
( L - R ) Elephant Man, Stitchie - File photos
Today THE STAR brings back the hugely popular Mus Buss column. In this weekly song review feature, three musical minds with different tastes will analyse each song and will 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 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 'Mus Buss' at the Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston. This week the muss buss/cyaan buss team will be reviewing Stitchie and Elephant Man's What A Mighty God.
Witch: "Woiiii, mi feel in di spirit wid dis one! A feel like getting up and jumping."
X Factor: "Mi like di vibes still, di riddim nice and di blend between Stitchie and Ele mek it."
Witch: "Hold on, yuh a talk bout riddim, dese riddims are ole, di opera ting done already and di pocomania day riddim as well."
X Factor: "True."
Lady Boo: " It kinda cool, but Ele what's up wid dis 'consuelo'? And, it look like Ele get voice training, him don't sound as crusty as before."
Witch: "Him still sound like him swallow sumting an' it stuck inna him throat. But, I guess it betta than his usual singing effort."
X Factor: "Mi woulda prefer more original lyrics dan singing ova di original gospel lyrics."
Lady Boo: "It sound like di sing ova of di Badman Christmas Anthem him did do one time."
Witch: "It kinda remind me of Hear My Cry catchy and 'gospelish'. Ele really need fi bring some originality back inna him ting. But the beat catchy still yuh caan help jiggying."
Lady Boo: "At di end of di day a so him a mek him money, no problem, it coulda sound worse."
Witch: "Is he making money though? Like Ele ... Di question everyone waan know ... What a happen wid Bad Boy?"
Lady Boo: "Stitchie sound like how him always sound. But sometimes mi a mix dem up. Dem blend too well."
X Factor: "When it come on to Stitchie and DJ Gospel mi nuh really see much wrong wid weh him can do because him did done inna di dancehall ting already as a veteran and mek the transition him kno wha him stuff all about."
Witch: "Well from what I've heard people still a mek a fuss bout dancehall and gospel combos but dis nuh bad mi nuh have a problem ... If it was Mavado doing it now my eyebrow woulda raise."
Lady Boo: "But it have buss potential, it a get good amount of rotation. Is a buss cause people will play it inna di dancehall fi bun out bad mind."
Witch: "It will do a thing, I can picture di dancers a mek up one dance already, it a buss."
X Factor: "Yeah I agree it have a nice likkle vibe an is suppen weh di dancers dem can build suppen round. So mi woulda give it a buss for di time being."