( L - R ) Busy Signal, Marcia Griffiths - File
In this weekly 'Mus' Buss Caan Buss' song review feature, three musical minds will 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 'Mus' Buss' at the Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston. This week, the mus' buss/caan buss team will be reviewing Marcia Griffiths and Busy Signal's Keeping It Real.
Lady Boo: "This is an unexpected combination."
Witch: "Yeah mi love it though, bringing old and new together, Busy surprisingly really carries well on a reggae beat and Marcia is timeless."
Lady Boo: "Him almost sound like a Rasta man, lemme get dis straight; a Marcia Griffiths body him a talk about?"
King Kong: "It mellow, mi like it. Busy as usual full of flow. He's one of the more versatile young artistes."
Witch: "Yeah Busy stepped up his game in this song, a completely different market of people. Marcia also keeping it real with younger artistes. The beat nice though, really smooth just kinda flows over you."
King Kong: "He never stepped up his game, its already been up."
Lady Boo: "She can really sing though."
King Kong: "Me really prefer Busy part though, not to start beef but mi prefer him."
Witch: "Dem both sound good and blend well together, Busy almost sound like auto tune though. I'm surprised he can sing."
Lady Boo: "This song is the kinda song yuh just relax and listen to, not the whole heap of boogoyagah in yuh ears. Mek yuh think to."
King Kong: "Something you put on repeat yuh know, the production is good."
Witch: "Yeah it sounds like genuine reggae music, you hear di instruments and is sumting that can play pon radio."
Lady Boo: "Wha mi like bout Busy though is the fact that him nah use no more form of anyting like auto tune, him voice have its own natural variation."
King Kong: "Busy lyrics bad, I guess Marcia own alrite."
Lady Boo: "She nuh need to have no lyrics all she need to do is sing and it sound nice."
Witch: "I agree, wha u seh buss or not?"
King Kong: "Yeah buss, di song, it nice, mi like it, mi like it."
Witch: "Mi like it, mi buss it, is a song mi woulda waan people hear and listen to and disc jocks to play and give it a chance. It have a vibe and it have a cleanness, wholesome, old and new thing to it."
Lady Boo: "Mi like it still it really relaxing, mi will buss it, don't know how far it will go but it nice."