Left: Queen of the dancehall, Lady Saw. Right: Tifa
In this weekly Muss Buss Caan Buss song review feature, three musical minds analyse each song and grade it on vocal ability, lyrics, musical arrangement and appeal. Songs that make the grade will be dubbed 'Mus Buss', while songs that flop they will be dumped in the 'Caan Buss' bin.
The three reviewers welcome feedback from the artistes and the public about the column. Send your comments to bussdem@hotmail.com or mail in your songs to Muss Buss at the Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston. This week the muss buss/caan buss team will be reviewing a medley of songs from the 'Tape Measure' riddim including Romance,by Lady Saw, Flip It, by Danielle, Got It, Got It Good, by Tifa, and Yuh Man A Mine Mi from Ms Ting.
Lady Boo: "Lady Saw can really find the accents when she ready."
Witch: "I like it. Lady Saw can still hold it on a riddim wid beer young female artistes. Di riddim sounds like a wining riddim to me."
King Kong: "I don't know 'bout the song dem, but di riddim cool, some of the chords remind me of Busy's Jail. SSMG kinda have di hip-hop clap, so it kinda different."
Lady Boo: "Tifa sound flat still. An di auto tune ting, lef it to Munga."
Witch: "Well, the young female artistes really have to impress me but I actually don't mind the songs on it; the Danielle, and Tifa not bad, it's something I can see catching on if given a chance 'cause women love that kinda passa passa things."
Lady Boo: "Big ooman ting. mi prefer Lady Saw song more dan di rest of dem afta listening. She flow better on di riddim and she nuh sound as flat cause she have a lot of variations. Something mi can actually wine to, based on how she deejay it."
Witch: "Yeah, I like it. Mi like di riddim though, it have sumting to it weh can dance to."
King Kong: "A nuh sumting weh a go kill ova. It a sumting weh yuh listen to when yuh deh at yuh yaad a clean, when yuh a wash some clothes and soak some white shirts."
Witch: "Well, compared to di other girls on the riddim, to me it sound a notch betta."
Lady Boo: "It too normal, still."
Witch: "Come King Kong, as a man, is dis sumting yuh can listen to?"
King Kong: "Dis haffi come on di radio. Mi love di riddim still, mi woulda probably put in di riddim alone but di songs are not sumting mi woulda ... yuh zimmi ... dis is a ghetto girl anthem kinda ting."
Witch: "As a ghetto girl anthem, it might hit still, caw it will play fi dem. Look at di success in di streets of someone like Pamputae, di girls dem love dese kinda songs."
Lady Boo: "But Pamputae song hot, so wha yuh a try seh?"
Witch: "Dat di songs can still hit, caw di songs aren't that bad, dem catchy enough for some people to listen to it, especially Lady Saw own. Buss or not?"
King Kong: "N-o-t-t."
Lady Boo: "Maybe if dem get some other song pon di riddim it will buss still but mi like di Lady Saw one."
Witch: "Mi nuh mind it, I can see it playing at certain events and girls dancing. If radio will play it den people will listen it. It can get a in-the-streets buss."