Tagged: Machel Montano
GP 129: Dingolay / Onyenze / Ramajay / Tigerstyle / Zuzuka Poderosa
This edition of Ghetto Palms ended up being kind of a greatest misses for 2010—the only thing the beats really have in common being that I’m kicking myself for not including them in an earlier … read more »
Ghetto Palms 127: Jillionaire / TOK / Poirier / Schlachthofbronx / Swappi / Soca Rave / Exclusives!!
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 »
Skinny Fabulous f. Machel Montano, “Duracell Plus” MP3
And here we have it, finally, the most literal soca song invented: two Caribbean superstars actually wigging out on a jam-ass beat about having unrelenting juice of recently charged batteries, in a genre that makes … read more »
K'Naan f. Machel Montano, "Wavin' Flag" (DJ Power Remix) MP3
A few yeas back you couldn’t go past the corner bodega without hearing MIMS’ remix of “This Is Why I’m Hot” (featuring Baby Cham and Junior Reid). The same goes this year with the drone … read more »
Machel Montano, “Wine on Me (Hold Yuh Riddim)” + “Drive” MP3s
Yesterday our good friend Nicholas P. Catchdubs tweeted, “I wanna play gyptian ‘hold yuh’ on the FAO Schwartz piano from Big.” Which is a tweet with about as much simple genius as the riddim itself—there … read more »
Video: Machel Montano f. Lil Jon & Pitbull, “Floor on Fire”
You can never really go wrong with live footage from Carnival whether or not you’ve made a crunk soca anthem. It’s like free advertising for Trinidad… YES WE WANT TO COME WILD OUT WITH YOU, … read more »
Ghetto Palms 76: Soca! / Soca! / Soca! / Exclusive Poirier Blend!
Yes, soca. And with those two little syllables, an oversight bordering on criminal negligence has been rectified. Please find below 25 minutes of road mix madness to compensate for a year and half with barely … read more »
Restless People Soundtrack Your Next Birthday or Wedding
Please do not take it as a diss when we say that Professor Murder had the potential to be an incredible wedding band. Now in a new iteration known as Restless People, they’ve put a … read more »
Double L & LP, “Home For Carnival 5″ Mixtape
There are about seven months til Trini Carnival 2010, and two months before the gigantor Carnival parade takes over Brooklyn, so that gives you enough time to absorb any songs you might not recognize on … read more »
Live: Machel Montano at Radio City Music Hall
A little over a year ago we sent FADER soca correspondent Aliya Best to cover Machel Montano at Madison Square Garden, there were dudes on stilts and little kids going nuts on stage. This year … read more »
