAYJACK BAUER DEM CALLIN' WE
(lol just caught that second verse)
― rob, Saturday, 1 May 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
Looooool didn't notice that
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 1 May 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
'All Day' sounds better every time I hear it
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
Also, every time Machel on "High Life" sings: "Hope you have a good day and everything is o...kay", it hits me so hard in the feels I get pinpricks behind my eyes.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
I like the occasional steel drum pings on the Machel Montano cut too. Some of his flow and melodies just hit you, as noted .
Saw him live some years back and it was a great late night gig. While some soca acts just tour using backing tracks , he had a full band . Big crowd and lots of energy. Montano had lots of charisma onstage
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
not really hearing the SA house in the Bantu Village Riddim, but I love it just the same!
(when it starts I'm immediately reminded of the beat on Iyanya's "Kukere" tho)
(xps to dog latin)
also, can I get an amen for Olatunji's "Riddim We Want"? such a joyous banger, with a true carnival of sounds in the mix
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
it’s heresy, I know, but for my own convenience/pleasure more than anything I made an integrated Rolling playlist for all the Caribbean music threads (soca, dancehall, reggaeton/dembow/urbano, Martinique, other caribbopop). we’re 72 tracks in, feel free to follow:ILM rolling Caribbean vibes 🥁🥁🥁
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
I like your brand of heresy, breastcrawl.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
ha some years I combine my soca & dancehall playlists and sometimes I don't, though that's more just to keep things manageable
I'm not sure how I missed longneck posting it in March, but MM's "High Life" is great!
Bantu Village: this was new to me but really lovely, but not sure I should be trusted here as I pretty much like every single afro-soca riddim I've ever heard lol. I do think I hear what you mean by SA house, dog latin, though the *thump* is super muted
Olatunji put out like half a dozen classics this season iirc
― rob, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
catching up on those Olatunji classics:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOx9es8EyaYOlatunji ft. Good Times Ahead • Black Liberationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3NPFvo9QoOlatunji ft. System32 • Doing Itguy is *creative*
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 05:43 (three years ago) link
oh wow I'd missed "Black Liberation" -- that is fire
― rob, Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
This super-minimal mashup of Meri Makhna Meri Soniya and Buni Garlin's Big Bad Soca is pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ktdjvCfGXA
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 8 November 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
nice remix
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 November 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
yeah, very dope
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 21 November 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
I read something somewhere suggesting that my old-school fave David Rudder might release something new. I think he lives in Toronto now
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 November 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/barbados-queen-republic-ceremony-prince-charles-rcna6901?fbclid=IwAR3DMjpw2NW8XpGa_wjCNY-jKIrwwUo-tlRVyvLPeLy07uyj_0ORvsx_7Zw
Barbados cuts ties with the Queen and celebrates
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
Any soca in 2021 best of lists?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
Here we go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IOPlFMYi_c
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
That was "DECORATE" by 2MV & Keshav
Everything I hear by Aisha Noel I love, and "The Realest Thing" is no exception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lKx_U-X6jI
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 23:54 (two years ago) link
oh I love that Noel track
― rob, Friday, 21 January 2022 13:56 (two years ago) link
the fete is over here right now (bring your own rum!): where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link