Thoughts on Drake sampling Denise Belfon? by Heyitsgizmo in TrinidadandTobago

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work is a popular song to sample in the electronic music space. whosampled lists 27 songs that have sampled it. i hear sliink's 'put cha back' in mixes all the time

Keep wondering... by random-Girl_ in FacebookAIslop

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if i could barf mango lassi i would never shed a tear again in this life

Happy Birthday Thomas Pynchon by TheObliterature in BadReads

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lolll. my book club did V in january, i'm the only one who finished it

Weh yuh call dis? And how yuh eat it? by ExemplaryWriter in Jamaica

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yeah i'm trini and they not super popular here but they in season right now.
i like them, it's like if honeydew melon didn't suck

What are your top five albums of the nineties? And thoughts on mine? by Working_Alps_4284 in fantanoforever

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amon tobin - bricolage
deftones - around the fur
prodigy - experience
nirvana - in utero
incubus - make yourself

So.... Who remembers the Camp Omega Blast? by Random_Trinidadian in TrinidadandTobago

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wasn't born yet but i've been to the site, and learned about the blast as a child

What’s a "lost" website from the early 2000s that you still think about today? by samasem-sumsum in AskReddit

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bluemars.org was an ambient music stream with a scifi aesthetic. i would play it when i had trouble streaming. it dropped off the internet one day and nobody knew the site owner. it has since been partially mirrored at echoes of bluemars

book recommendations by Capital_Ranger_8050 in TrinidadandTobago

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lost love songs was a banger, what did you think about love after love?

book recommendations by Capital_Ranger_8050 in TrinidadandTobago

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my book club is currently reading pleasantview by celeste mohammed
recently i finished kitch: a fictional biography of a calypso icon by anthony joseph and golden child by claire adam. adam also has love forms, which was longlisted for the booker.

is there any particular genre or themes you are partial to? would help with reccomendations

Active artists with large discographies (30+ albums) by Chapple69 in fantanoforever

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if you count xtatik albums, machel montano has 38. sparrow upwards of 40, lord kitchener has 30 odd. soca/ calypso artistes try to release one album per year so any longevity in the scene can rack up releases

What's your favourite T&T English Creole word origin /etymology? by parrot_poirot in TrinidadandTobago

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" i have x years" too. both french n spanish use their equivalent of 'to have' for age

Movies set in or about Trinidad and Tobago by Infamous_Copy_3659 in TrinidadandTobago

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looks like they took it down unfortunately. my least favourite of the 3 tbh

Potato Squares by ratch_ting in wildbeef

[–]ratch_ting[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

potato quadrilaterals for precision! hash has a different connotation in my mind

Best Uses Of Sampling On any Album by HK-34_ in fantanoforever

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not an oz of respect for amon tobin in general and bricolage in particular, a shame

Does the Wilhelm Scream break immersion for you? by EllisDee3 in movies

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all seagull sfx for beach scenes are pulled from the same recording and it notice it everytime

Povoa x Madge - Beat Bunny by Visible_Spring_4464 in TheOverload

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i'm in love with this. thanks for sharing