By Chakara Bennett, Guardian Summer Intern

Are you easily annoyed? Have you not taken a vacation within the last year? Have you not been to a good concert in a while that was not conducted by a church? Are songs like "Beautiful Girls", "Sweetest Girl" or "Tyrone" stuck in your head even when the radio is blasting other types of music?

Well, if you said yes to some of the questions above then it looks like you have the symptoms of soul music deficiency. But don't worry because it can be treated! The perfect cure is on the way!

Aruba's Soul Beach Music Festival May 21-26 in Aruba. For a good fix, you need to fly out to Aruba to catch this hot beach party.

The superstar line-up for this year's festival is sizzling. Some of the music industry's best performers such as the soul-sister Erykah Badu, new sensation Ledisi and "your boy" Sean Kingston are scheduled to take the stage with performances that will blow you out the water.

After jumping up and down to their hype tunes and being consumed by their musical fire to the point where it feels like your heart is about to burst, you can expect to be sent into uncontrollable laughter when the come-back comedian Sinbad lights up the stage.

Just when you think you've getting into your groove and your diaphragm is about to cave in, the party ignites again with fire-starters like Brandon T. Johnson, Paige and the phenomenal, sensational and electrifying Wyclef Jean.

With all this exerted energy and excitement you are bound o get hungry. So, while you're in Aruba ensure you enjoy their rich, Aruban-style delicacies like Keshi yena which is basically a baked wheel of cheese stuffed with a spicy mixture of meat or maybe you'd prefer their, leaf-wrapped meat dishes, lamb stew or bean fritters.

By the time you get off this roller coaster of soul music and soul food you would have thought that you had died and gone to soul heaven. So treat yourself — do not pass go — do not take the time to collect $200. Your only destination is Aruba's Soul Beach Music festival. Are you on this summer soul train?

Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival

When: May 21-26

Where: Various revenues, Aruba

Cost: $$180 concert ticket packet, $65 one-night concert ticket; $65, $100 express party package

How to get there

and where to stay

Best Flight and Hotel with Travelocity: $1,251

Flight: American Airlines (dep. #4970, arr. #1036)

Hotel: The Mill Resort and Suites