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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
oh wow I'd missed "Black Liberation" -- that is fire
― rob, Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:57 (two 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