Since the beginning of the year, there has been a few good singles in the music mainstream; however, here are five singles that truly stand out.

Machel Montana and Patrice: Rolling - good collaboration and a good beat.

Chris Brown: With You - Probably the most mature song we'll hear from Mr Brown, but its melody, simple lyrics and beat have captured the ladies' hearts.

Busy Signal: Unknown Number - If you want to brainwash Jamaicans, simply sing a song. Busy certainly has got everyone to 'stop' answering unknown/private numbers more than ever these days.

Queen Ifrika: Daddy - Not particularly a club banger, but certainly a song that can't get off the airwaves, no matter how they try.

Snoop Dogg: Sexual Seduction - Snoop clearly has no plans of retiring, and why should he? He continues to provide music lovers with hit on top of hit!

Not too long ago, some of us religiously lived by the styles and fashions of the 1990s. Anyone remembers the:

Jeans jumpers - Were hot then, but imagine trying to bring them back today?

High hair fade - Teens and some radical young adults enjoyed having these hairstyles. Queen Latifa and Will Smith come to mind.

Thick gold chains - Typical signature for a rapper in those days or our own singer Sanchez.

Sweat pants - You were 'lame' if you weren't seen in sweat pants at the movies in the late '90s.

Most of us are well aware that slangs in Jamaica change frequently, but there are three that just can't seem to get outdated, at least for now.

Dem a happen, but you occur!

Bum bang to da world!

Soo sick!

Carnival fanatics, it's that time of year again and everyone knows that if there's anything you can't do without, it's these two things:

Water - Without it you will run out of steam.

Good 'jumping' shoes - I doubt there's an alternative for these.

Ever heard the saying, 'Everybody can dance but not everyone is a dancer'? Well, one phenomenon that has taken Jamaica by storm is the growing number of

male dancers in the music industry.
- Alexander Mitchell