rolling soca &c. 2018

Feeling this Lucian soca mix! Some old & new tunes in there.

https://soundcloud.com/close-connections/st-lucia-independence-mix-lucian-soca-takeover

Excellent. Thanks!

Olatunji and Stadic go full afropop on "Mating Call":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEUnQwLeR0

Love soca live, but had to miss Bunji Garlin in town Sunday tonight due to family commitments. Oh well

Check out Atki2's Soca Obsession Mix 3 everyone: https://soundcloud.com/atki2/soca-obsession-mix-pt-3-hosted-by-jonesy-wales

I love how Trinidadian music is so grounded in narrative that even this "dance with me, girl" song that could be totally rote ends up much wittier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgnN8-u3AE

Seems the closest thing we have to a reggaeton thread (tho this is hybrid) - p.hyped for the new Florentino:

https://www.facebook.com/deejayflorentin0/posts/2358666104173814

Not sure if this track by Trini-Bristol (Brinidad?) collab, Jus Now x Eva Lazarus - Hair Flip, counts as soca, but there's definitely a crossover and I absolutely love it

https://soundcloud.com/jusnow/jus-now-x-evalazarus-hair-flip

2019 Soca Season is up and running, and the Foli Riddim hits every sweet spot imaginable (well, okay, *almost*). Fay-Ann Lyons has the best version but I could listen to all of these forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az6IJ_tmWz8&frags=pl%2Cwn

Bunji's version is also v v good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFnIPxjH-A&frags=pl%2Cwn

Also enjoying Kickstand Riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUkgqgpl4Ac&frags=pl%2Cwn

Hawt Wire Riddim is a winner, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKlCmEywPg&frags=pl%2Cwn

Loving this GBM Nutron:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43RAAMLZY0

"Practice"

Anyway, I can't get enough of this Shal Marshall banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0yBT8T5pU

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, January 22, 2018 2:45 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so this is soca? count me in!
#74 on NPR's EOY

Toco Loco riddim is great; Kes's version is very sweet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZ0dMUrR1o

So, I'm thinking a dedicated 2019 thread might not be worth it. Instead, maybe we have a catch-all, non-year-based rolling thread for anything Caribbean that isn't covered by the dancehall and reggaeton threads? I don't have strong feelings though

Seems legit, particularly as “2019” started in about September as far as Trinidad is concerned.

As long as we all post more I’m for everything. The ideal might be to actually start new threads in september though.

Any thread is fine with me as long as it has lovely stuff like that Toco Loco Riddim on it.

(needs a comma somewhere)

Spice and Destra collabo:

https://youtu.be/twAPIZ8uu98

where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop

Just for the pleasure of having Bunji Garlin with spanish-style guitar again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPJNUe5mkA