Street Shots, Vol. 13 (El Nino Edition)
Various Artists
No compilation will take you closer to the cutting edge of dancehall in 2016. On “Wicked Man Ting”, Popcaan experiments with bhangra and delivers an unforgettable high-pitched hook. For "Type of Girl", King Ko$a recruits Baton Rouge rapper Kevin Gates to conjure subdued, Drake-style hip-hop. "Nuh Boring Gyal (Remix)", which features Aidonia and soca star Bunji Garlin, bounces over delirious pogoing synths. The blazing stars of a new generation rub shoulders with artists like Busy Signal, who proves established artists can still innovate with "Bad Longtime", a frenzied, stuttering, futuristic nursery rhyme.