Reggae, Hip-Hop, Afro Beats & Quality Music Blog
Right on time for winter greyness, a highly danceable Compas and Cadence playlist, bringing Antilles and Haiti straight to your ears. Featuring Les Gramacks, La Sensation, Les Difficiles de Petion-Ville, Francky Vincent, Belles Combo, Coupé Cloué, Selecta Martinique, Scorpio Universel, La Perfecta, Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe and Les Hamsters.
A pretty cool Hip-Hop Soul playlist that could easily have been the continuation of the Cadillac episode. If only I could have found a nice Cadillac photo… Featuring Flowz4daze & Mitsu The Beats, Worms Ali, Oddisee, B. Cool-Aid, Brainstory, NxWorries, El Michels Affair, Grip, PawPaw Rod, Eric Roberson, Dudley Perkins, Black Thought, Scott Xylo! …
Ready for some Heavy Sound & Vision? Here’s the 5th episode of the now regular Jesse Allen’s series and as usual he’s coming with the pockets full of nuggets. The mood is less dancing than last Digi Dancehall session, but this Dub Techno playlist will carry you in more meditative spaces. See you on the other side!
Add some sparkle and glitter to your life with that extra-long selection of 80s Reggae, Hip-Hop, Post-punk and Afro female tracks. Featuring Marcia Griffiths, Blood Sisters, Grace Jones, Sonny Okosun, Xanadu & Sweet Lady, Paulette & Tanya Winley, Hot & Sassy…
This visual would perfectly fit the Jazz is the Color series but don’t be fooled, it’s a real Electro and Jazz blend. Less Jazzy Trip-Hop and more Detroit Hi-Tech Jazz! Featuring Antonio Ocasio, LCSM, Glenn Underground, Waajeed, Takuya Kuroda, Los Hermanos, Neue Grafik…
A mid-summer selection for your next outdoor dance party. Inna Rub-A-Dub style! Feautring Barrington Levy, Simple Simon, Noel Ellis, Derrick Lara, Carlton Livingston and many many more…
Afrobeat + Psychedelic Funk + Post Punk + Nigerian Boogie = Total Disko, a disco weirdos selection! Featuring Leoparden, Magic in Threes, Flammer Dance Band, D. apal, the Mauskovic Dance Band and Gboyega Adelaja.
An exclusive 10 Tracks playlist by Afro Funk and Kraut Jazz activist, JJ Whitefield! Featuring Karura Brothers, 5 Revolutions, Sun Ra, the Black Souls, Witch, Pax Vobis, Keith Mlevhu, Prince Charles & His Royal Cats, Tunji Oyelana and Filippo Trecca.
From Emerson’s Electro Boogie to Jah Wobble’s Post-Punk Disco, passing by Tyree’s Hip-House, we would probably have named this playlist in the 90s as electroboogiediscopostpunkhiphouse. Today we will just say 80’s electro. The modern efficiency. Featuring Emerson, Cybotron, Orbit, Jah Wobble, Quando Quango, Kool Rock Steady, Tyree…
Yaooza! Here’s the 4th episode of the mighty Heavy Sound & Vision series which come back INNA DI MOOD with a fat and serious Digital Reggae session. Turn up the volume, let the bass drop, and immerse yourself in an Heavy Sound & Vision! Vinyls only!
It could have been Breakbeat Airways Vol.2 as we are talking about Broken Beat / Nu Jazz today, but I don’t know why, I chose to make a sequel to Crossroads Vol.1… Too many series running here! Featuring Neue Grafik Ensemble, JD. Reid, XL Regular, Donsurf, John Kong & Moonstarr, Henry Wu…
Surinam, Nigeria, Quebec, Syria, Portugal, La Réunion… A beautiful worldwide (but Jamaica) Reggae selection. Featuring Gypsy Fari, Midnight Groovers, Boule Noire, Midnight Groovers, Tchiss Lopes, Ibrahim Hesnawi and many many more…
An exclusive 10 Tracks selection by the one and only Mr Scruff ! Featuring Drymbago, Manu Dibango, Nana Benz du Togo, DM, Black Scorpion & 2Zee, Hardnoise, Prince Buster , Orchestre National Mauritanien, Dur-Dur Band, Usha Uthup and 2000BLACK.