Do the "Jacky Jacky" - Sierra Leone's dance craze

Forget about the Dougie, the Jacky Jacky is the new dance move!

All the way from Sierra Leone, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are bringing you the new dance banger - the Jacky Jacky! The crew’s music blends many influences with hip hop, including funk, dancehall, and reggae. They are a big part of the growing international hip hop movement. Their 2010 international debut includes some of hip hop’s most influential figures, including ?uestlove and Black Thought of The Roots, Talib Kweli, K'naan, Res, and El-P.

Their live shows are celebrated for their electricity and the energy they generate in the crowd - and when you see this video, you can feel it!

Do the Jacky Jacky!

2NE1 - KPop Girl Group Sweeps Awards

2NE1 is taking over the KPop scene!

We featured their debut appearance - in the song Lollipop with the boy band Big Bang - on the blog and on the GLOBAILE Podcast. Shortly after that debut, they released their first solo single Fire. Since then, four of the singles off their first studio album, To Anyone, have all hit number one in Korea.

And just last week, at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, they won Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Best Female Group!

We have to admit - we LOVE their fashion! So colorful, funky, playful, and fun! Check out what all the fuss is about:

¡GLOBAILE! Art Basel Party - This Thursday!

Come join us for an evening celebrating multiculturalism and international flavor in the art world, at one of Miami's sexiest venues! Enjoy an outdoor art installation, live music, DJs and happy hour drink specials - all to be filmed live for www.globaile.com!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2nd. 5PM - 12AM at the NEWS LOUNGE

FEATURED ARTIST:
Jessica Alvarez

LIVE MUSIC:
5:00pm - DeviceRATT

7:00pm - Illspokinn

8:00pm - Miss Angelina

9:30pm - DJ Manuvers

HAPPY HOUR:
5:00pm to 9:00pm - $3 beers / $6 martinis / $4 apps

Around the World in 6min! Episode 6

Happy Turkey Day! We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Here is the Thanksgiving Edition of our YouTube show featuring:

Indian, Celtic...Canadians!?

Barcelona Electronic Intergalactic Funk

Ghana Hip Hop star has new hustler's anthem

Apache/Mexican Native American music

Swedish alternative soul pop

Lykke Li - Swedish Soul

Sweden really knows how to produce amazing pop singers! You already know we love Robyn, and today we present another Swede we love - Lykke Li.

Lykke Li is an alternative singer who blends elements of pop, electronic, soul and alternative rock. Her music is rich, and often includes violins, tambourines, trumpets, saxophones, and cellos.

Li was born in Sweden, but went on to live in Portugal, Morocco, Nepal, India, and Brooklyn NY before returning back home to Stockholm to record her album. Her worldly upbringing is apparent in her eclectic sound.

Here is one of her biggest hits, Little Bit. We featured in on the November episode of the GLOBAILE Podcast - go download it for free!

Happy Thanksgiving - Apache music from Yolanda Martinez

To all the Americans: Happy Thanksgiving!

We know that Thanksgiving can be a controversial holiday, considering it's history involves a brutal war and the genocide of the Native American people. However, we like to to think of Thanksgiving as a day of PEACE. A day of cease-fire. A day when two warring enemies laid down their arms, and came together to break bread.

Earlier this year, we learned from Peace Day, that even if enemies only stop fighting for one day, that one day can have incredible importance and amazing results.

In honor of the Native American community, today we celebrate their rich history of music. Here is a song from Yolanda Martinez, an Apache/Mexican Native American. Enjoy this powerful ode to the beauty and wonder of Mother Earth.

M3NSA - Ghana's Hiplife Hustler

Young Jeezy is played out - M3NSA has the new hustler's anthem.

M3NSA is one of the most respected rappers in Ghana. Fusing nu-jazz, soul, hip hop, and afrobeat, he raps in English with bits of Twi and Pidgen mixed in. He was named among the top 50 Ghanaians to watch by BBC, and just released his first international album in October.

He has been one of the mainstays of the Ghana music scene since the beginning of the hiplife movement.

Hiplife is a Ghanaian musical style which fuses highlife and hip hop. Highlife is a native genre from Ghana known for jazzy horns and multiple guitars with an uptempo, synth-driven sound. Mix in hip hop with dancehall and reggae influences, and you have hiplife.

Recorded in Ghanaian languages such as Twi, Ewe and Ga, hiplife is rapidly gaining popularity throughout West Africa and abroad, especially in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Germany.

Check out this hiplife hustler's anthem from M3NSA - Adjuma.