There’s a lot of good music out there this year, methinks. These are my favourites for 2K11. Would love to hear yours, since I’m sure there are any I haven’t heard, forgot, or should revisit! 🙂

So in alphabetical order, but categorised a la Soca Monarch…except for a list of things I’m ashamed to say are growing on me. *sigh* I’ve put asterisks by the ones ah like bad bad bad.

POWER

• ***Come to Meh – Iwer George
• ***Consider it Done – Fay Ann Lyons
• ***Duracell Plus – Skinny Fabulous featuring Machel Montano
• Get Wild – Ricardo Drue
• ***Hold a Burn – Bunji Garlin
• Lighters – Nadia Batson & Tallpree
• ***Middle ah de Road – Destra Garcia & Swappi
• We Not Leavin – Nadia Batson & Patrice Roberts
• ***Welcome Back – Destra Garcia

GROOVY

• Ah Comin Again – Machel Montano HD
• Ah Ting – Kerin Du Bois & KES
• Carnival Jumbie – Blaxx
• Cock it Back – Mackamillion & KES
• Cool it Down – Destra Garcia
• ***Dance & Dingolay – Denise Belfon
• Feel Like Wukkin – Destra Garcia
• ***Get Away – KMC (this barely gets airplay, but I think is a simple, catchy tune with some lyrics people need to hear)
• Good Time – Kerwin Du Bois, Blaxx & Roy Cape (though I find the lyrics of the verses disturbing, lol)
• Head Nice – Patch & Yankee Boy
• I Am/Run De Riddim – 3canal (rapso, but more groovy dan power, ent?)
• Makelele – Alison Hinds (probably the only song of hers I like this year)
• Me Alone – Bunji Garlin
• Motorbike – Shal Marshall
• My Bad Ting – Chucky
• Over Me – 3canal (again, rapso, but…)
• Proppah – Destra Garcia
• Ramajay – Lyrikal
• ***Soak It – Buffy (ah like dis choon bad bad bad!)
• Speaker Boxx – Super Jigga TC
• Tantie Woi – Blaxx
• Town Ting – Cassi
• Trini – Benjai
• Wine to de Side – Benjai
• ***Wotless – KES the Band

THE “IN SPITE OF MYSELF” LIST

• Advantage – Machel Montano HD
• Bend Over (Slap/Chop) – Bahwahmoder
• Contagious – Skhi
• Damn Phone – Patch
• Doh Drag de Flag – Shal Marshall
• Illegal – Machel Montano HD
• The King Road – MaddZart
• Together – JW & Blaze
• Wave it Away – Patrice Roberts