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Old 06-05-2009, 10:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I agree fully with Chalkdust.
There's nothing like a calypso or soca rife with sexual innuendos. Who can do that better than a Caribbean artist? But sadly, we have been losing the quality artists who were able to come up with such good smut. I listen to Sparrow, Kitchener and others of their era and simply marvel at these artists ability to sing about sex or sexual organs and yet present it in a family-friendly manner. Sparrow has a tune called "When it bald it better". Da one real badd! lol.
Like Chalkdust said, the decline of our education system or probably more so, our apathy towards education is at the root of our inability to come up with great soca and calypso in general and not just good smut. Our vocabulary has shrunk so how can we write lyrics like these guys. With poor vocab you simply present everything raw as it is which is what a lot of the artists are doing.
Our Caribbean artists and musicians need to go back to the fundamentals of producing good soca and calypsos including smut and take time to learn from the ladies and gentlemen who were great in this art form.
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