In case you’re living under a rock and those last two names aren’t familiar, go Google them RIGHT NOW and get caught up. Saidah is a fast-rising Canadian artist who refuses to be defined and rocks out with the best of them. VV Brown is – in my humble opinion – one of the brightest young stars to come along in decades and her new album “Travelling Like The Light” has quickly become of my my absolute faves for 2010 thus far.

That being said, the night was fun, relaxing and inspiring all at once. Big up to my Toronto fam, and thank God for being able to step out of the proverbial “box” once in a while. This outing was most definitely “Not Just Soca” (as our MistaVybeWorld.com slogan says), and well worth the time and effort.

I can see this trip to T.O. is going to be a game-changer already!

Stay tuned for more shortly… Mista Vybe OUTTTTTT!!!

Those of you that pay close attention to my Twitter account or keep up with me on Facebook might already know I ‘ve been in Toronto, Canada, since Thursday. The BIG NEWS – in case you weren’t there and missed it – is that on Saturday night (October 17th, 2009), your favourite SUPERMODELROCKSTAR (that’s me! *waving*) dropped a huge bomb on Toronto’s unsuspecting Soca lovers by making an un-advertised SURPRISE appearance at D’ Enforcas 15th Anniversary Party, AKA the “Soca Summit”!

Thanks to all the Toronto fans who showed me love, and extra special thanks to The Enforcas for making me such a major part of their Anniversary celebration. Big up to  Shayne Bailey, Ms. Paige, E-Man, SKF, Nurse Karen, Mizz Kayz, Slammer Cutter and everyone else from the Toronto Soca scene who showed myself and the MistaVybeWorld Team lots of love.

A zillion thanks and my undying love goes out to the lovely and uber-talented Miss Niya of Niya Melodie Accessories for blessing me with the super-cool CUSTOM-MADE (yes, I said CUSTOM *evil grin*) bracelet and dogtag that I sported that night as well.

Mista Vybe onstage at Soca Summit (Photo courtesy Islandmix.com)

Special shout out to BMW for hooking me up with Gear from BMW Mini Collection 2009 for the show as well! (Yeah, you read it right – I got links like dat lol).

I also have to say Major Thanks to my selector (not to mention one of my favourite cousins) DJ Naughty V, for backing me up on the turntables during my show. Likewise, I must say a HUGE “Thank You” to (Drake’s official DJ) one and only Future The Prince for holding down the MC duties and introducing my surprise performance!

Not only was it great performing in Toronto again for the first time in a couple years, but it was also great to finally link up in person with the Toronto arm of the MistaVybeWorld.com Team. It’s soooo much cooler to interact with Management (Joanne Marcano) and Media Relations (Sandhya Khanna) in person (instead of teleconferencing lol)… and we even managed to have some fun and hang out after the show as well, as evidenced by the pic below of the whole MistaVybeWorld Team and myself chillin’ backstage with Future The Prince, DJ Naughty V and (Twitter-quiz diva) DarlingNicky999 after my performance.

(FROM LEFT) DarlingNicky999, Future The Prince, Joanne Marcano, Mista Vybe,

Sandhya Khanna & DJ Naughty V backstage!

(Photo courtesy Toronto-Lime.com)

If you missed the show OR you just aren’t based in Toronto, don’t worry – you’ll see EVERYTHING soon when we launch Season 2 of my Reality show “2 D World” which we’re currently taping in Toronto. Yup – that’s right – “2 D World: TORONTO” is Coming Soon to a MistaVybeWorld near you! ;-)

In the meantime, to whet your appetite, there’s a Gallery on the Photo Page here at MistaVybeWorld.com filled with pics from Saturday night. Enjoy yourselves – and stay tuned for much more blog posts from the T-Dot soon. For NOW, Mista Vybe is outtttttttt!

[Photos courtesy Teeography, SocaDread (Islandmix.com) & Toronto-Lime.com]

I hadn’t bumped into Naya George and the guys from Invazion band for a minute, so it was good to hang out with them backstage and even better to see dem completely DEMOLISH “De Village” and leave the 10 To 10 crowd in a frenzy, setting the pace for the night’s many hype performances. Ziggy Rankin went on with them and really ripped up the place too. And of course yours truly followed after and had my lil mash up moment as well… *modest grin*

On top of that, it’s rare that I get to see my some of my  Greenz (aka Grenada) bredrins “done di place”, let alone getting a chance to see ALL of them on one stage in one night, so even though yours truly was seriously under the weather on the night of August 1st, I stuck around and braved it out to take in some of the finest performers in the Spice Isle.

10 To 10 Fete! (Grenada Spice Mas 2009) from Mista Vybe on Vimeo.

From Shotta Ricky to the enigmatic Lava Man to the veteran Inspector and of course my close buddy Mr. Killa (congrats on the Soca Monarch title boss!), the night was filled with fun performances and hype stage antics and the Greenz posse totally got into the action and got themselves ready for Spice Mas!

Me? I just rocked back with my under the weather self and let the hype performances warm my soul till the sun came up and it was time to board the bus back to the hotel.

After that there was barely enough time to pack up and head to the airport for 12 Noon to catch our flight back to Sweet TnT! Tired, still not 100% but happy I got a taste of Spice Mas vibes 2009!

Before I sign off, I gotta say thanks to Wayne Green & Homebase Entertainment for handling business on my behalf while I was there, big up to the promoter Waggy T and a very special thanks to WeeFMGrenada.com & photographer Mikey Hutchinson for some of the pics (the final shot of Ziggy is Copyrighted to ME though lol).

All my love to all the Greenz fans!! Bye Greenz! Love yuh bad… yuh know Mista Vybe will be back soon. Hmm might be sooner than you think!!! Stay tuned… ;-)

In the meantime though, I just wanna say on behalf of myself and my showbiz “family”, The Big Artist Crew, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who supported us so lovingly during our amazing performance at the Super Concert on Saturday night at Carifesta IX, in the National Stadium (Trinidad)!

You know, sometimes when you spend as much time away from home representin’ your country as I do, you find yourself wondering if the people at home appreciate what you do as much as the fans abroad do when Carnival is over… and at Carifesta the warm reception myself and the crew got certainly proved that there’s NO PLACE LIKE HOME! Gotta send a special shout ot to the Crew…

Saturday night was the first time in a while the entire Crew got to represent together on one big stage – and it was a night to remember trust me!

My homegirl Michelle Sylvester started things off with a bang, mashing up the place with her string of hit tunes, including “Go Ahead”, “Sleep In Your Bed”, “Face Me”…

Then it was MY turn! Singing “Always On My Mind” with Michelle is always wonderful but this time it was made even more special by the thousands of you out there who sang and danced along… thank you guys and thanks Meesh! Love ya! (Aye Michelle! I hear we make the Express front page? Wayyyyyy!)

After “Always”, I got to perform “Ting” in my first major show at home since I won the Caribbean Soca Monarch. Judging by the amount of jumpin’ and wavin’ and winin’ going on I’d say “Ting 4 D Road” certainly still has that special something… Never ceases to amaze me how people react to that song.

“Somebody say Ting..4 D Road” for real!!!

My lil sista was waiting in the wings by this time, but before I brought her onstage I had to big up the rest of the Big Artist Crew. Even though they weren’t booked for the show, my friends Nadia Batson and Terry Seales not only came along to the event, but even sang backgrounds and gave the crowd a lil impromptu piece of their solo performing skills too! Thanks you guys!

Big Artist Crew forever!

(FROM LEFT: Vybe, Michelle, Terry, Nadia, Alysha and Julio! BIG ARTIST CREW CHILLIN BACKSTAGE AFTER PERFORMING)

Oh – can’t leave out my lil homey (and one of my favourite producers to work with), Julian “Julio” Nelson (that’s him in the yellow and green)! Saturday was the first time I got to finally introduce the young man who produced all the music for “Ting 4 D Road” live onstage! Julio boy – time to release yuh solo tune – dem ladies out dey feelin yuh LOL!

Last but by no means least, my lil sista Ms. Alysha BLAZED the place with her hit tune “Party”! (Hope you havin fun mashin up Miami Carnival sis – I miss you! Come back soon!)

It was truly a night to remember – the Big Artist Crew in full effect, supported heart and soul by the great audience at Carifesta IX.

I couldn’t end this blog entry without mentioning some of the other talented artists who performed that night, including Jadee (“Dooon’t DIS mih God!), Maximus Dan (D.C.D.B.!), Isaac Blackman (big up the love Circle family), Jabae (whaddup Barry – sorry I left before you guys performed!), H20 Phlo (look out for the new H20/Ms. Alysha collaboration – comin soon!), Multi Symptom… the list is endless.

Finally, after all that love at Carifesta, Michelle and I hustled down to Clifton Hill, Point Fortin, (yeah you read it right – from Port-of-Spain to POINT!), where we performed to another appreciative audience. Point is always a great crowd – love you guys!

Bless up Shal Marshall & Clyde The Outlaw (thanks for hypin’ up the crowd for us fellas!) and my boy Brenty (Invazion family!), the best selector we could ever ask for.

Special shout out to www.TriniView.com….where you can find all these cool pics and more! Check them out for pics of all the happenings..during the whole week of Carifesta IX!

Mista Vybe is gone again… studio callin!

Somebody say NEWWWWWWWWWW TUUUNEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!

Blessed love,

Vybe