Toppa Top ’15: The Best Soca Tracks of 2015
Party Done! Machel Montano, Destra and Olatunji top our list of the year's biggest Carnival anthems.
Toppa Top ’14: The Best Soca Singles of 2014
Jump, wave and debate.
Toppa Top 10: International Soca Monarch Contenders
Words by Tishanna Williams—
Soca Monarch 2014 semi-finals was off the chain! With a first prize of $2 million in play, performers came hard and, in a new twist, the Groovy Soca Category has taken over ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top 10 Soca Crossover Tunes In 2012
Words by LargeUp Crew, Selections by Jillionaire—
Soca isn't for everybody. If you've ever had the gall to play "Tiny Winey" or "Dollar Wine" for a room full of rock-and-rollers or hip-hop heads, you'r... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top Groovy Soca Tunes for 2012
Words by Jillionaire—
Tonight, the biggest event in the run-up to Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival and the biggest event of the year for soca music, the International Soca Monarch competition, goes down ... Read More...
Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011
Words by Rishi Bonneville—
The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Eddie STATS Top 10 Picnic Jams
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Yes, Memorial Day weekend is over--and if you were here experiencing the sparkling hot weather here in NY, it was probably spent in the first of many picnics, park jams, coo... Read More...
Post-Game: Trinidad Carnival Roundup
Words by Eddie STATS Houghon and Jillionaire, via The Guardian UK
Through the kind links of our UK correspondent Gabriel Heatwave of the London-based Heatwave crew Jillionaire and myself were tapped to p... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Soca Monarch Contenders for Carnival 2011!
Words by Rishi Bonneville and Eddie STATS Houghton
Carnival time again! As multitudes of ex-pat Trinis and foreign calypso, pan and soca lovers board flights for Port of Spain, the fetes and song competiti... Read More...
Soca Twins: Exclusive Interview with Germany’s Carnival Kings
Words by Rishi Bonneville
For a century, German brands have been known for their steely precision, quality and expense. Vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, for example, can be found in every co... Read More...