It wouldn’t take a genius to work out that an amalgamation of soul queen Mø, production legend Diplo and Manchester’s vastly promising whiz-kid Oceaán, international character overload, was likely to be a small taste of heaven but such a genius could not have imagined just how soul crushingly splendid Oceaán’s remix of XXX 88 would end up. It’s pure crack for the masses who devour themselves in the excruciatingly addictive atmosphere that Oceaán adds to what was already one of the tracks of the year.
 

Our friend Diplo is noted as a magpie, particularly when it comes to things from the Caribbean. That’s why we couldn’t help but laugh when he tried to call out Flo Rida for a bit of Booty Beat stealing.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who has the fairest booty shakin’ video of them all?

War has been declared between DJ/Producer Diplo and hip hop superstar Flo Rida over Flo and old mate Pitbull’s new music video – ‘Can’t Believe It.’ Using social media to its full affect, Diplo, after obviously watching the video hit up Flo Rida, tweeting -

 

Major Lazer producer extraordinaire Diplo recently put together a list of his fave Jamaican-tinged jams so we turned it into a handy little Cool Accidents Spotify playlist below… Welcome to Jamrock!

 

Major Lazer have already provided us with one of THE most banging and funnest albums of 2013 (have you even heard Bubble Butt?!) and now they’re doing their bit to get the universe in shape by way of Walshy Fire’s workout mix.

Complete with an intro from Hulk Hogan and featuring a whole heap of Major Lazer remixes, re-edits and bootlegs it’s sure to have you sweating up a storm in no time.

via Do Androids Dance

Major Lazer have just released the 3rd and final installment of their free downloadable ‘Lazer Strikes Back’ series. Next stop - the new album Free The Universe!

Cop the freebies while you wait for the possible album of the year contender to drop HERE

via The Guardian

Prince Buster - Hard Man De Dead

People like to think that the old-school reggae dudes were all peace, love and rum punch, but the reality is they were grinding just as hard as today. Prince Buster was battling with guys like Duke Reid and Leslie Kong. Nobody could kill Buster’s sound.