Comments on: Lil @#$% Jon: Cohobblopot headliner

By: Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier

Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:33:19 +0000

This is Asiba -The Buffalo Soldier
I have known Don for a long time
He is an honourable man. Please give him the chance to explain and to clear whatever mess there is to be cleared. Yes I did see him Finals night while I was at the VIP gate.

Being at the VIP gate was an interesting exercise. Here I was standing and observing who were going through that VIP gate. I noted that Calypsonians -longtime or newbies –did not go through the gate. I asked myself the question : Are calypsonians VIPs in the Crop- Over Festival ? This is not a criticism of who went through the gate because I accept and recognize that the NC F must and should cater to their Sponsors and others who make contributions to our culture and to overall development. I am just saying that standing there at the gate caused me to reflect and asked the question. Of course one is always looking for material

Calypsonains built this Crop Over thing : we invested money into the Festival and we continue to do so. The returns have been minimal. How many Calypsonians benefit from Crop Over after all the sacrifices ?

The first season I sang Calypso in a Tent, I received thirty(30) dollars at the end of the season. As a matter of fact, everybody received the same money because after expenses what was left was divided equally. Personally I felt as though I was making a contribution to Barbados and that I was helping in the building of something beneficial to my country.

Over the years we the CALYPSONIANS have spent loads of money on costumes, arrangements, recordings and other activities associated with making a festival . We made a proposal to the NCF that they provide money to help us with the cost of props on stage during their competitions (SEMIFINALS & FINALS) because it is very costly and if you dont win the competition you can be out some big bucks.
In case you are not aware, we the calypsonains spend money on props to make an NCF show happen—-utterly ridiculous !
-the moneyasked for has not been forthcoming

Tents in Barbados are at the crossroads and something must be done to assist their development and survival if they are to survive. Maybe the concept of the Tent has become obosolete. The Tent is used to feed artistes into the NCF competitions. Maybe the competitions should be abolished and the Tents could become a greater part of the Festival which should become more of a Music Festival

By: Birdseye

Birdseye — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:03:04 +0000

I mentioned the Green Camouflage because I find it interesting that the nCF and other promoters featured numerous international and reggae artists and not one sight of David Kirton with his Green Camouflage song…. Crop Over encourages development of a localized sound and supports only those who play that. Crop Over should have all genera’s and gov performance money should be spread to all sectors of the industry.

By: sonypooh

sonypooh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:06:56 +0000

Boyce I haven’t seen any comments ffrom you on the two ads from madd entertainment
you very silent. De cat got ya tongue

By: Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier

Asiba-The Buffalo Soldier — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:38:54 +0000

green camo is a metaphor for what ?

By: Truthteller

Truthteller — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:37:32 +0000

ok, how about a review of euphoria now

By: Birdseye

Birdseye — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:40:36 +0000

not one piece of Green Camouflage all season…..

By: Socalover

Socalover — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:39:54 +0000

As a footnote to the foregoing, I went To Cohoblopt and I must say who did not go missed a show of shows. Machel was fantastic. The man is a boss and it would do some of the local artiste well to take a leaf from his book. He was not the only one that was great. Krossfyah was the bomb as well. I also would like to take the opportinity to plead with the local artiste to stop airing their laundry in public. When an artiste can get on stage and say he only has 5 mins and others had 5 hours, I find that to be in poor taste, and if I had the power personally they could not be on another show. Its rediculous how they are behaving. There is no where in this world that some of the locals could match the performance that machel and his ppl put on on Sunday Nite. from the 1st song, my $60 was burnt.

By: thebajantubeguy

thebajantubeguy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:16:11 +0000

all that being said, lil jon put down a good performance

By: asiba-the buffalo soldier

asiba-the buffalo soldier — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:13:04 +0000

music scene getting interesting in barbados
some people are being ignored
some people are given every opportunity to progress
elitism has raised its ugly /colonial/racist in origins head

as we move forward we need to emphasise fairness
and fair play not favour and favouritism or political yardfowlism
we need to look after each other and look for each other
divided we stand ; united we fall

study ya head people !

By: AirBourne

AirBourne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:15:24 +0000

Three things – my previous comment is yet to be printed; Lil John Never cursed (he came close, but Machel reign him in) and Cohobblopot was rammed – wh’appen to Euphoria?

PS – As a Copyrights/Intellectual Property rights advocate… Will you remove the phrase “bMADD as ass” as you are no longer with that group?