Soca Gold 2019

Soca music has become synonymous with joy, laughter and good times and VP Records is proud to present the soundtrack for that with the 2019 edition of Soca Gold. Out June 21st, the compilation features some of the best soca songs of the season. The two-disc CD set includes 17 tracks on Disc 1 and a Soca Gold 2019 Mega-Mix by Team Soca- DJ Spice on Disc 2.

This year, Soca Gold adds new dimensions to the famed compilation series, with two key partnerships; RJR Communications Group Jamaica and FITBK Fitness Movement. Soca

Gold Live - Montego Bay is a live performance showcase to be broadcast over RETV Jamaica on June 22, 2019. This two-hour live broadcast will be streamed via VP Records YouTube channel to key markets during viewing/ launch parties. The Montego Bay event is a new step into travel and tourism, tapping into the ’island hopping’ trend within the classic Caribbean Carnival culture. This is following the inaugural show for the VP Records “Strictly The Best Live” that was done in Montego Bay in January of this year.

The FITBK troupe (a NYC based group of certified fitness instructors of Caribbean Heritage) will stage a ‘come along’ to participate in the festivities on June 22nd. After the project launch, the organization will host multiple themed events as part of their Coney Island Soca Explosion (held on consecutive Saturdays in July and August).

This year’s album features the hottest songs from the most recent Trinidad Carnival including Kes “Savannah Grass” and “Issa Snack” by Nessa Preppy X Travis World. Two tracks; “My Sweet Sweet Woman” by Tony Prescott (out April 19th) and Sean Caruth “Come Inside” (out April 26th) were exclusively commissioned for the compilation. Other standout tracks include “Marc” by Fay-Ann Lyons, “Brace Up” by Machel Montano and the popular track “Funky Business” by Fimba. Tracks from Soca Gold can be heard at carnivals in St. Vincent, New York, Baltimore/DC, Toronto, London and more.

“Every year, Soca becomes more and more recognized by the masses as a genre of music that brings joy and happiness to so many people.” said Edwin Howell, A&R at VP Records and Program Director for Reggae King Radio. “I am proud of this year’s set of songs as they represent what is trending right now with new and classic artists that make good music for carnival and beyond,” he concluded.

Soca Gold 2019 TRACKLIST

Disc 1
1. Savanah Grass - Kes The Band
2. Marc - Fay-Ann Lyons
3. Brace Up - Machel Montano
4. Issa Snack - Nessa Preppy X Travis World
5. Trouble In The Morning - V’Ghn
6. Rag Storm (feat. 3 Canal) - Super Blue
7. Water Blessings - Iwer George
8. Funky Business - Fimba
9. Soca Land - Jamesy P
10. Vent - Teddyson John X Intl Stephen
11. My Sweet Sweet Woman - Tony Prescott
12. Come Inside – Sean Caruth
13. Cyan Function - Rikki Jai
14. Wine After Wine - Hypasounds
15. Manager - Jus D
16. Feting Family - Mikey
17. Pull It Up - Ricky T

Soca Season is Now So Run the “Girls” with Fayann Lyons!

Soca Season is officially upon us, and the anthem for this season is “Girls” by Fayann Lyons!  Consistently requested by fans and played by every Soca DJ / Selector at parties, Boat Cruises and Carnivals, the sweetness of the ‘Girls’ riddim is ruled by the Queen Fayann!

There is nothing men like to see more than the sweetest women having the sweetest time, whining to a sweet chune, and “Girls” is it.  Where the hot girls are, there the hot boys
will be too!

Produced by Jus Now and co-produced by DJ Fresh from the UK, “Girls” went worldwide so fast that Fayann had to bring visual to audio by releasing the music video which is racking up views like #The6ix (I hope you caught that inside joke)!

If you don’t have a copy of this chune, you can get it from iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/break-the-world/id1207331237

Get Ready! Big Bumpa Season with TIFA ft. Fayann In Full Effect!

It is officially Carnival season and TIFA, as well as Fayann Lyons are going above and beyond to make sure that Fans, Radio Jocks and Live Event DJs have the sweetest music to play.  Their collaboration is so sweet, they just about guarantee every "Big Bumper" gyal will be on the dancefloor, and every "Big Bumper" loving man will be right behind them!

The Refix, produced by Birchill Records (which adds to his original Moskato Riddim released April, 2016), was officially released this week, and already Socafiles are offering feedback saying the chune "shat!"  The Remix has a faster BPM and is complimented with Fayann's vocals.

Fayann calls ladies to the dancefloor with:  "big bumpa gyal start wine like if yuh program
/ move like ah big ship inna dih ocean / all dem ah talk there is no emotion / gih dem wine...." TIFA coralls fluffy ladies adding "take dih miggle an roll up yuh bumpa / no flat tire gyal yuh well plump up / steer dih truck wid dih back dump up...."

Woiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!  Fire to mix up the ladies right here!

Loving how Birch made the piano prominent by using a simple chord structure to drive ladies to wine.  If you don't play this chune, it's ONLY because you don't play Soca, and that's cool, but when you hit the road, you've got to spin this chune!

Stream it on SoundCloud here >>> https://soundcloud.com/itsthetifa/tifa-x-fayann-lyons-big-bumper-soca-remix

For the Ladies who Move Like a Propellah!

Friends in the UK and Europe know the name Serocee very well.  Friends in other parts of the world are still getting to know the artist, BUT, with the release of today’s chune “Propellah,” everyone will be on the same page which is that Serocee and the chune is BADDD!

Produced by Toddla T Sound for the Kensal Road EP, this chune is a Carnival special – from Nottinghill Carnival to Carnival in Brazil and every one in between, Serocee picks up on a recurring theme displayed on every Carnival route, in every Dancehall and every bedroom of consenting adults, and that is the motion of a woman’s waist.  This motion can be compared to the rotation of a helicopter blade:  “Propellah!”  

Using the bass to accentuate the punch of a women’s hips when she moves, Serocee sings “yo mih gyal who teach you fih wine so / dih Kartel tune with Black Rhyno / so much gyal inna dih dance but mih find yuh / touch yuh toe when me get behind you / yuh nuh boring gyal / yuh nuh idle / when you get turned up men go psyco / show me how you ride the cycle / wha mek so much man waan fih bribe you….”  And the word play continues!

This chune is part big band (think college marching bands), part UK Swagger, and all Caribbean attitude, and I’m telling you, it’s a hit, let me repeat, HIT chune.  Don’t pause, blink, wait or sleep on this chune, it is that good … worse if you request it at Raves ... dih place buss!

Catch the chune at the download links below and make sure you Tweet with the artist and tell him what you think >>> @Serocee

P.S.  The only thing you won’t like about the chune is it’s not long enough!

Mediafire Link:  https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9pb22hsza325i/Serocee