DJ lemme see yuh work!

A HUGE part of Caribana for me is the Soca. We await the new tunes every year when they come out in Trinidad in Nov./Dec. We're lucky in Toronto to have a Soca season of 7+ months.
My first exposure to Soca was 10 years ago with Square One. I was hooked with Togetherness and Jack Up the World. Then for the 2001 season it was Machel Montano's Stalker & Destra's Tremble It. I would inline skate along Cherry St. area blasting these tunes, getting ready to play mas.
Of course Machel, Destra & lately KES always come out with some hits, but every year, I do wish djs would spin the hot tunes from other artists, because there are so many. Just check out Torontolime, the tunes are endless!
Here are, in no particular order, some (certainly not all) of the not-played-enough tunes I like this season.

Kryptonite - 2Ntrigue

Baby - 3 Suns

You are the One - Jungle ft Keil

Tonight - Alaine ft. Machel Montano

Umi Marcano - Some More

Put it on Me - Cha'randi

Push Yuh Body Gyul - Marvin Bostic

Soca Circus - B-Unnique ft Macka Diamond

Wuk Up Yuh Bumper - KeKeRe & KK

Jungle G & Scar - Swanky Gyal

So what are your favourites this Caribana?

Blazin Hott!

It’s coming on (my) fete season, so I want, no, I need to send a plea to all dj’s out there now, if it will do any good.I know at fetes and at Caribana we always hear the usual suspects - Machel, Bunji, Destra, Shurwayne, Maximus, Faye-Ann... & I have nothing against these Soca superstars at all, they have some of the best tunes. But there's other artists who put out some barely heard tunes that deserve some air time. A Caribana/Carnival pet peeve I have is how often we hear the road march and other similar jump up songs over & over & over, when there's so many more firey songs that are waiting to be played.

Please, please, PLEASE Mr. Dj, can you kindly break out of your (limited) play list box & play some other Soca tunes at fetes, not to mention on the road?

Here's my HOTT Soca picks for Caribana2kGreat:

1. Zooky - Lift Your Leg Up

2. Turn it Around – Umi Marcano

3. Admire You – Mr. Slaughter

4. Oh - Trinity

5. Destra Garcia - Wine It

6. Brick & Lace - Love is Wicked

7. Right Dey – KES the Band

8. High - Destra Garcia

9. Wukking Up and Thunder Waist - Patrice Roberts

10. Rollin - Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano

I caaaaaan wait to wine to these, so dj's, don't let me down!