http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/29/ghetto-palms-catching-up-with-the-very-best-yalira-douster-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/29/ghetto-palms-catching-up-with-the-very-best-yalira-douster-remix-mp3/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:15:26 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=129310 Time flies. It seems like, not yesterday, but definitely not four years ago, that I found myself sharing some sort of faux-Arabic pizza device with Johan Hugo and Etienne Tron of Radioclit, the three of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/29/ghetto-palms-catching-up-with-the-very-best-yalira-douster-remix-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/ghetto-palms-chief-boima-x-okayafrica/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/ghetto-palms-chief-boima-x-okayafrica/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:28:04 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=121742 EARTH PEOPLE. You may recall I used to do a weekly column round here titled Ghetto Palms. But lately, Ghetto Palms has been on a bit of a tropical vacation, while I’ve been chasing the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/ghetto-palms-chief-boima-x-okayafrica/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/ghetto-palms-135-murlo-tvotr-x-xxxchange-hungry-dawg-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/ghetto-palms-135-murlo-tvotr-x-xxxchange-hungry-dawg-riddim/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:30:28 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=102908 Since the last time we spoke, radiation from Japan blew over the Caribbean and Bunji Garlin cut off his dreads. Dutty Artz dropped this excellent LP from Atropolis and Diplo got simultaneously vilified in hardstyle … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/ghetto-palms-135-murlo-tvotr-x-xxxchange-hungry-dawg-riddim/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/ghetto-palms-134-natalie-storm-beenie-man-bottle-party-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/ghetto-palms-134-natalie-storm-beenie-man-bottle-party-riddim/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:00:43 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=100024 Let’s see, things of interest: I traveled to Puerto Rico while most of the music industry world was in Texas last week. Meanwhile Ghetto Palms guest selectors Jillionaire and Walshy Fire are gearing up for … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/ghetto-palms-134-natalie-storm-beenie-man-bottle-party-riddim/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/ghetto-palms-133-akwaaba-afrogospel-jahdan-x-soshifty/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/ghetto-palms-133-akwaaba-afrogospel-jahdan-x-soshifty/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:40:16 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=98582 Where to start with this one? The vertebrae that make up the spinal column of this blend are a couple of 21st century African gospel/spiritual tracks that will probably need a little contextualization for most … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/10/ghetto-palms-133-akwaaba-afrogospel-jahdan-x-soshifty/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/02/ghetto-palms-132-petrona-martinez-maria-mulata-d%e2%80%99angel-rayvon/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/02/ghetto-palms-132-petrona-martinez-maria-mulata-d%e2%80%99angel-rayvon/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:30:09 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=96469 So after teasing a vocal intro from Geko Jones’ Maria Mulata refix into my bacchanal blend last week, I decided to just say fuck it and go full on dancehall bullerengue this week. To my … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/02/ghetto-palms-132-petrona-martinez-maria-mulata-d%e2%80%99angel-rayvon/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=94455 Where to start—Libya in turmoil, revolution spreading like a virus from North Africa to Real Africa (and not sure whether its worse when they report it that way or when they just don’t report it). … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/17/gp-130-pinchers-vybz-kartel-schlachthofbronx-moombahton/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/17/gp-130-pinchers-vybz-kartel-schlachthofbronx-moombahton/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:30:12 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=91759 A little bit of singjaying, a little of nasty bass, a little bit of Vybz Kartel over a francophone club track. These are a few of my favorite things, the puppy dog tails that Ghetto … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/17/gp-130-pinchers-vybz-kartel-schlachthofbronx-moombahton/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:30:57 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=90462 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/gp-128-egypt-mutamassik-mia-rajstar-3ball-34-revolution/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/gp-128-egypt-mutamassik-mia-rajstar-3ball-34-revolution/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:00:39 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=89405 Had serious problems focusing on music discovery and column-writing in the last 2 days, distracted as I was by a two-year old with bird flu (ok, not really but a two-year old with any flu … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/02/gp-128-egypt-mutamassik-mia-rajstar-3ball-34-revolution/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/ghetto-palms-127-jillionaire-tok-poirier-schlachthofbronx-swappi-soca-rave-exclusives/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/ghetto-palms-127-jillionaire-tok-poirier-schlachthofbronx-swappi-soca-rave-exclusives/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:30:13 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=87589 While I was digging into the green revolution in Detroit, the ghetto palms world kept right on spinning, so here is a quick catch-up: about the time NY was getting into Christmas bashment, Brazil set … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/ghetto-palms-127-jillionaire-tok-poirier-schlachthofbronx-swappi-soca-rave-exclusives/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/13/gp-126-collie-buddz-gyptian-vybz-kartel-busy-signal-wayne-marshall/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/13/gp-126-collie-buddz-gyptian-vybz-kartel-busy-signal-wayne-marshall/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:30:54 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=86301 Omitted from my Ghetto Palms reading list a few weeks back was a coffee table book I got for my birthday called Detroit Disassembled. Built around Andrew Moore’s revelatory photos, it features nuff ghetto palms … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/13/gp-126-collie-buddz-gyptian-vybz-kartel-busy-signal-wayne-marshall/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/gp-125-special-guest-selector-tasha-rozez-2010-in-dub/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/gp-125-special-guest-selector-tasha-rozez-2010-in-dub/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:30:19 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=85066 I wanted to do something special for this first Ghetto Palms of 2011. I’ve been rapping with Tasha “the wickedest lady DJ ‘pon the road” Rozez of Toronto’s Gunz n Rozez soundsystem about doing a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/gp-125-special-guest-selector-tasha-rozez-2010-in-dub/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/15/ghetto-palms-124-exclusive-rihanna-x-vybz-kartel-mia-natalie-storm-shadetek/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/15/ghetto-palms-124-exclusive-rihanna-x-vybz-kartel-mia-natalie-storm-shadetek/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:30:00 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=83283 When I took a little side trip into book-world last week— drawn into Eden’s alley by the color of ghetto palms under fluorescent lights— I left part of my brain behind, where its been compiling … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/15/ghetto-palms-124-exclusive-rihanna-x-vybz-kartel-mia-natalie-storm-shadetek/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/08/ghetto-palms-123-chllngr-de-tropix-jahdan-bunji-garlin-rita-indiana/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/08/ghetto-palms-123-chllngr-de-tropix-jahdan-bunji-garlin-rita-indiana/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:30:32 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=82031 I must pass 500 ailanthus trees— commonly known as the humble ghetto palm, which gave this column its name— on the way from my building to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. But the ailanthus has barely had … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/08/ghetto-palms-123-chllngr-de-tropix-jahdan-bunji-garlin-rita-indiana/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/01/ghetto-palms-122-chief-boima-banana-clipz-champeta/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/01/ghetto-palms-122-chief-boima-banana-clipz-champeta/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:00:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=80640 Several things happened in the Ghetto Archipelago recently that caught my ear/mind. For instance: the University of the West Indies held a conference on cloud computing to float the idea of transforming the whole Caribbean … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/01/ghetto-palms-122-chief-boima-banana-clipz-champeta/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/ghetto-palms-121-wildlife-truck-back-tun-up-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/ghetto-palms-121-wildlife-truck-back-tun-up-riddim/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:31:43 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=78874 Another week, another killer ’90s throwback riddim coming exclusive from another one of my favorite production houses, um, trucks. Another field of heavy deejays touch down on one of the most audacious beats to come … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/18/ghetto-palms-121-wildlife-truck-back-tun-up-riddim/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/11/ghetto-palms-120-serani-future-fambo-dancehall-again/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/11/ghetto-palms-120-serani-future-fambo-dancehall-again/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:30:23 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=77656 Daseca again! Everybody’s favorite makers of gun-drop, Island pop, and dubstop snapped back this week with a new riddim that is decidedly not a hybrid or micro-genre of anything except in the sense that they … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/11/ghetto-palms-120-serani-future-fambo-dancehall-again/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/ghetto-palms-119-bounty-killer-banana-clipz-rita-indiana-natalie-storm-lionfish/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/ghetto-palms-119-bounty-killer-banana-clipz-rita-indiana-natalie-storm-lionfish/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:30:53 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=74846 It’s time again for headlines from the Ghetto Archipelago. Read on to find out the latest developments in dancehall, cumbia and other invasive species. Starting from the top of the globe and working down: The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/ghetto-palms-119-bounty-killer-banana-clipz-rita-indiana-natalie-storm-lionfish/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/ghetto-palms-118-deevani-tvb-busy-bunji-skinny-fabulous/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/ghetto-palms-118-deevani-tvb-busy-bunji-skinny-fabulous/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:45:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=73954 In every Ghetto Palms sector there are certain artists who are my go-to artists, the standard-bearers of the sound, always right at the cutlass-edge of their respective genres. These are them: Fuego f. Deevani and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/14/ghetto-palms-118-deevani-tvb-busy-bunji-skinny-fabulous/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:45:28 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=72548 I think I mentioned I just came back from India. While I was there, the Bombay papers were reporting on the fact that Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan just signed Rain Man composer Hans Zimmer to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/30/ghetto-palms-116-tifa-spragga-vegas-ital-stew-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/30/ghetto-palms-116-tifa-spragga-vegas-ital-stew-riddim/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:30:22 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=71883 OK. Back from India. Feeling good. Jetlag is receding and dancehall is frisking about like it’s about to be on the upswing again, what with the Jim Screechie, Flatlands and now this Ital Stew joint … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/30/ghetto-palms-116-tifa-spragga-vegas-ital-stew-riddim/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/ghetto-palms-115-special-max-glazer-guest-column-and-blend/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/ghetto-palms-115-special-max-glazer-guest-column-and-blend/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:00:30 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=70951 Since the great and benevolent Eddie “Stats” asked me to hold down Ghetto Palms this week while he’s doing god knows what in India, I figure, what better time than to world-premiere Federation’s Flatlands riddim. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/ghetto-palms-115-special-max-glazer-guest-column-and-blend/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/ghetto-palms-114-busy-elephant-secousse-sahel-phones/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/ghetto-palms-114-busy-elephant-secousse-sahel-phones/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:45:24 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=69614 Ok, people. I have to get myself together and catch a flight to India so I am going to dispense with the usual Ghetto Palms formalities of blending and whatnot and just play you a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/ghetto-palms-114-busy-elephant-secousse-sahel-phones/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/ghetto-palms-113-vegas-wayne-wonder-exodus%e2%80%94exclusive-daseca-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/ghetto-palms-113-vegas-wayne-wonder-exodus%e2%80%94exclusive-daseca-riddim/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:30:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=67579 I could try to do a Ghetto Archipelago headline without mentioning Monday’s Labor Day festivities here in New York. But that would just be silly. Three million strong, Brooklyn Carnival is the elephant in the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/ghetto-palms-113-vegas-wayne-wonder-exodus%e2%80%94exclusive-daseca-riddim/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/01/ghetto-palms-112-busy-signal-vybz-kartel-so-shifty-douster-the-very-best-exclusives/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/01/ghetto-palms-112-busy-signal-vybz-kartel-so-shifty-douster-the-very-best-exclusives/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:26 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=42462 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/01/ghetto-palms-112-busy-signal-vybz-kartel-so-shifty-douster-the-very-best-exclusives/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ghetto-palms-111-ghetto-bassquake-hackney-empire-new-label-exclusive-interview/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ghetto-palms-111-ghetto-bassquake-hackney-empire-new-label-exclusive-interview/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:15:13 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=41380 I’m not saying things didn’t happen in the last week or two. Oh, they happened. But I am going to forgo my usual “things happened” update to concentrate on the ripples of one particular stone … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ghetto-palms-111-ghetto-bassquake-hackney-empire-new-label-exclusive-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/ghetto-palms-110-theophilus-highlife-el-guincho-indie-trop/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/ghetto-palms-110-theophilus-highlife-el-guincho-indie-trop/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:45:26 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=39684 This column was never just about dancehall, but it has maybe failed to touch on one of the most exciting things about the whole field of tropical music that I’ve been romping about in. Namely, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/ghetto-palms-110-theophilus-highlife-el-guincho-indie-trop/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/30/ghetto-palms-109-aidonia-tok-jim-screechie-riddim/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/30/ghetto-palms-109-aidonia-tok-jim-screechie-riddim/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:45 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=38570 I believe from now on this column will just be a laundry-list of news items from Ghettopalmsland, capped off with a scam email. Anything related to Third World music, soundsystem culture, urbanism and global development … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/30/ghetto-palms-109-aidonia-tok-jim-screechie-riddim/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/22/ghetto-palms-108-gappy-ranks-jahdan-petrona-martinez-exclusive-drake-refix/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/22/ghetto-palms-108-gappy-ranks-jahdan-petrona-martinez-exclusive-drake-refix/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:30:30 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=37620 Some things that happened in the Ghetto archipelago recently: 1) Diplo’s baile funkumentary “Favela on Blast” finally got released and screened at Cinespace (in LA? Anyway, I couldn’t go). 2) A village of Palestinians dressed … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/22/ghetto-palms-108-gappy-ranks-jahdan-petrona-martinez-exclusive-drake-refix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/13/ghetto-palms-107-city-life-riddim-new-sean-paul-world-premiere/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/13/ghetto-palms-107-city-life-riddim-new-sean-paul-world-premiere/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:03:16 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=36567 The header kind of sells itself, doesn’t it? Except it should be noted that City Life represents more than just Sean Paul killing a new riddim and Eddie STATS getting a cool exclusive. City Life … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/13/ghetto-palms-107-city-life-riddim-new-sean-paul-world-premiere/feed/ 8 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:30:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=34895 Once more into the breach between ethno and techno y’all. One of the biggest tracks from my last blend in this tempo was Nic Sarno’s “Mana Wasa” which is from Enchufada’s Hard Ass Sessions Vol. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/17/ghetto-palms-105-exclusive-mavado-omega-gyptian-macka-diamond/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/17/ghetto-palms-105-exclusive-mavado-omega-gyptian-macka-diamond/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:15:12 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=33764 I do believe Mavado has gone and changed up on us. Blogs are talking about the new lyrical vein he’s mined in tunes like “Gal Over Gun” and “Change Right Now.” The spooky chords are … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/17/ghetto-palms-105-exclusive-mavado-omega-gyptian-macka-diamond/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/09/ghetto-palms-104-ethnotechno-busy-signal-so-shifty-kode9-banana-clips-bunji-garlin/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/09/ghetto-palms-104-ethnotechno-busy-signal-so-shifty-kode9-banana-clips-bunji-garlin/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:30:19 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=32559 Yes, with this week’s blend this column has officially devolved into ethnotechno, something I promised myself would never, ever happen. But it’s not my fault. First of all, the third world is going steadily more … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/09/ghetto-palms-104-ethnotechno-busy-signal-so-shifty-kode9-banana-clips-bunji-garlin/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/28/ghetto-palms-103-masala-mr-ok-new-label-exclusive-music-interviews/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/28/ghetto-palms-103-masala-mr-ok-new-label-exclusive-music-interviews/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 23:00:47 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=31302 A lot of people probably first heard about the tropically-oriented music blog called Masala or Masalacism when they got famously shut down by the don’t-be-evil exceptions department at Google a few months back. But if … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/28/ghetto-palms-103-masala-mr-ok-new-label-exclusive-music-interviews/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/ghetto-palms-102-lil-wayne-dutty-artz-jovi-rockwell-samba-funk-zaza-twins/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/ghetto-palms-102-lil-wayne-dutty-artz-jovi-rockwell-samba-funk-zaza-twins/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:51 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=30115 I don’t have a cute little theme for this week’s blend other than this: #ghetto palms. I guess technically I could have fit four XXXXs into refixxxx but that’s got to stop somewhere (I don’t … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/ghetto-palms-102-lil-wayne-dutty-artz-jovi-rockwell-samba-funk-zaza-twins/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/12/ghetto-palms-101-refixxx-3-rihanna-jahdan-poirier-wildlife-westside-vybz-kartel/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/12/ghetto-palms-101-refixxx-3-rihanna-jahdan-poirier-wildlife-westside-vybz-kartel/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 21:45:23 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=29250 God help me I cannot stop with the refixes. People just keep making joints, and there’s always a few in an odd tempo left over that become the point of embarkation for a whole new … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/12/ghetto-palms-101-refixxx-3-rihanna-jahdan-poirier-wildlife-westside-vybz-kartel/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/05/ghetto-palms-100-refix-special-2-the-very-best-los-rakas-busy-signal-bunji-garlin-chief-boima/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/05/ghetto-palms-100-refix-special-2-the-very-best-los-rakas-busy-signal-bunji-garlin-chief-boima/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 15:30:19 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=28346 There’s been so much damn genre-splicing going on around here that I was literally forced, gun to my head, to record a refix special edition part II—plus I had too much fun doing the first … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/05/ghetto-palms-100-refix-special-2-the-very-best-los-rakas-busy-signal-bunji-garlin-chief-boima/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/28/ghetto-palms-99-shabba/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/28/ghetto-palms-99-shabba/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:00:11 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=27392 Yes, that Shabba; the ranking one. I am gonna have to keep this column dumb-short just to make room for the dumb-long tracklisting, still only a narrow core-sample of Shabba’s deep and broad 45-ography. I … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/28/ghetto-palms-99-shabba/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/ghetto-palms-98-new-money-part-ii-xxclusive/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/ghetto-palms-98-new-money-part-ii-xxclusive/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:00:58 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=26594 As promised it’s Money Tree (aka New Money riddim) Part Few, the electric boogaloo. I tend to add “electric boogaloo” to pretty much everything that has a part two, but in this case I think … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/21/ghetto-palms-98-new-money-part-ii-xxclusive/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/ghetto-palms-97-new-mavado-money-tree-exclusive/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/ghetto-palms-97-new-mavado-money-tree-exclusive/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:45:31 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=25774 Deep down I sometimes wonder if you all even appreciate the amount of dancehall exclusives I shower on the internet in this space. I just do and do and do for you kids. But some … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/ghetto-palms-97-new-mavado-money-tree-exclusive/feed/ 11 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/ghetto-palms-96-refix-edition-chi-ching-de-tropix-busy-signal-natalie-storm/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/ghetto-palms-96-refix-edition-chi-ching-de-tropix-busy-signal-natalie-storm/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:45:26 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=24869 Ok, I lie, it’s the two-thirds refix edition. This was originally going to be hundred-proof but one or two original flavors crept into the mix just like junkyard puppies following me home. So I decided … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/ghetto-palms-96-refix-edition-chi-ching-de-tropix-busy-signal-natalie-storm/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/ghetto-palms-95-ping-ping-riddim-imran-khan-vybz-kartel/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/ghetto-palms-95-ping-ping-riddim-imran-khan-vybz-kartel/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:00:55 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=24208 Like many veteran dancehall fans, you may have heard me whining now and again about the mono-culture thing that has been happening to Jamaican music lately. BET, auto-tune and sequencing software have slowly been doing … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/ghetto-palms-95-ping-ping-riddim-imran-khan-vybz-kartel/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/25/ghetto-palms-94-new-sean-paul-badda-badda-gals/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/25/ghetto-palms-94-new-sean-paul-badda-badda-gals/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:54:13 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=23720 First a quick riddim update. The Genesis, which made it’s web-debut in this space last week, dropped on iTunes Tuesday and—despite some haterish grumblings from b-list selectors—shows every sign of killing it, sales-wise. At US$7 … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/25/ghetto-palms-94-new-sean-paul-badda-badda-gals/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/ghetto-palms-93-genesis-riddim-world-premiere/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/ghetto-palms-93-genesis-riddim-world-premiere/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:29 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=23290 Technically, Bobby Konders and Jabba premiered the dumb-heavy new riddim from the leaders of dancehall’s new school last week on their Hot97 show. But since I’ve established my credentials by supporting the Daseca sound and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/17/ghetto-palms-93-genesis-riddim-world-premiere/feed/ 9 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:26:23 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=23152 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/03/ghetto-palms-91-rihanna-f-assassin-de-tropix-serani-gyptian-mujava/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/03/ghetto-palms-91-rihanna-f-assassin-de-tropix-serani-gyptian-mujava/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:35 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=22846 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/03/ghetto-palms-91-rihanna-f-assassin-de-tropix-serani-gyptian-mujava/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/24/ghetto-palms-90-new-styles-shangaan-electro-south-africa-road-epic/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/24/ghetto-palms-90-new-styles-shangaan-electro-south-africa-road-epic/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:38:48 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=22623 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/24/ghetto-palms-90-new-styles-shangaan-electro-south-africa-road-epic/feed/ 12 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/17/ghetto-palms-89-jafrican-riddim-banana-clipz/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/17/ghetto-palms-89-jafrican-riddim-banana-clipz/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:37:57 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=22426 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/17/ghetto-palms-89-jafrican-riddim-banana-clipz/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/10/ghetto-palms-88-baloji-konono-no1-zaire-74-africa-2010/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/10/ghetto-palms-88-baloji-konono-no1-zaire-74-africa-2010/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:53:46 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=22223 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/10/ghetto-palms-88-baloji-konono-no1-zaire-74-africa-2010/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/ghetto-palms-87-steel-frog-throwback-exclusive/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/ghetto-palms-87-steel-frog-throwback-exclusive/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:00:47 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=22035 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/ghetto-palms-87-steel-frog-throwback-exclusive/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:15:16 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=21839 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/21/ghetto-palms-85-haiti-bidonville-palms/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/21/ghetto-palms-85-haiti-bidonville-palms/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:28:30 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=21654 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/21/ghetto-palms-85-haiti-bidonville-palms/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/13/ghetto-palms-84-new-leftside-busy-signal-neopoco/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/13/ghetto-palms-84-new-leftside-busy-signal-neopoco/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:40:44 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=21449 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/13/ghetto-palms-84-new-leftside-busy-signal-neopoco/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/16/ghetto-palms-83-spider-web-riddim-barrio-palms/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/16/ghetto-palms-83-spider-web-riddim-barrio-palms/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:55:31 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http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/18/ghetto-palms-80-dj-rekha-rajstar-exclusive-major-lazer-bhangra-refix/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=19935 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/18/ghetto-palms-80-dj-rekha-rajstar-exclusive-major-lazer-bhangra-refix/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/11/ghetto-palms-79-jovi-rockwell-2000tone-exclusives/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/11/ghetto-palms-79-jovi-rockwell-2000tone-exclusives/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:55 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=19736 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/11/ghetto-palms-79-jovi-rockwell-2000tone-exclusives/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/04/ghetto-palms-78-creator-riddim-new-spragga-benz-polyriddimatical-madness/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/04/ghetto-palms-78-creator-riddim-new-spragga-benz-polyriddimatical-madness/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton 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