Tagged: caribbean
By The Numbers: Diplo’s Express Yourself EP
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at Diplo’s Express Yourself EP, his first collection of original … read more »
Sun Araw and The Congos Perform Live in London
Icon Give Thank, the collaborative album between Sun Araw, The Congos and M Geddes Gengras that’s out right now on RVNG, is still a complete mindfuck. It’s not that it’s especially hard to listen to, … read more »
Stream: Popcaan, “The System”
We’ve heard soca star Machel Montano’s version of Dre Skull’s new Loudspeaker riddim, “Go Down,” and now here’s “The System,” another rendition of the riddim from Portmore Empire supporting character turned fast-rising dancehall star, Popcaan. … read more »
Stream: Machel Montano, “Go Down”
Trinidad’s Machel Montano, International Soca Monarch winner for the past two years, and a national pop star for the last 30, takes a break from extreme BPMs and flag pumping on “Go Down,” his track … read more »
Machel Montano: Delirious
Machel Montano is just your everyday genre-mashing, world-saving, hook-obsessed secret soca megastar. I first see Machel Montano after being in his country for the sum total of five hours. I leave the sundappled Piarco International … read more »
Video: Beenie Man, “Rock the World”
Weird Days—Brooklyn directors Alex Goldberg, Ben Schechter and Drew Blatman, past collaborators with Das Racist, Tanlines, Real Estate and cute dogs—step into the dancehall kitsch game along with co-director Stephen K. Schuster, setting up Beenie … read more »
By The Numbers: Santigold’s Master Of My Make-Believe
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at Santigold’s Master of My Make-Believe. It’s been awhile since … read more »
Bob Marley’s Daughter Weighs In on New Documentary
There have been many attempts to make a Bob Marley movie. At one point, Martin Scorsese was brought on for the job (because of scheduling conflicts, he pulled out). But Kevin Macdonald’s documentary Marley, out … read more »
Video: Romain Virgo, “I Know Better”
Babyfaced Jamaican gentleman Romain Virgo echoes the anti-violence sentiment of his 2010 track “Can’t Sleep” on “I Know Better,” the lead single from his sophomore full-length, The System. Paying respect to the woman who raised … read more »
World Premiere! The FADER #78 Featuring Kendrick Lamar and Danny Brown
Kendrick Lamar and Danny Brown are very different rappers. Lamar is quiet, mostly modest, nobly contemplative. Brown is brash and gross, mesmerized equally by his own penis and the destruction of a mind through drug … read more »
