btw Jada fans should watch this excellent, elegant & jazzy live 1Xtra set: https://youtu.be/r73MT8eSvpU
― rob, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Vp_TBf9wk
Alkaline, "Eva High"
― rob, Thursday, 28 February 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
Squash with a video for "Trending":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtyHUVxeRoc
I wasn't completely sold on him at first tbh, but that's vibes.
This new Stylo G knocks:
So far I'm pretty strongly in favor of the dialectical response to trop house eating everyone's lunch being rap
― rob, Saturday, 2 March 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
You posted Stylo G twice! This is that Squash video for real:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplD4QyV4Q8Great track btw. Plus it namechecks Suriname, I like that!
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
Oh, and “Whoop Whoop” is a bop of a banger!(I don’t really get your comment about rap vs trop house?)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 00:38 (five years ago) link
Ah thanks for posting the right vid! The trop house comment was my obscure way of presenting an extremely undercooked thesis: after “tropical house” (i.e., watered down dancehall + soca) became mainstream global pop’s default setting, I got the sense that dancehall producers were at a loss to move to a new sound. Over the past year or so trap/rap more generally has emerged as a touch point for a bunch of the most exciting dancehall tunes. So basically I’m saying that dancehall has given up on trying to beat trop house at its own game and moved on to a new, rap influenced sound. However there are tons of exceptions to cite but I think it’s a legit trend now
― rob, Sunday, 3 March 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
idk if Jordan checks this thread, but I dig this new Epic B: https://soundcloud.com/immortal-instruments/meno-eddie-hill
I'm listening to the Little Simz album and no surprise or anything, but between this, Estelle's, and Mr Eazi's albums, Chronixx is a feature secret weapon, hope he puts out something new soon.
― rob, Thursday, 7 March 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
two excellent new Popcaan tunes
Unstoppable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwrLF3i_cjk
Redress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDNExKFS3iA
― rob, Sunday, 17 March 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
thanks Rob!
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 18 March 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
Apologies for killing anyone's browser with this post...
I'm thrilled the "Alkaline fell off" narrative has been definitively refuted. His collab with Kranium (Just the Style) hasn't quite clicked for me yet, but "With the Thing" is dope:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-QW3JcGJi8
Good stuff on the G6ixx Riddim, including Kartel's "Any Weather"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fs5aOhyMIY
and Teejay's "Shub Out"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es9qQi_doyM
(his tune with Ding Dong, "Braff," is fun too)
Great riddim on Popcaan's "Trouble Deh Deh" (couldn't figure out if it has a name, though I didn't try too hard):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0C7nTgA9pM
Also feeling Masicka, "Heights"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ZtAlIC_IU
and Squash, "Rifle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdko4dolGM
― rob, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
Of the above, I’m especially liking “With The Thing”, “Braff” and “Trouble Deh Deh” so far. (Have no access to “Shub Out” and “Rifle”)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 4 April 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
I guess continuing to have multiple artists version a riddim, but then only officially releasing one lead single (at least initially, I assume "Shub Out" will show up on Spotify eventually) is how things are going to be for a while in our confusing streaming era.
and since we praised it on the afropop thread, here is Kranium's "Mind Blown"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMn5iVAvRk
― rob, Thursday, 4 April 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Caught an all-Lady Saw 'In Focus' mix in NTS this morning, made my day. I'm sure it'll be archived soon.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 5 April 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
Belated, but I'd like to express my appreciation of Kranium's (and Young John's) "Mind Blown".
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't say no to a whole Drogba riddim album tbh (this version is Busy Signal):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S04ADSueF0
More brilliance from the 6ix bench, Chronic Law's "Hillside":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pXUCgWQwEE
(skip to 2:00 if you're impatient)
― rob, Thursday, 25 April 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
oooooh, busy!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
his ad libs are pretty inspired on that. I wonder if there'll be any original afrobeats on his new album, he always sounds fantastic versioning them
― rob, Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
speaking of Busy, this is quite good: http://www.largeup.com/2019/04/22/busy-signal-gotta-tell-ya-zum-zum/
― rob, Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
I’m here for Busy!I’m only aware of his Afro triptych from five (!) years ago, I think:“Same Way” (=Sarkodie’s “You Go Kill Me”);“Bou Yah (Vampire Teeth)” (=Mafikizolo’s “Khona”);“Professionally” (=P-Square’s “Personally”)Has he done any others since?
― breastcrawl, Friday, 26 April 2019 05:47 (four years ago) link
In somewhat related news, Popcaan jumped on the remix of Ghanaian reggae/dancehall singer J.Derobie’s “Poverty”, one of the year’s biggest songs in Ghana so far.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRwkDWFVsrMAnd fusing things up even more, follow up “Irie” was produced by Juls:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbER2DByWVg
― breastcrawl, Friday, 26 April 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
hm, yeah that might be it for afro-Busy, I can't really recall--I definitely forgot those were 5 years old!
Very interesting to hear Juls do basically straight reggae like that; the tempo and empty space on it almost sounds like Rhythm & Sound. I wasn't totally wowed by "Poverty" though.
― rob, Friday, 26 April 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
new Protoje with Lila Iké, Agent Sasaco, and a very welcome melodica:
https://youtu.be/sEy-49w-BYs
― rob, Saturday, 27 April 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
Poppy is on an absolute tear this year:
"Traumatized"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF9YWPilc7g
― rob, Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
Doin’ it, again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrcjOYlsERU
Vybz Kartel & Spice • Back Way
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 May 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
Really excited about the new Equiknoxx record (all vocal, digital release not out yet)https://boomkat.com/products/eternal-children-6de063b0-5e0f-472a-94f9-4a399812d1a1
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
One track has a video - Brooklynhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVmx4TfDDk
― vcrash, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
that's great news
thread is especially underfed this year (sorry) but Shenseea's "Blessed" blowing up deserves mention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3myULHqiE
― rob, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that one goes hard. And Tyga is the right choice for a guest feature.
I think maybe my favourite summery dancehall jam this year is I-Octane's Riviera / Born Gyalis::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbfOUekJR4
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
And... Kartel's Day Rave is growing on me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCf8L43m8Q4
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
Kartel is having a pretty decent year so far, btw, but what else is new?
Kartel & Squash - Beat Them Bad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_5tbd6LHE
Any Weather:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fs5aOhyMIY
Dem no Ready (Lifestyle Riddim):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGYfve_Kibs
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Whoa, that Lifestyle Riddim is burning flames!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Yeah that's sick
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
TeeJay’s version is awesome too.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
Indeed. There are a few good songs on it. I think maybe the Chronic Law one is the biggest at the moment?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVLfQxqyaGY
and maybe Teejay? (edit: breastcrawl beat me to it)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKafV5hFiNY
I'm always partial to some good Sean-a Paul myself, though, lol:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTDo0ziN3vU
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
I was about to link the whole album lol, 14 different versions (including the instrumental)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I think this will quite possibly be the big riddim this summer.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
I really like the Demarco version too.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, June 20, 2019 5:06 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
getting Kartel, Sean Paul, Squash, TeeJay, and Chronic Law all on it def a strong play!
― rob, Friday, 21 June 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
Has Kartel's voice ever sounded this worn and tired? The song is a banger, though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v_CtsI5C50&frags=pl%2Cwn
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 22 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Zing doesn’t show that YouTube for me, but it’s “Loving Every Minute” and it’s quite nice.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 June 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
more signs of life in the riddim ecosystem: One Don with Kartel, Popcaan, Masicka, TeeJay, Ishawna, and Shawn Storm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG8QkBdjl84
― rob, Sunday, 21 July 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
I feel like it's been a while since we had a shameless play for summer anthem, so this Konshens & Jahvillani tune ("Every Gyal Vibe") is actually kind of refreshing (esp compared to some of the rote trap riddims I skipped through before it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUx5fVvqK4
[video is pretty NSFW]
― rob, Sunday, 21 July 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD8PMg5D21IBush Tea - Wiyah Waist
― vcrash, Friday, 9 August 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
NY Times dancehall photo essay mentions Spice , Shenseea, Ishiwana, Jada Kingdom
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 August 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/09/arts/music/jamaica-dancehall-queen.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 August 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
Love that Bush Tea track!I’m reposting it here: where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop, because that thread could do with some love, and because it might fit even better there.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 10 August 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
where I'm coming from by lila ike is hot
― just sayin, Monday, 19 August 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7o64Mc6Ids
― just sayin, Monday, 19 August 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
yeah that's dope, the video is fun too.
my favorite Alkaline track this year--the MJ-esque "With the Thing"--has a moody, cinematic video now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T63F7KgF16g
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
kind of shocked to be the one posting this /bordering on parody, but somehow making it work/ Dexta song "Strangers":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsfnrliX8e4
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link