Ghetto Palms 64: New Riddims – School Bell / G35 / Street Team Pt. II
- story Eddie "Stats" Houghton
- photo Andrew Dosunmu (F56)
What with all the raga soca, afropop, tropicalia and whatever the Payola riddim is, it has been a minute and a half since there was a straight ahead 90 bpm woomp/woomp/clack dancehall blend in this space. The last might have been the Street Team riddim in fact. Good thing a couple more artists have jumped on it since then, about the same time two new riddims in the same mode dropped.
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posted on Jul 30, 2009 in GHETTO PALMS tags Bugle, caribbean, Cham, Elephant Man, Leftside, Lisa Hype, Timberlee, TNT, Vybz Kartel
Ghetto Palms: GP All-Stars/Exclusive Esau Mwamwaya Refix
- story Eddie "Stats" Houghton
- photo Liz Johnson Artur
In the past week almost every damn artist I would consider a signature Ghetto Palms poster-child has represented with crushing new tunes or refixes in a similar vibe (Busy Signal and Erup have both been putting enough overtime lately to be excused from this session.) The common ground is a 120 bpm neighborhood situated somewhere between synth pop and ragga soca, a tempo I have given up trying to name and will simply call the “sweet spot.” Hence, the Ghetto Palms All-Stars blend.
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posted on Jul 1, 2009 in BLOGS, GHETTO PALMS tags Aidonia, caribbean, De Tropix, Di Genius, Esau Mwamwaya, Laden, Leftside, Mavado, Natalie Storm
