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so what kind of music would you msot likely hear in you guys parties???

Whose parties?

Further, since when are parties the only or best way to determine what people listen to?

typical trini people party?

Depends on the people and the time of year. I don't party very much but...

Soca, calypso, chutney, reggae, parang, hip hop, R&B, even filmi tunes (2 other languages possible there already)...sometimes salsa or merengue or zouk here and there etc.

And again, further, since when are parties the only or best way to determine what people listen to? And do you think that possible the issue of not hearing much French Caribbean music is one of insufficient promotion?

In miami the latin thing is very big (along w. the reggae calypso, soca and dancehall)

In brooklyn, a lot of DJs make it a point to play the full spectrum of Caribbean music.

Incidentally, i've never heard of a Francophone caribbean person listening to chutney or parang or tuk.

Reggae is popular because of Bob in the world and because jamaicans are so different in the caribbean, its a novelty, kind of like a kool thing to be down w. them (same w. the US). Soca is popular because it is so diverse a genre, everybody can put their own spin on it.

I like zouk, but it just sounds like 80s soca to me and as a young person i don't really fuk w. it that much. I'm more into Coupe Decale and Soukous.

Kompas isn't marketed enough. I live in south miami, but not near homestead so i'm really far from caribbean boulevard and even farther from lil haiti (which is up north). Who else is gonna spark me up 2 da kompa?

Also, haitians are looked down upon in miami so anything haitian is not likely to thrive outside of the two areas mentioned. Its wrong, but true.
I never knew why though, i think they're sexy.

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I tend to listen more to African (central, East, West) and Afro Latin music than any other genres. Have plenty of kompa, gwo ka and zouk too. Life's too short and music too sweet.

I think that French and Dutch Caribbean nationals tend to be more multi lingual than we are. Also, some of us have inherited the same narrow mindedness that plague speakers of the dominant language, english.

I agree^^^. The French and Dutch Caribbean are just about the only places where you can hear broad diverse genres year-round. Foreign genres are well received and constantly played on the radios and at parties

thank you

yup you are absolutely correct... go to st.maarten/st.martin and you hear a diverse of music basically all caribbean nations thats one island in the caribbean on a whole who play basically all the islands music from spanish dutch french english music

haiti dominican republic aruba belize trinidad barbados st.kitts nevis anguilla virgin islands dominica antigua grenada st.vincent saba st.eustatius(statia) montserrat st.lucia guyana you name it all those islands i mention you go st.maarten/st.martin and you hear them even st.martin have their own style of soca and zouk.

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So we have named:

dancehall
reggae
zouk
kompa
ska
chutney
tassa
parang
kaiso
pan
Rapso
mento
extempo
rock
rnb
rap
tuk
spouse (??)
cadence


so i have added this:



PUNTA ROCK

dont yall lucians listen to country music? ent'

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