Date: Saturday 26th May 2007
Venue: Silverspoon Night Club, Azure Way, South Way, Wembley, HA9 0HP
Tickets: £20 plus booking fee more on the door
Artist performing on the night: Lil Rick, Tallpree, Lavaman, Lady Lydz, Clay and Pandemonium Band
DJ’s on the night: DJ Matthew (Choice fm), DJ Bajee (Lynx fm), Q T 2 Hype (lynx fm), Menace (Genesis radio)
Show Host: Cherokee from Genesis
Live Band: Pandemonium band also backing Lil Rick and Tallpree
Show starts: at 10 pm sharp, doors open at 9 pm.
Lil Rick
Best known for his
"wuk up" performance, a Bajan term used to describe his enviable pelvic gyration,
Lil Rick has undisputedly earned himself the infamous title
"Hypa Dawg." Guaranteeing his fans non-stop hype from the moment he enters the stage, they watch in awe as he commands crowds of screaming fans to attempt his well choreographed movements.
Since the release of well known tracks
"Bumper Inspector" and
"Hard Wine" in 1997 which marked his entrance onto the soca scene.
Lil Rick has released hit after hit and copped several titles throughout
Barbados' Crop Over festival. In 1998 he won the Party Monarch Title with
"Down Behind the Truck" and in 2002 and 2003 he won both the Party Monarch and Road March Titles with hit singles
"Hypa Dawg" and
"Mash Up & Buy Back" respectively. Throughout the years,
Lil Rick has collaborated with the likes of soca diva Alison Hinds, Edwin Yearwood, Keann and Madd together with Trinidadian soca stars Machel Montano and Iwer George.
In 2005, his album
'Spontaneous' was one of the most anticipated releases for the Crop Over festival demonstrating his prowess as a songwriter. He shocked fans with his rendition of the romantic ragga soca
"Be My Girl" and his collaboration with Edwin Yearwood on the track
"Friends" dispelled any rumors that there was any rivalry with his equally loved contemporary.
Together with the immensely popular
"Do Fuh Do" which won him the
Ragga Soca Monarch title (2005) and the soca chart topping
"Til Morning Come" which features on the
Madness Rhythm, Rick’s last album remains his most heavily rotated to date.
With four albums to his name –
"Challenge" (1997), "We Surviving" (1999), "More Hype" (2003) and "Spontaneous" (2005) the majority of the music from this devoted father of four can be found on compilations executive produced by Monstapiece Entertainment.
In January, 2006
Lil Rick was nominated in four categories for the
1st Annual Barbados Music Awards. He was also awarded the Cornerstone award for his stellar contribution to the development of the Barbados music industry. He has maintained the Guinness ambassadorship for over 5 years and is presently the host of the most listened to radio show - the Guinness Rush Hour, every Saturday on HOTT 95.3 FM.
More recently,
Lil Rick was chosen from amongst Barbados' leading entertainers to perform at the launch of MTV Tempo in Barbados, captivating audiences across the world with his impressive waistline movements.
With the recent launch of the
Hypa Dawg clothing line, Rick has once again demonstrated why he earned the name Chihuahua Business Man. Whether in the dub, on stage or off stage and with a career that continues to expand and evolve Lil Rick a.k.a. The Hypa Dawg a.k.a Chihuahua Business Man remains the
most popular entertainer Barbados has ever seen.
Tallpree
Although his 1999 hit “Old Woman Alone” has brought him a new recognition with its phenomenal success, Tallpree has been on the music scene since 1989. Formerly known as Mr. Evilus, Tallpree began performing as a dancehall artist in Grenada, getting his start by hitching rides from his home in St. George’s to anywhere he could get a chance to perform and be heard on the microphone.
For years he performed as the opening dancehall act for many of the big name artists that visited Grenada such as Super Cat, Maxi Priest, Barrington Levy , Beenie Man, and Buju Banton.
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Well received by his Jamaican peers, he has even participated in clashes with Merciless and Sean Paul in Grenada. While remaining the #1 Dancehall artist in Grenada,
Tallpree made the
switch to soca. In 1997 he began with his soca career with
“Ram-e-Deh”. His 1998 song,
“Pound-a-Rice” paved the way for the 1999 international hit
“Old Woman Alone”. It hit the music scene by storm from the introductions infamous line
“where de jab jab posse de”. Tallpree following the success of SpiceMas 1999 went on to compete in Trinidad and place third. The Old Woman tune was accompanied by an elbow swinging dance that mashed up the soca scene across the Caribbean, Miami, NY, Toronto and London.
In 2000,
“The Grave, The Jail and The Hospital” won him the Road March title in Grenada. But it was in 2003
Tallpree was finally crowned soca monarch in Grenada for smash hit
“Carnival Maddness”. He has continued to put out big tunes such as
“Jennifer”, “Invasion on the Rags”, and more recently “From de Heart” and
“Miss Antisocial”.
Tallpree can be found making appearances all over the Caribbean, and North America and continues to bring originality and creativity to the craft.
Lavaman
Born September, 1981 and raised in St. George's Grenada
Marcus James aka Lavaman attended the Grenada Boys Secondary School known as one of the top secondary Schools on the Island. It was through his love of rap music also gift of song writing and being a hot DJ that got him into the soca scene. One of his first tracks was released in 2004 entitled
‘Money’ Lavaman with Full Moon Entertainment. He built his own Studio downstairs his Mothers Home and in 2005 he entered into the soca arena with the song
‘POSITION’ which took him right into the Finals of the Soca Monarch Competition and continued until the following year 2006 writing his own music.
In 2006 he entered the Soca Monarch Competition with
BEHAVE YOURSELF and
HORN this took him to the Finals.
Lavaman is a very popular artiste in
Grenada and is gaining popularity around the Caribbean. Many companies want to work with him due to his versatile lyrics which have lead to him creating the music for adverts and staring in them. Such as advertising for RUGGED STREET, which is a hip clothing chain in Grenada, CABLE & WIRELESS and he also DJ’s in Night Clubs throughout Grenada.
Lavaman is currently working on a
hot track for 2007 with Peter Ram from Barbados. Peter Ram was impressed with Lava’s performance in Carriacou in April that Peter Ram asked
Lavaman to do a track with him. This track will be released soon.
Lavaman is performing exclusively for Soca in the City 26th May 2007 check
www.myspace.com/gndlavaman. This will be Lavaman’s first performance in the UK.
Lady Lydz
Lydia Roberts, born in the
Spice Isle of the Grenada migrated to Canada at age 20.
Lady Lydz started to sing at the age of 10 with the Victoria Baptist church choir. At that very young age she was given the opportunity to sing solo and that was the beginning of her singing career where during the Christmas season and church conventions she travelled Grenada performing in front of large audiences.
Her career continued in Toronto with Cyrus B Band as their lead back up singer performing in numerous road shows at the well know Bamboo Club downtown Toronto and the Big Blue in Hamilton, Ontario.
In August 2000 she travelled to Chicago where she performed at the African Festival with African singer Qusi Selasie. In March of 2002 she went to Miami to pay tribute to Lady pearl.
Lady Lydz took a leave of absence from 2002 – 2004 to have her children now she is back on the music scene stronger than ever.
In 2005 she produced a mini album with Radford Ettiene of Sisum Sound in Toronto. There were two hit singles on that album
Soca Queen and
Shake a Leg; an upbeat melody that will make you dance. In 2006 she produced another mini album with Derrick Latouche of New York another fantastic album.
With the success of her mini album she entered in to the
Calypso arena in Grenada in 2005 and 2006 and as a new comer had great success. In 2006 she qualified to enter the Soca Monarch Competition. She has now work with the Top Calypsonians & Soca artist from Grenada, Carriou & Petit Martinique; Ajamu, Inspector, Randy Isaac, Tall Pree, Boogie B & Mr. Killer the new Calypso Monarch of Grenada.
Clay
Clay is a young talent who's track Whine has been one of the most requested tracks on Genesis Radio in London. Whine is a delightful blend of Reggae and Soca that is guaranteed to make you jump to the left and stookie stookie. This track is on rotation in Canada and the UK.
With a musical family it was destined that Clay would follow suit. Clay's two eldest brothers are also the music business; one is a singer songwriter and producer called Carl Morrison. The other brother is Dancehall Reggae DJ called Omar Morrison Artist name Raw Deal and is signed to Kingston record labels.
Clay moved to London where he started to work with Saxon founder Dennis Rowe son Tyronne at his studios. It was at these studios where Clay started producing and singing over his own tracks.
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In 2006 he created the beat for whine and the rest is history Tyrone is now Clay's manager. Through working at the studios
Clay has produced for the UK's hottest MC Doctor and has recently produced with Doctor and the American RnB group ATL. This track is called
'Do it' which will be released later this year GPP label.
Pandemonium
The
UK’s only multi –ethnic Soca Reggae Raggaeton Live Band. Pandemonium Band is an eight piece live band pushing the boundaries of today’s music with its vibrant and
original blend of soca, calypso, reggae, bashment, reggaeton and dub music, all injected with healthy dose of urban UK Flavour.
Pandemonium has performed at Trinidad, Barbados and Notting Hill carnivals; new York Labor Day and the Mayor of London’s Caribbean showcase at Hyde Park and toured clubs, festivals and events across the UK and the Caribbean. Our performers have appeared on Caribbean TV, UK and US radio, on top of carnival floats and trucks as well as commanding crowds of 35,000 at Barbados’ East Coast Road national Crop Over event.
Tickets are available thorough the following outlets: Red Record Brixton: 0207 274 4476
Webster records: Shepherds Bush: 0207 740 4651
Body Music Tottenham: 0208 802 0146
Dub Vendor Ladbroke Grove: 0208 969 3375
Dub Vendor Clapham Junction: 0207 223 3757
Genesis radio 07983 942 754
Enjoygrenada.com 07858 885 580/ 07790 354 125
Duells Barbers: 0208 674 3186
Ticket Master 0870 534 4444
Soca news www.socanews.com
More information available on www.myspace.com/socainthecity
Tickets are £20 plus booking fee
