There are only two days of the year in London where you can dance like a maniac in the streets, drink gallons of rum, smoke a joint in front of a copper, piss in the street, eat three chickens worth of jerk and optionally order Red Stripe without getting arrested, abandoned or sectioned and that, my friend, is Notting Hill Carnival.With less than 48 hours to go until the party starts proper in West London, we asked a selection of the live acts and DJs playing the event to tell us: what exactly is going to be the boss sound of carnival this weekend? What track is everyone still gonna have reverberating through their hazy minds as they return to drudgery on Tuesday morning? Here's what those who can be trusted had to say…Continues below"Sorry, but the song of carnival is always gonna be 'Sleng Teng'.""Boy - at the top of the pile is brand new Future Brown ft D Double E, Footsie & Jammer ’Shut Up’. But, that being said, if I’m totally honest, Spyro’s new one with Teddy Bruckshot, Lady Chann and Killa P, 'Topper Top', will be the song that everyone is going mad for at carnival. Think this tune will cause a madness for sure on the day.""I definitely think Krept and Konan's 'Freak of the week' is gonna get battered, can't wait to hear that bassline.""For me it has been the same tune since I first heard it at Carnival in 1994, Conquering Lion - Code Red always goes off,, nothing ever tops it even 21 years later I swear..!"The song of carnival 2015 has to be Skepta.I don’t think there is anything I would play at carnival that I haven’t played somewhere else. But I would say anything off the “Now That’s What I Call Reggae Vol 2 album I have is a winner. Joking! I’m gonna say By His Deeds by VC."Can I say my own edit of KDA! That'd be nice. Nah, but outside of that Mele's 'Ambience' has the strongest chance, I reckon."FOOTSIE"It's hard to name one particular track. Personally, our live set is built for situations like Carnival, so its a great time to perform as many tracks as possible really, but 'Darren & Dan' is a great way to set it off."Our carnival content is brought to you in partnership with Rinse. You can catch them at this years Notting Hill Carnival. Click here to find out more.
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