Visual Culture: Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade’s “Bottom In De Road”
A cinematic celebration of the female behind, from Trinidad & Tobago.
Toppa Top ’14: The Best Soca Singles of 2014
Jump, wave and debate.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Soca Songs That Crossed Over
Which soca songs made it in the mainstream? Find out in our list of the top ten soca crossover tunes.
Kerwin DuBois, 101: From “Wotless” To “Too Real”
Words By LargeUp Crew—
Trini soca star Kerwin Du Bois' Fantastic Friday coronation last week—he won the Groovy Soca monarch title with his song "Too Real"— was a long time coming. While his 2012 Carni... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: The Biggest Soca Tunes of 2013
Words by Jam Central, Tishanna Williams and Jesse Serwer—
This year saw soca music stand up and declare itself alongside other international genres. No longer relegated to the Carnival season, soca has b... 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...
Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave 2010 UK Bashment Update
Words by Gabriel Heatwave with additional reporting by Dan Bean
After Notting Hill Carnival post-game breakdown and a successful NYC jaunt, our UK lime experts from the Heatwave crew have graciously agreed... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top Trinitech of 2010
Words by Jillionaire
Our boy Jillionaire aka Trini Chris has been jetting around the globe in 2010 putting his distinctive stamp on nowadays Caribbean music so we asked him to bless us with his Top 10 Tr... Read More...