Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Caribbean "Gwada" rhythm.
Part I presents information about Gwada rhythm and showcases a YouTube sound file of Bunji Garlin's November 2017 record "Go Ask Yuh Mudda".
Information about Bunji Garlin is also included in this post along with selected comments from the discussion thread of this sound file.
An article about Bouyon artist Asa Bantan (who is mentioned in one of the selected comments in this compilation) is given in the Addendum to this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/05/bouyon-gwada-riddim-mix-2018-by-djeasy.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II of this pancocojams series showcases a sound file mix of songs with the Gwada rhythm, including Bunji Garlin's ""Go Ask Yuh Mudda". Selected comments from the discussion thread of this sound file are also included in that post. Some information about St. Lucian Kuduro music (Dennery Segment) is given in the Addendum to that post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Bunji Garlin for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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I haven't found the lyrics to this song online and I'm unable to transcribe it. If you know these lyrics-or portions of them- please share them in the comments below. Thanks.
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INFORMATION ABOUT GWADA MUSIC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Guadeloupe#Bouyon_gwada
"Bouyon (Boo-Yon) is a form of popular music of Dominica, also known as jump up music in Guadeloupe and Martinique. The best-known band in the genre is Windward Caribbean Kulture (WCK), who originated the style in 1988 by experimenting with a fusion of cadence-lypso, jing ping and other traditional dances.
Due to the popularity of Triple K International, Ncore, and the New generation of bouyon bands who toured the French Antilles, a popular offshoot of bouyon from Guadeloupe is call bouyon gwada.[10] The jump up had its heyday from the 90s with songs such as Met Veye WCK, but remained stamped background music or carnival. Over the years, thanks to inter-trade with the Dominicans and the mass participation of Guadeloupe at the World Creole Music Festival, the flagship group as Triple kay and MFR band began to democratize and local artists were inducted including the remix Allo Triple kay with Daly and "Big Ting Poppin 'Daly alone.
A popular offshoot within the bouyon gwada is call bouyon hardcore, a style characterized by its lewd and violent lyrics. Popular Bouyon gwada musicians include, Wee Low, Suppa, Doc J, Yellow gaza, etc.”
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INFORMATION ABOUT BUNJI GARLIN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunji_Garlin
"Ian Antonio Alvarez[1] (born July 14, 1978), better known by his stage name Bunji Garlin, is a Trinidadian ragga soca artist.
Early Life
Bunji was born on July 14, 1978 in Arima, Trinidad.[2] He is of Saint Lucian and Venezuelan descent.[3]
Personal Life
He married fellow soca artist Fay-Ann Lyons on December 23, 2006, daughter of successful soca singer Superblue.[4] He is also a second cousin of singer Patrice Roberts, who performs alongside the popular Machel Montano.[5]
Career
Bunji has won Trinidad's Soca Monarch/International Soca Monarch competition on several occasions: 2002 (tied with Iwer George) with "Down in the Ghetto",[6] 2004 with "Warrior Cry",[7] 2005 with "Blaze the Fire" Both songs were produced by then band member Shawn Noel (Da Ma$tamind)[8] and 2008 with "Fiery" [9] He placed second in the International Soca Monarch 2009 with "Clear De Road", while his pregnant wife Fay-Ann Lyons placed first with "Meet Super Blue".[10] She also won the Groovy Soca Monarch title that same night with "Heavy T Bumpa".
Bunji Garlin's "Brrt" is featured on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack.[11]
In 2013, Garlin won the Soul Train Award for Best International Performance for the song "Differentology", which features Nigel Rojas on guitar.[12] An album of the same name was released by RCA Records and VP Records in August 2014.[13][14]
In 2017 he released Turn Up, which gave him his highest US chart placing to date, reaching no. 3 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.[15]”...
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: #GwadaRiddim #ForceItRiddim
Bunji Garlin - Go Ask Yuh Mudda (Gwada Riddim) "2018 Soca" (Trinidad)
JulianspromosTV | 2019 Music, Published on Nov 10, 2017
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Take us back in time when we use to Jam to sounds of just whistles, conch shell and congo drums. #GwadaRiddim reminds us of just that. Our sound. Our culture. Our heritage on one riddim. Last year we brought you the #ForceItRiddim, this year, TeamFoxxMusic introduces the great #GwadaRiddim Featuring BUNJI GARLIN, FYAN LYONNS, MOTTO & FADDA FOX, MARZVILLE & STABBY, SKINNY BANTON & MR LEGZ. This is pace for Trinidad Carnival 2018! Lets Go!
Produced by Lashley ' Motto ' Winter
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Statistics as of May 22, 2019 3:27 PM
total # of views - 228,747
total # of likes- 2,000
total # of dislikes - 85
total # of comments- 93
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Here are selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread with numbers added for referencing purposes only:
(Notice that several commenters indicate that these examples are actually Bouyon music although the records are mistaken for Soca music and marketed as Soca music.)
All of these comments are from 2018.
1. Swagga Shane
"758 riddims sounding nice! Big up Motto and the Viking murdered this one!"
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758 county code – St. Lucia, West Indies
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2. mary-ann massicott
"Sounds more like bouyon music"
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3. medy miles
"Put Asa Bantan on that riddim
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Asa Bantan is a popular Bouyon recording artist from Dominica, West Indies. Read an article about Bouyon music and Asa Bantan in the Addendum to this post.
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4. nunya bizness
"medy miles same thing I just said on another video. Dominica artists need to jump on this... beat is fiyah!"
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5. medy miles
"nunya bizness agreed can't have a bouyon riddim without at least one DA artist"
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"DA" = Dominica
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6. Malaika Church
"medy miles same thing I was thinking. Definitely tuned for him.."
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7. Boogie Etienne
"Asa and shadow flow of Dominica should really jump on this also mention of the nu vybes in st.kitts truss me this riddim is 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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8. maverickjb10
"Lol I was waiting for someone to do this That's mi DJ though Jel bad stay on top of the soca vibes!"
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9. Nelly Austrie
"Woooooiiiii Dominican track ...Bunji made that just for us !!!"
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10. Sasha-Kay Wallace
"no sah mi need fi reach t&t fi carnival! mi cyaa manage this"
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"t&t"= Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
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11. Prettylittle Pengting
"This beat is mesmerizing 🔥🔥"
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12. Drexter Charles
"Bunji starting 2018 soca with a bang"
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13. Tomisin Ajakaiye
"Him and his wife jumped on this riddim. He did another song!! Made my morning"
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14. SocaPhD
"Nice mash up on this riddim from Bunji! :-)"
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15. Mikhail Doyle
"it baddd !!! go ask yuh mudda"
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16. Davin R
"Power soca boi!!!"
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17. lilremy3
"DAVIN R you mean bouyon!"
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18. Iamtrup.r
"This man lyrics is very inspiring ever try to freestyle like him"
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19. Mandi's Motif
"Ask yuh mudda💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 woooiiiiii"
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20. Amanda La Fon
"Go ask yuh motha😂"
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21. Chantal Paul
"💃. .....go ask yuh mother tune"
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22. Goog E
"Oy. Lyrics sucks on many soca for 2018. The riddim soundin good tho"
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23. Florine Lucas
"Wooyie go ask yuh mudda"
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24. Tilly Dome
"Bunji Garlin is a soca legend 💯 😢"
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25. Chanita Williams
"I’m a an American woman but I ❤️ listening to Soca music. I can whine💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 all day. Go Ask Yuh Mudda. Love ❤️ dis track & his wife’s Fay Ann’s too."
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26. angel eyes
"Well i wanna c if dey goin to kick up a storm abt dis n ban it on airwaves to like dey wanna do massive"
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27. greengreen4lyfe
"Awa wi that is a watered down early 2000s bouyon riddim mix with a little bit of dennery segment."
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An excerpt about St. Lucian Kuduro music (Dennery Segment) is included in Part II of this pancocojams series. The link for that post is given above.
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28. Karlene Roberts
"I agree"
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29. lilremy3
"Yea I realize alot of new Soca this days is really old school bouyon, but they don't wanna give the credit to who created it, that's why now they saying is soca lol"
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30. Karlene Roberts
"sounding like a DA song"
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31. Jehanna Stapleton
"Now this start carnival small island massive get it"
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32. Craig Valentine
"Maddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!"
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33. Jenelle Garraway
"Who is he dissinnnn harddddd?😂"
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34. Josh Frederick
"ole skool bunji"
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35. Onika Sutherland
"This song mad 😃😃😃"
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ADDENDUM: ARTICLE ABOUT BOUYON MUSIC AND ARTIST ASA BANTAN
From https://houstonafrocreolefest.info/asa-bantan
"Bouyon Bass: Asa Bantan’s “One Man” Mashes Up Dominica
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley—
“The dominant sound in Dominica today, bouyon was developed in the 1980s by bands like WCK, combining elements of kadans (or cadence-lypso), the folk style jing-pingand a quick-paced electronic drum pattern similar to soca. More recently, deejays with raggamuffin-style vocals inspired by dancehall have moved to the fore, updating the sound for the youth.
Along with groups like Triple K, Asa Bantan—that’s Bantan, not Banton—is one of the main acts currently carrying the torch for bouyon on the Nature Island. A product of Grand Bay, Dominica’s “Sout’ City” and cultural capital, Asa scored the biggest reaction of last week’s World Creole Music Festival, (look out for our full report and photo series on that soon) literally working the crowd into a froth during the self-explanatory “Wet Fete.”
The most ubiquitous song in Dominica at present, “One Man” is hitting in neighboring islands like Martinique and St. Lucia as well, and is poised to carry Bantan’s name into the broader Caribbean and beyond. Matching a bouyon beat with the bleeps and blips from Chris Brown’s Diplo/Afrojack-produced “Look at Me Now,” “One Man” offers a simple message for the ladies of “DA” (and also “SM,” as in Saint-Martin): “Stop fight over one man! Stop make noise over one man! How you look good, and you cyan get a next man?”
Article in courtesy of LargeUp.com""
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This concludes Part I of this two part series on Bouyon Gwada rhythm.
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