There was quite some excitement on islandmix when this song was announced earlier in the week with the release of the track expected soon after. Today I got the opportunity to listen to the song for the first time and here is my take on the song but was not captivated by what I heard!
This one was advertised as Vincy Ragga Soca on islandmix.com but if you take a look at the accompanying music photo release it is easy to see that it is being marketed as a Groovy Soca track. This is the confusion that takes place with the labeling of the music. This one looks like it was a real 'Turn Ova' for Zoelah because I really don't feel her vibe in this song. Banco sounds very comfortable on the track but not Zoelah.
I liked the start of the song - nice intro but then the vocals and the music got me a little thrown off base - one was racing the other! Something about the combination of the vocals and music just does not sit right with me. I can't put my finger on it but the vocals and music don't seem like they fit like ring on finger. Zoelah sounds like she is just keeping pace with the music. Banco appears to be comfortable with the pace of the music but Zoelah appears to be at the end of the race with this song. I get the feeling that she was trying to keep pace with the music. When Banco says, "Gyal" he reminded me of something I heard in one of Shurwayne Winchester's song for Carnival 2012. This song has really Turned me over! As I mentioned before something does not feel right about this one. This is not going to be a hit!
Production Notes:
Produced by Kevin "KC" Charles for Stadic Studio Productions
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