I can’t believe we’re at Blogisode 4 of “2 D WORLD! (GERMANY)” already – and NOW WE’RE GETTING TO THE GOOD STUFF! Last time in Blogisode 3, you saw me performing at Glow Fete in Berlin. This time around for Blogisode 4, GET READY TO GO ON D’ ROAD for Karneval der Kulturen, AKA Berlin Carnival 2009!!!

That’s right – I said “on d road”! It was Carnival in the streets of Berlin, LITERALLY, and Yours Truly (alongside the Threeks Sound crew, Melissa AKA Missy Melone, and my manager, Joanne) hit the road with Berlin’s #1 Trini-style mas band, Purple Explosion and had a HELLUVA time.

Gotta say big ups to Threeks (Alex, Nico and Weasel), and ESPECIALLY to Missy Melone and my homey Jah Marks for making sure we were well taken care of all through the day – love you guys!

Also, Special Shout Out to Escobar/Bohannon and Yard Gear for allowing us FULL ACCESS to to the entire Purple Explosion band. (Remember the name Yard Gear – you’ll be hearing more about them later on.)

Special mention to London-based Soca artist Scrappy (he’s Montserrat’s biggest Soca artist) and his whole London Crew who were “getting on bad” by the truck all day (whaddup Strat’s Finest – thanks for the pics!).

Oh – and I can’t leave out my girls from the Wuk Up Terrorists who MADE me the purple “Trini” flag that I waved for the entire day lol (whaddup Marlene, Terris, Lady Cham and Lady Fiyah!).

Big shout out to to the international cast of DJs who blazed wicked Soca “chunes” all day long on the Yard/Bohannon Truck (which we were either ON or CHIPPING BEHIND all day). Our Berlin Carnival experience definitely would not have been the same without getting hyped up by the turntable skills of  “Uncle” Barney Millah (Germany), Threeks Sound (Germany), Mash Up Crew (Germany), Jam Masters (Netherlands), Soca Revolution (Sweden) and the always-energetic DJ Tony Tempo (out of Atlanta, USA) on the mic!

The second truck in Purple Explosion (courtesy YAAM), housed hot German DJs like Supersonic Sound and the Soca Twins (big up Boone Chatta & Franky Fiyah), and also featured live performances by Vincy Soca star Kevin Lyttle as well as my fellow Trinis, Maximus Dan, Marlon Asher and Jah Melody.

For the Blogisode you’re about to see, it’s ALL about the Yard/Bohannon truck though – showing off all the Soca madness , the sexy costumes and the crazy energy that we experienced all day on the road.

And to top it off, we captured some incredible footage of my spontaneous performance on the truck later on in the day, which was nothing short of amazing.

FYI: In Germany, my 2005 hit “Up” remains my most popular song to this day – Germans go NUTS for it – which is why  I start every performance with it. They even have their own dance for the tune! Check the video to see their hands going up and down in unison as they do the “Up Dance” lol.

At the end of the video you’ll see just how SERIOUS Germany is about Soca music and Carnival. The whole German posse is jumping up and “mashing up the road” to Iwer George’s “People Want Water” – but that’s because it’s actually RAINING ON THEM while the song starts to play! And just like Trinis do back home, these Germans were NOT lettin a lil rain dampen their spirits at all. They actually mashed up the place MORE because the rain was falling!!! Now that’s love for Soca/Carnival, right there.

In closing, I just want to the thank the entire German Soca Massive for making my first Berlin Carnival experience one I will always remember fondly and smile about. (I have over 100 Facebook pics to prove it too lol.) Look for me in 2010 for KDK (Karneval der Kulturen) folks – you know I will be there to do it all over again…

In the meantime till KDK comes back around next year, you can relive 2k9 (or experience it for the first time) by taking in “2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – BLOGISODE 4″, which my Team and I have lovingly entitled “Time To Jump Up And TING (Berlin Carnival 2009)”.

Enjoy and please COMMENT – we LOVE your feeback.

That’s all for now – Vybe outttttttt!

2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – BLOGISODE 4: Time To Jump Up And TING (Berlin Carnival 2009) from Mista Vybe on Vimeo.

STARRING:

Mista Vybe and Joanne Marcano

ALSO STARRING:

Threeks Sound, Purple Explosion Mas Camp 2009,

Yard Gear, Escobar/Bohannon,

Barney Millah, Mash Up Crew, Jam Masters, Soca Revolution, DJ Tony Tempo

Strat’s Finest, Wukup Terrorists,

Ranking Smo

and Bandulero Sound (the Moko Jumbies)

VIDEO RECORDED BY:

Joanne Marcano of Real Mark Global Group

VIDEO EDITING & ANIMATION:

Keith Matthews Jr. of Sav Creative Media

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