In all fairness, yes .... Carnival is a big and serious ting! BUT, we should not let it take away or distract us from enjoying and celebrating the Christmas Holiday season at hand! And for us West Indians (especially Trini's), that means lots of close family & friends, ham & pastelles, punch-a-creme, sorrel, ginger beer (the list goes on and on) and PARANG!!

Parang music is an integral part of our our culture and really adds to that holiday spirit ... making Christmas time at home better than being anywhere else in the WORLD!!  That said, let's not forget to listen to and enjoy all the great PARANG MUSIC by our local artists (be sure to support and buy the original CDs) ... NEW & OLD!

ENJOY PARANG MUSIC ON TJJ TODAY - http://www.trinijunglejuice.com/parang.html

And don't be the GRINCH THAT STOLE PARANG either .... please SHARE music with ALL your FAMILY & FRIENDS!

- Chooks

ps. And yes, after we PARANG, we will indeed SOCA! ;-)

Alison Hinds - Bumpers (Feel Nas Riddim)
Edwin Yearwood (Krosfyah) - Nah Missing Me
Edwin Yearwood (Krosfyah) - We On De Way (Handle Yuh Bizness)
Fraud Squad - Pork Mout
Gorg - Tipsy
Hypa Sounds - Party Mood
Khiomal (Krosfyah) - Til Morning
Khiomal (Krosfyah) - Unleash De Beast
Lil Rick aka Hypa Dawg - One More Time
Lil Rick ft Gorg - Wuck Up (You Hear Wha I Tell You)
Lil Rick & Unda Dawg - Breakaway
Machel Montano HD - Push Bumpers
Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts - Feel Nas
Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts - Tempa Wine
Mikey - Explosion
Natahlee - Sun Til Sun (Rogaltic Riddim)
Patrice Roberts - Lookin Hot
Peter Ram - Tight
Philip 7 - Bring De Wuk
Pong - On Pun It
Red Plastic Bag - Wrong Gal
Rupee - Feet Don't Fail Me
Rupee - Mas Hysteria
Spin Pooch Ink (Stabby 'De Guard') - Stabby

What to hear more 2008 Crop Over music?  Visit http://www.trinijunglejuice.com/socamusic.html#2008_cropover

Vincy Carnival just past, Barbados & Antigua are in a couple weeks, and then it's Spice Mas in Grenada! Of course you can listen to all the lastest Soca releases (in FM quality) right here on TJJ [Click Here]

Carnivals in Barbados (Crop Over), St. Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts & Nevis and Grenada (Spice Mas) to name a few, are serious breeding grounds for many talented artists; some of which have participated and even won titles in TnT's Carnival competitions. Like Bajan Biggie Irie who won the 2007 Int'l Groovy Soca Monarch in TnT Carnival. And artists like Atlantic Recording artist Rupee (who Trinidad loves as one of their own), Alison Hinds, Peter Ram, Lil Rick, Timmy, Fraud Squad, Sheldon Douglas, Tallpree, Baby Killa, Problem Child, Bomani, Jamesy P (the original Nookie Man), Ricky T and Kevin Lyttle (hailing from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad, "Turn Me On" which was recorded by Lyttle and the Dancehall artist Spragga Benz) are all well known names in the Soca industry.

With that said, what's your take on Soca music produced by artists outside of Trinidad & Tobago? Does it make the grade? Do the artists have what it takes to mash up a fete in TnT any day of the week, year after year? We've seen both Problem Child (St. Vincent) and Ricky T. (St. Lucia) prove to be quite a success in 2007 with "Party Animal" and "Pressure Boom" respectivitely.

Are you liking the Soca [Click Here to Listen] they have released to-date?

TJJ Soca Steet Team