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Stream: Machel Montano f. Busta Rhymes, Olivia and Fatman Scoop, “Make It Shake”

Soca superstar Machel Montano returned this week with the dance-floor obliterator, “Make It Shake.” The track has all the elements of a crossover club banger—a guest spot from Busta Rhymes channeling his inner Snoop Lion, … read more »

POSTED August 27, 2012 6:06PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , ,
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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 »

POSTED May 17, 2012 6:05PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , , , ,
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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 »

POSTED May 17, 2012 5:55PM IN FEATURES Comments (2) TAGS: , ,
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Trinidad Carnival 2011 Roundup: This Is As Close As We Got

On this the last day of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, we can’t help but feel like we missed out on all the pageantry, booze, and bacchanal of 2011. Nonetheless we’re amped to see some … read more »

POSTED March 8, 2011 5:59PM IN MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC VIDEO Comments (1) TAGS: , , ,
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GP 131: Super Cat x Hardhouse Banton / Maximus Dan x So Shifty / Ragga / Trinitech

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 »

POSTED February 23, 2011 3:30PM IN GHETTO PALMS Comments (1) TAGS: , , , , , , , , ,
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Kes The Band, “Wotless” MP3

In West Indian culture the term wotless is usually ascribed to someone behaving in a manner that would bring shame and disgust to themselves, their family, or bystanders who are willing to join in with … read more »

POSTED February 16, 2011 5:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , ,

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 »

POSTED February 9, 2011 5:30PM IN GHETTO PALMS Comments (3) TAGS: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Benjai, “Wine To The Side” MP3

All over the world right now multi-generational shops of women are ordering feathers, sequins and spandex from China, preparing costumes for Karnaval/Carnaval/Carnival cruising season. In those sewing rooms they’re probably setting stitching pace against the … read more »

POSTED February 7, 2011 5:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , ,
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The Heatwave’s Carnival Bashment Mix MP3

Whether you’re in Brooklyn or Notting Hill, West Indian Carnival weekend is a good opportunity to reflect upon the year in soca and dancehall, when DJs really bring out their A game to pump up … read more »

POSTED August 25, 2010 6:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , , , , , , ,
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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 »

POSTED August 17, 2010 12:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , , , ,