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Sorry if this has been asked before, but wtf is up with that shite version of 'Don't Cha' by a girl group that's spreading across the UK like a distasteful fungus, instead of Ms Alamaze's divine original?

Does anyone else on here think that Lynne Ramsay is one of the most distinctive talents UK cinema has ever produced? Just rewatched 'Gasman' with a friend, and was blown away; as for 'Small Deaths', possibly the most stunning short film I've ever seen..... her observation of tiny details and...

Music t-shirts - where to buy them? Looking for cool T-shirt resources (music-related, naturally) on the net. Particularly looking for T-shirt of Ce'cile, to continue a list of icons that I feel the need to emblazon on my chest - no luck on her website. Loads of other icons I need too! Any...

Simple question - what are the sexiest/ most sensual songs you know. Was just listening to "Your Love" by jamie Principle last night - what a song - and realised that it was probably the most erotic song I've ever heard. That dark, almost spiritual sensuality.... Others that do it for me...

Can anyone tell me what the dancehall track on the Crazy in Love 'riddim' is called? I have the inverse track (ie Beyonce's vocals on Diwali), which is only so-so, but the ragga vocal version is terrific. Any ideas?

Anyone know of any outdoor parties going on in and around London (sorry for the UK/capital-centric theme!) during the summer? All I know of so far are those organised by Wang (see wanging.com), the first of which is scheduled for next Saturday...

On the Heatwave vs Mas Fuego flyer, it refers to 'French Caribbean dancehall'. Now, I've got a CD of Haitian ragga, but I thought this stuff was highly rare. Anyone know more on this subject - movers and shakers, how big the scene is in Haiti or, er, Guadeloupe?

Simple question: your ten favourite (recent-ish) riddims from Jamaica? Coolie Dance Bollywood Buy Out 'I'm Still in Love With You' (OK, so that's an oldie) Bionic Ras Chrome Baghdad Cure Hindu Storm Clappas

While I love a good read, I frequently find 400 page novels with nary a joke to be seen (apart perhaps, from halfhearted and rubbish ones) quite a trial, and quite contrary to the spirit of real life. So, here's the beginnings of a list of books (be they specifically 'comic' or not) that make...

...and made you jump up and down (literally or just inside) about how fantastically exciting music can be? Mine would be about half an hour ago when I was listening to Diplo's 'Favela on Blast' and the speeded-up rip of 'Bittersweet Symphony' came in (right at the end of the mix), underneath...

I just got hold of 'Crunk Music' by this guy, and it's ace. Not that I'm exactly in the loop as regards this kind of thing, but is this guy famous already or have I just missed out, cos I hadn't heard of him previously? And, while we're on the subject, what crunk aside from the very famous stuff...

Was just listening to 'Our World (Our Music)' by M.A.N.D.Y. on the Get Physical label compilation - what beautiful strings, if highly reminiscent (to these ears at least) of the divine 'Right On' by Silicone Soul. So, got me round to thinking of other songs in which string arrangements, real or...

Fellow Londoners: does anyone know anywhere in London that's good to go out and hear some dancehall? Thanks in advance for your suggestions :D

I started this thread over on ILM a while back, and got precious little response. Maybe it's a bad question, or perhaps people over here will be more qualified to give answers - in the wake of the reggae producers thread, I tend towards the latter. Let's see: "Finding myself a little bored by...

Well, is this lady making some of the most amazing music anywhere right now (in tandem of course with the leagues of on-fire Jamaican riddim-makers) or what? Just found this track 'Me No Want Dat' (on the 'Bad Man Ting' riddim, apparently), and it is just staggering - the chorus is bizarrely...

To divert the virulent anti-Fabric sentiment away from other threads, all bitter discourse against substandard clubbing experiences should be directed here. More positively, i don't think there's another club thread on the board for discussing the best nightspots to be at in 2004 across the...

As a sequel to last week's (or the week before's?) thread on Miami bass, how about helping me to find my way through the tangled thicket of southern hip-hop? Cash Money I know the basics of, but there seems to be so much more to discover. ILM has helped a bit, I must admit (does that constitute...

I am now totally sold on Miami bass, after belatedly discovering it by following my way back through crunk's family tree. A lot of this stuff stands up really well when compared with the 'mainstream' hip-hop of the time, seemingly occurring contemporaneously in a parallel universe up north and...

Okay, so I'm a bit late off the mark with reading this, and it's not all bad, but the last answer is worrying: http://www.rwdmag.com/music_articles/features/44284/roll_deep/young_man_standing/ And 'I Luv U' MAY only be the 3rd or 4th beat he made, but that doesn't stop it being arguably the...

After seeing Simon's great article on a neophyte's guide to grime- http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1211 I thought I'd add my own ten (granted, from a position of knowing only about a tenth of the records of most people round here), and ask for more informed opinions on the ten...