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as of this point i dont really care if soca ever becomes big in the states, b/c up here is not where it matters. we've accomplished so much for many years w/o being mainstream, and still the artform remains intact. the only way i see soca being big over here is if they water down the music, n market it to a pop, hip hop or rnb audience which then it would loose its finesse and touch. i say if the music cant make it big the way it is....leave it so. i say dont fix a matter that isnt broken. as long as there are supporters backhome and a few of us abroad, the music will never die.

Both of you are so right! The music sweet the way it is

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I AGREE TOO!

WELL SO FAR WE HAVE

HOT,HOT,HOT & WHO LET THE DOGS OUT AND THEY AINT SOUND MUCH LIKE SOCA TO ME

NOW WE ON D VERGE OF HAVING TURN ME ON...BUT AT LEAST ITS DONE BY THE ORIGINAL ARTIST BUT NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL STYLE.

Guys ,pls don't lose hope with de music making it to the mainstream audience.machel ,iwer,square one and the rest of dem will always be here to keep pumping out the authentic carnival soca music every year.but change is good .a new mainstream soca music is what needed to jump start our dying culture.we must break away from soca music from being just carnival inspired.soca music right now is becoming very repetitive and we need some new blood,new ideas and sounds to be integrated in we music so it can have some life again. soca music is suppose to stir up a frenzy party emotion in your body when you hear it, but right now its just sounding regular.

I heard some new songs from those outbreak fellas"Punjabi; ohh nah nah nah" and its sickkkkk.they're taking the music to the next level and im very excited on where this music is going. I lost faith ,but im backing it 10001%


FIREEEEEEEEEE

IM BACK!!!!!!!!!!

i agree but disagree at the same time. if ppl can't except the music how it is, then leave it. the only way i can see soca as making it big is if the music is water downed, n u dont get the full deal. rite now i feel either take it or leave it as it is. we should not have to compromise the culture of our music to cater to an american audience. soca music has a broad view of topics that we sing about, n if we release the music around a festival or carnival....so be it, we have been doing it for years so why stop now. i've heard of some of the possible sounds soca can sound like when catered to an american audience. the music sounds either to rnb pob dubbish or hip hop n dais not we. when we come in a soca party we eh feeling tuh log on or signal no plane. i personally do not like the direction of soca going into all these beats n riddims, dais not we. but is only my opinion n a set a ppl like it so....so i juss have to accept it.

aye leh meh tell alyuh someting compared tuh we up here in d north, soca is main strem dung deh alyuh have all kina radio stations an artist an ting. up here we have a few artists, buh as far as air play goes we have sun at 6-8, thurs morinings and sum on sat nite,(all on different st.) alyuh have whole stations playing soca all d time. In my opinion i say i like ting d way it is now yuh know artist making chunes fuh d people who really unerstand it an fuh d culture. d last ting i wha here is all d artists singin bout how much "ice" de have an how much man or woman deh have. an all dat shyte.