Ghetto Palms: GP All-Stars/Exclusive Esau Mwamwaya Refix
In the past week almost every damn artist I would consider a signature Ghetto Palms poster-child has represented with crushing new tunes or refixes in a similar vibe (Busy Signal and Erup have both...
View ArticleGhetto Palms 64: New Riddims – School Bell / G35 / Street Team Pt. II
What with all the raga soca, afropop, tropicalia and whatever the Payola riddim is, it has been a minute and a half since there was a straight ahead 90 bpm woomp/woomp/clack dancehall blend in this …...
View ArticleGhetto Palms 84: New Leftside / Busy Signal / NeoPoco
Truthfully, I was planning to do some kind of Ghetto Palmes d’Or like last year but at the critical moment of reflection I found myself kayaking down a semi-tropical backwater in Jupiter, Florida...
View ArticleGhetto Palms 95: Ping Ping Riddim / Imran Khan / Vybz Kartel
Like many veteran dancehall fans, you may have heard me whining now and again about the mono-culture thing that has been happening to Jamaican music lately. BET, auto-tune and sequencing software have...
View ArticleGhetto Palms 135: Murlo, TVOTR x XXXChange, Hungry Dawg Riddim
Since the last time we spoke, radiation from Japan blew over the Caribbean and Bunji Garlin cut off his dreads. Dutty Artz dropped this excellent LP from Atropolis and Diplo got simultaneously vilified...
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