Soca in the US Whitehouse

[Gladiator]

I would have preferred to see a Trinidad contingent in diplomatic talks or collaboration talks to bridge our education systems, establish new trade agreements, better immigration access to the US or something so at some higher level rather than a performance for their amusement..... similarly they had outsiders and slaves performing for them in the 1800s. Surely we can contribute to more than just entertainment.

Also something needs to be done to extend the shelf life of that music beyond a couple weeks.... even the locals don't care for it after listening for a month or so.

[eliteauto]

lel haters fall back or write a strongly worded letter to Obama, either way no one cares. Congrats MM

[Miktay]

Whitehouse probably thinks soca is the only music from Trin. Not even a Sam Boodram or Anil Beem song

shouldn't the fact that Trinidad was represented take much more importance rather than what Ethnic or cultural characteristic was showcased!

Just like Sat.
what else can he say?
nothing of value

What you want them to sing? Rum is meh lover or the cat lick the butter?
Soca is the best music to represent Trinidad and Tobago.

Ever looked at the lyrics of your average soca song??
Apart from Voice this year almost all of the past 10 years of soca monarch and road march have been about waving a rag and or jumping on a stage or in the road.

Jess like chutney....

Same chune playing over and over.

[K74T]

Rum and horn

[zoom rader]

ent Marsal had a condom removed from his butt a few years ago or was that ole talk

[Dizzy28]

Whitehouse probably thinks soca is the only music from Trin. Not even a Sam Boodram or Anil Beem song

shouldn't the fact that Trinidad was represented take much more importance rather than what Ethnic or cultural characteristic was showcased!

Just like Sat.
what else can he say?
nothing of value

What you want them to sing? Rum is meh lover or the cat lick the butter?
Soca is the best music to represent Trinidad and Tobago.

Ever looked at the lyrics of your average soca song??
Apart from Voice this year almost all of the past 10 years of soca monarch and road march have been about waving a rag and or jumping on a stage or in the road.

Jess like chutney....

Same chune playing over and over.

Essentially local popular music lacks substance then???? No wonder it has no international appeal outside of the diaspora.

[zoom rader]

Whitehouse probably thinks soca is the only music from Trin. Not even a Sam Boodram or Anil Beem song

shouldn't the fact that Trinidad was represented take much more importance rather than what Ethnic or cultural characteristic was showcased!

Just like Sat.
what else can he say?
nothing of value

What you want them to sing? Rum is meh lover or the cat lick the butter?
Soca is the best music to represent Trinidad and Tobago.

Ever looked at the lyrics of your average soca song??
Apart from Voice this year almost all of the past 10 years of soca monarch and road march have been about waving a rag and or jumping on a stage or in the road.

Jess like chutney....

Same chune playing over and over.

Essentially local popular music lacks substance then???? No wonder it has no international appeal outside of the diaspora.

No wonder Ravi B and Dil e nadan makes nearly all their money abroad

[meccalli]

No wonder Ravi B and Dil e nadan makes nearly all their money abroad

diaspora.

[WarrLordd]

No wonder Ravi B and Dil e nadan makes nearly all their money abroad

lmao this is so true the most music sold in queens/florida isn't soca but chutney ask the guyanese alone. Trinis in brooklyn only care about soca on labor day not all year round. Soca really isn't appealing anymore besides the older songs tbh

[Miktay]

Whitehouse probably thinks soca is the only music from Trin. Not even a Sam Boodram or Anil Beem song

shouldn't the fact that Trinidad was represented take much more importance rather than what Ethnic or cultural characteristic was showcased!

Just like Sat.
what else can he say?
nothing of value

What you want them to sing? Rum is meh lover or the cat lick the butter?
Soca is the best music to represent Trinidad and Tobago.

Ever looked at the lyrics of your average soca song??
Apart from Voice this year almost all of the past 10 years of soca monarch and road march have been about waving a rag and or jumping on a stage or in the road.

Jess like chutney....

Same chune playing over and over.

Essentially local popular music lacks substance then???? No wonder it has no international appeal outside of the diaspora.

No wonder Ravi B and Dil e nadan makes nearly all their money abroad

Trini & Gajanese diaspora get homesick yuh know.

Ravi & DDan tour gives them an opportunity 2 engage in homegrown cultural activities that they cyar normally do in forren...

Like pelting bottle...

[MaxPower]

I would have preferred to see a Trinidad contingent in diplomatic talks or collaboration talks to bridge our education systems, establish new trade agreements, better immigration access to the US or something so at some higher level rather than a performance for their amusement..... similarly they had outsiders and slaves performing for them in the 1800s. Surely we can contribute to more than just entertainment.

Also something needs to be done to extend the shelf life of that music beyond a couple weeks.... even the locals don't care for it after listening for a month or so.

Wait...better immigration access for who?
The less Trini scum in the US, the better.

It should stay as it is....blanking man from a side...and blanking dem again.

[timelapse]

Rum and horn as opposed to wine, jump and wave, throw yuh hand in the air.
Don't care either way #blackpeopleissues

[gurmuk]

I see the Monk performing at OVO fest with Bennie Man

Good look for soca

[dougla_boy]

lel haters fall back or write a strongly worded letter to Obama, either way no one cares. Congrats MM

This! Be glad Trinidad is being promoted! You dont have to be a fan to appreciate what he has accomplished. I mean, seriously, allyuh cyah just say congrats?

[ninjabilly]

Look were you are