Olatunji and Stadic go full afropop on "Mating Call":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEUnQwLeR0
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 15 April 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
Love soca live, but had to miss Bunji Garlin in town Sunday tonight due to family commitments. Oh well
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
Check out Atki2's Soca Obsession Mix 3 everyone: https://soundcloud.com/atki2/soca-obsession-mix-pt-3-hosted-by-jonesy-wales
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 08:42 (five years ago) link
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
― rob, Saturday, 1 September 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
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
― etc, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
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
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Monday, 8 October 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link
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
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
Bunji's version is also v v goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFnIPxjH-A&frags=pl%2Cwn
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
Also enjoying Kickstand Riddim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUkgqgpl4Ac&frags=pl%2Cwn
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Hawt Wire Riddim is a winner, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKlCmEywPg&frags=pl%2Cwn
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Loving this GBM Nutron:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43RAAMLZY0
"Practice"
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 November 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
Anyway, I can't get enough of this Shal Marshall banger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0yBT8T5pUā human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, January 22, 2018 2:45 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0yBT8T5pU
ā 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
― niels, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
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
― rob, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
Seems legit, particularly as ā2019ā started in about September as far as Trinidad is concerned.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
As long as we all post more Iām for everything. The ideal might be to actually start new threads in september though.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
Any thread is fine with me as long as it has lovely stuff like that Toco Loco Riddim on it.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 24 January 2019 07:04 (five years ago) link
(needs a comma somewhere)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 24 January 2019 07:05 (five years ago) link
Spice and Destra collabo:
https://youtu.be/twAPIZ8uu98
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
where's d'scene? rolling soca, chutney, jab & other caribbean pop
― rob, Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
Just for the pleasure of having Bunji Garlin with spanish-style guitar againhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPJNUe5mkA
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link