Ahhh Tobago! Had some fun… got a little rest. #TobagoSwag is the best swag lol.

Now I’m home. Time to get back to WORK… #DreamLabStudios #DREAMLIFEMUSIC

I’ve been grinding hard in the studio, and now it’s time to get my #TobagoSwag on…

LEGGGOOO!!! *Jermaine Dupri voice*

(Just to keep it real though… I’m sure I’m gonna end up working on this trip lmao)

Can you feel my #TobagoSwag comin’ on?

Quick Update: I’ve been working on a lot of new material since landing in Canada (well, AFTER Get Smashed was done that is lol), AND I’ll be in the studio with my dawg Jester tomorrow (Thursday September 30th, 2010) so you know what that means… NEW MUSIC SOON! Stay tuned for the new material, but in the meantime, I figured I’d give you a taste (via photography) of some of the fun I had this past weekend in Toronto! SEE THE FULL BLOG POST for more pics!!!

Check out the pics below from my fun second weekend in Toronto! Pics include candids of my cousin/manager Joanne’s “Pre-Bday” dinner on Saturday night as well as as well as some shots from the Manifesto festival (which featured Jay Electronica, J. Period & Black Thought from The Roots, among others) and the Official Manifesto Afterparty (featuring DJ P-Plus and my homey Jester)!

Shouts to Jez & Leisa (you guys KILL me lol), Carey, (love you Goddie!), Randy & Lisa (nice seeing you guys again and the precious lil young’un too!), Tenika (always good seeing you – hugs!), Jannelle (still lmao at your identical twin!), Simone (hiii cuzzin!!!), Stacey (good seeing you in real-time), MtBonez (nice meeting you), Jester and everyone else that helped make it a weekend to remember for me.

Have fun checking out all the pics from Saturday and Sunday night, and don’t forget to keep checking MistaVybeWorld.com for new music soon!

That’s all for now… Mista Vybe OUTTT!!!

While I was there I also managed to do a little “liming”  (that’s Trini slang for “hanging out”), which is always a pleasure, when one is blessed to be in beautiful St. Lucia.

Big up to Curty (one of Lucia’s top producers, who also happened to produce the riddim that “Nasty” is on), and special shout out to all the other Lucian Soca artists that I bounced up in my three-day whirlwind trip to SLU. Large up Qpid, Scady, Teddyson John, Penn, and everybody that I hung out with at Nikki’s band rehearsal for the big NG Soca Stage show that weekend.

Special shouts to my bredrin Mr. Killa – the reigning Soca Monarch and Road March King of Grenada – who also made me laugh during that impromptu “lime”. For me personally, it’s always a pleasure seeing Killa, since we have a long history of mutual respect and collaboration. For those of you with short memories, check out my appearance on Killa’s “Warriors (Remix)” (also featuring Naya George) and take a listen to the 2009 collaboration I did with Killa, titled “Show Off” as well!

Anyway, let’s get back to talking about the big NG Soca Stage Launch event this weekend that I was blessed to attend! Shouts to Kayo and the whole NG crew for putting on a great show on Saturday night! All the Lucian stars mashed up the place, so props to my Lucian Soca crew who did a great job starting the Carnival season in SLU with a bang.

It was nice to see artists like Private 6, Platinum George, Kakal, Mantius, Nicole David (of course), Ricky T, Ilah Man, Teddyson George, Qpid and Mr. Pringles “mash up” the place. Not to mention my homie Mr. Killa, who lit up the stage as usual with an awesome performance to close the show.

It was almost sad to leave SLU the next day, but at the same time, there’s no place like home – especially right now for me, since I know I have crazy work to do. Remember a couple blog posts back I was telling you that I started a new project that I’m excited about? *smile & wink*

Big up to all the Lucian Crew, and special thanks again to my sistren Nikki David for showing me a wonderful time in Lucia. I can’t wait for Nikki’s BIGGG CHUNE to hit the airwaves so she can mash up the place with it! In the meantime, her controversial Groovy single “Mr. Dean Dough” is already tearing up the Lucian airwaves and I’m confident that the song I wrote for her (and did some COOL background vocals on too) will cause even MORE trouble in Lucia lol.

Big up to to young upcoming producer Yogi of Studio 9 in St. Lucia who did a good job of engineering the session and recording some CRAZY vocals. (Uhmm… 110 tracks of vocals and counting! lol)

Stay tuned for “Nasty” by Nikki David, written and arranged by Mista Vybe (with backgrounds by me too lol), produced by Curty for Dirty Dutch Productions and recorded by Yogi for Studio 9!

Oh and if you haven’t gotten your FREE DOWNLOAD of my new release for Lucian Carnival 2010 then CLICK HERE to get your copy of “Wuk It Up 4 Me“!

For now, it’s back to work on my own stuff… Mista Vybe OUTTT!!!

Yessssss folks! The one and only Mista Vybe is back in Sweet Trinidad once again after a solid month of hard work and good times in cold (but yet warm) Toronto, Canada. So much went on up there, most of which I can’t really get into just yet (or Let’s say it together, “Management will have my head”. lol), but I did want to catch you up on a few quick things that went down during my last trip to the T-Dot. READ ON for a quick list of GOOD STUFF THAT WENT DOWN DURING MY T.O. TRIP!

1. I spent a good deal of time cutting HOT TRACKS at Jugglin Studios with “Mister IT’S NOT A JOKE” himself, Jester! Look forward to serious heat that came out of those sessions as well as much more collaborations between myself and Jester in the future *wink* Also major respect goes out to De La Vega who mixed my Unofficial Remix of “Hold Yuh” (AKA “Sweetest Wine Of My Life”)! If you didn’t already know, De la Vega is an amazing musician/engineer and producer, and an even more amazing person (thanks dude!). I also hooked up in the studio with upcoming producer (and my fellow Marcano Management fam), Doc JonesHD! Look out for BIG THINGS from this young man, COMING SOON! Don’t say I didn’t warn you – this guy is a PROBLEM (with a capital P!)

De La Vega (left), Doc Jones HD (top) and Jester (center) at Jugglin Studios, Toronto.

2. I managed to go out to some new spots with some new friends! Big shout out to Leisa, Jez (even though I didn’t actually SEE you yet lol), Carey (my Goddie!), AKAChynnaBrown (I want more Felix!!!), ReeRee Phillips, D’ Ultimate Sting, Peaches, G-Factory, the amazing Cerise Fairfax (another Marcano Management fam member), Stacey (You’re AWESOME), the homie Lissa Monet and all my other T-Dot peeps – I got mad love for you guys! It’s so great to be able to reach outside the norm and embrace new opportunities! Thanks to Management especially for making sure I was inspired and entertained (in between working my behind off lol).

Just one example of the good times I had in T.O. with my peeps! Love you guys!

4. I had the opportunity to #GETFAMOUS lol. Before you get all hyped, PAY ATTENTION! I’m not even gonna let anyone start asking dumb questions so, in advance, the answer is “NOOOOOOO”!!! No, I didn’t star in a major movie or sell a million copies of my new single or get snapped by the paparazzi while I was out on a date with Halle Berry (yet lol). If you pay attention to my tweets you’d know that the term #GETFAMOUS refers to getting cool duds from the exclusive Famous Club clothing line based in T.O.! Yup, Management and I were able to link up with Mr. Famous himself, who hooked us up with some exclusive Famous styles (thanks dude!). Stay tuned for some candid shots of yours truly out and about sporting some Famous gear SOON! *wink*

5. I got alotta new material started! Not only did my Toronto trip renew my writing vibes, but I also started back working on producing my own stuff too. Again, if you follow my tweets you’ll know I’ve been working on #1TrackADay pretty much every day, in an effort to grow creatively. Oh, and for the record, we’re talking NOT JUST SOCA here. Jeez, sooooooo much more is in the works, but as I said, i can’t get into details YET, so stand by for more on that very soon as well *evil grin*

So, in closing, I gotta say that T-Dot was the bomb (as usual)! I’m back in TnT now, refocused, with a new purpose and direction and feeling more creatively powerful than ever. Sometimes we have to have our eyes opened in order to take bigger steps toward even bigger things. Thank God for blessing me with all of the above people and experiences to bring me to this new point of clarity.

It’s gonna be a great journey, and I look forward to taking all of you with me on this little quest of mine to GREATNESS! Thanks for your support, and keep watching me and checking out this site as well as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace because the journey is going to get really interesting from here on in. For more on what went down during the last T.O trip, just CLICK HERE.

Blessings and love. Mista Vybe OUTTTTTTT!!!

Suffice it to say that alot is going on business-wise, but I can’t let the proverbial cat out of the bag yet or Management will have my head (lol). However… let’s just say LOTS of great things are in the works, the majority of which will make my short stay in Toronto a BUSY one.

That being said, I had the good fortune to mix business with pleasure on Saturday night by paying a surprise visit to my bredrin Kid Kut’s Birthday bash at the VOLA Lounge in downtown Toronto. I got the chance to take in the Kid in his element, as well as party to the sounds of my homey for life Jester who blazed serious fire on the wheels of steel alongside all the other DJs for the night. Large up Trixx as well, who ably handled MC duties alongside the Kid.

With all due respect to my boys Kid and Jester, the BEST part of the night (by far) was reuniting with the MistaVybeWorld.com Team! Yup, myself, @FocusedDiva (aka Joanne Marcano, my Manager) and our resident Media maverick, Sandhya Khanna were all in attendance, and we had a whale of a time. Large up to all the twitter folk we bounced up with that night too (shout out to ReeRee Phillips and the always fun Chynna Brown and Doc JonesHD lol), and all the Toronto industry people I had the good fortune to meet up with as well. Big tings a gwan!

Hmmm… what else? Oh yeah – on the PERSONAL side, I got the chance to FINALLY try my first red velvet cake over the weekend (thanks to Management), and I gotta say that after a few bites of the mini-cupcakes with butter cream frosting, I’m TOTALLY HOOKED. Definitely gotta make that the flavour for my birthday cake in a couple months lol. Red Velvet cake to di worlddddd we say! *lmao*

There’s a lot more happening behind the scenes that I can’t get into yet as I said earlier, but rest assured I’ll be getting in the studio SOON with Jester to bring you guys some HEAT (and not just Soca either *wink*). St. Lucia massive hold tight – I definitely got something coming for you all soon that I’ll be working on while I’m here and maybe something for the SVG massive as well… we’ll see.

In the meantime, there’s ENDLESS work to be done, so I’m checking out for now – holla at you guys SOON! Mista Vybe Inna yuh (T.O.) Dancehall again, yo – and I’m OUTTTTTT!!!

You know what they say – “There’s no place like home”. Even though I got a whole bunch of things done while I was in Toronto, Canada for the last few weeks, and even managed to have a little fun there as well, it’s GOOD to be HOME in Sweet TnT at last! As the classic Calypso goes: “Trinidad is MY land, and of it I am proud and glad…” ;-)

No time for me to sit around and chill now that I’m home in TnT though. Aside from my personal responsibilites to take care of, there’s A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE and no time to waste!

Studio sessions to book, tunes to finish recording and mixing for Carnival 2010 and several releases that are out already out (“Little Drummer Boy” from the “A Caribbean Soul Christmas” album as well as “False Pretender” on the Picture Frame Riddim and my solo single “Jam In De Road”), which I plan to promote more now that I’m home. Plus there’s lots of other business for AFTER Carnival 2010 to be handled as well. ;-)

First and foremost, I’ve got to thank my cousin, manager and my right hand, Joanne for making the entire trip AMAZING and helping me get SO MUCH DONE in T-Dot! Also thanks to my family over there in T-Dot (whaddup Naughty V, and HI Auntie Muriel!) for showing me a wonderful time “in the cold”. :-)

Special thanks as well to all of my new extended family, friends and assorted crew: Sandhya, Jester (GO DOWNLOAD OUR MIXTAPE NOW!!!), Cheryl, Doc Jones HD, DeLaVega, Kid Kut, Leisa, Jez (still well groomed bredrin – doh worry), Janelle, Carey, Tisha, Dion (thank you for all your help!), Emti (NO, you’re still NOT new anymore lol), Future The Prince (thanks for the intro again my dude), DJ Chief, Kenetha (thanks for hooking my hair up hunny), Fatiah (thanks very much for the wonderful photography!!!), Ice (enjoyed your shindig, dude), Football Steve (you kill me! lol), Darling Nicky, Ms Paige, Tenika (how I ent see you UP to NOW? lol), D Ultimate Sting (tell Peaches and Moms I said hi), Billy D Kid (we go link next time bredrin), Kevin (big up FeteNet.com and Mystic Impact crew), Ivan (iSkin and FeteNet.com), Stefan aka Jax (”Velcro” for 2010!!!), White Wine, Laura-Leah (keep grinding hun – I’m proud of you), Nikki (AKA Miss Onika), Dee, Mizz Kayzzz, Sweetness (and Team Sweetness too!), D’ Enforcas (thanks for everything guys – keep doin it big!), Nurse Karen, Playhouse, Dirty Dez (see you in Trini big man), Bandit, E-Man (whaddup hoss?), Big C, Brenton B, De Pong Chune Man and anyone (and everyone) else whose name I don’t have space to list here… thanks and much love to you all!!!

Also special thanks to: (in order of appearance) Wale, Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D., Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Drake, Kid Cudi and Lady Gaga for ALL the inspiration! lol…

Oh and don’t worry T-Dot crew, I won’t even BOTHER to show off on you guys by mentioning that while it’s SNOWING in cold-ass T-Dot, we’ve had BLAZING HOT SUN HERE IN TnT ALL DAY LONG!!! LOL!

Alright, that’s all for now. This is a stronger, wiser, smarter, faster, new and improved Mista Vybe saying “Goodbye Toronto!” and “Hello Trinidad!”.

Time to buckle down and work… Mista Vybe Inna yuh Dancehall again – I’m OUTTTTTTTTT!

If you’ve been keeping track of MistaVybeWorld.com as well as my Twitter and Facebook pages, then you know I’ve been a busy SUPERMODELROCKSTAR… once again, my apologies for not updating as often a we all would have liked, but I’ve been working like crazy handling business (and having a little fun in between too). I know you already read Part 1 and Part 2 of my Toronto Update series, and now it’s time for Part 3! So where to begin? Hmmm…

Well firstly, I’ve been busy hitting all the relevant radio mix-shows up here in “The Cold” one after the other. If you were paying attention, maybe you caught me on 89.5 CIUT-FM with DJ Chief and Princess Nadia for IslandBreezin’ a couple Fridays back. Or maybe you were part of the internet Crew that heard me co-host several hours of The Eye Opener show TSWRadio.com alongside my bredrin The Ultimate Sting. Hmm… or did you hear me with the dyamnic duo of Kid Kut and Jester on the infamous X-Files Mixshow live on Globe-Radio.com.

Yup – we went HARD last couple weeks. Why? Because we’ve been promoting my Christmas release “Little Drummer Boy” (off the “Caribbean Soul Christmas” album from Ma$tamind Productions). Btw – if you haven’t gotten your album yet, then GO GET ONE NOW from TrinidadTunes.com!

Another reason we went so hard on radio and interviews etc., is because we’ve also been celebrating the launch of my BRAND NEW Carnival 2010 single  “Jam In d Road”, produced by Andrew Phillip and The HiTTLab team (out of TnT).

If somehow you actually haven’t heard the tune yet, check the original blog post. Or better yet, check out the CRAZY “Jam In De Road (Promo Video)” that’s been getting rave reviews both here on MistaVybeWorld.com as well on Facebook (plus Youtube, Vimeo and Myspace too for that matter lol).

Thanks to everyone who gave us positive feedback – the response has truly been amazing. You guys have me ITCHING to start working on a RoadMix for the song already (yes DJs, I heard you guys lol), and it hasn’t even been out a good TWO WEEKS yet! Again – truly amazing. Stay tuned for more on that developing story. *wink*

Special shout to and Trinimix/TriniPosse, MusicJungle3000 and the Nurse Karen Etc blog as well. I’m happy to report that all three of these high-profile Soca/Caribbean blogs featured posts on “Jam In De Road” and our 5-day Free Download offer (which is  now expired). If you missed our Media Page entry on Nurse Karen’s “Jam In De Road” blog post, you can you can read more on that here. Oh heck – why not just check out the Media Page to see all the MistaVybeWorld stuff you missed? ;-)

Sadly, the Free Download offer is now over, but there’s good news – you can still DOWNLOAD IT LEGALLY from TrinidadTunes.com! Click here for more on that.

What else? Hmm… Toronto has been full of inspiration for me even when I’m “off duty” (which is rare lol). In the last updates I told you about going to see Jay-Z perform, and this time around I’m happy to report that not only was a I totally inspired by Michael Jackson’s iconic “This Is It” documentary film (sooooooo getting the DVD for that one!), but I also JUST had the pleasure of attending an AWE-INSPIRING concert by the incredibly unique (and insanely gifted) Lady Gaga.

I’d love to tell you guys much more about how amazing Gaga’s show was, but until the official blog post for that little adventure goes up, all I can say is that the Lady Gaga concert blog is COMING VERY SOON! *grin*

Just to whet your appetites, here’s a sneak peek at what we saw before the show even started (lol). NO, none of these people is the REAL Gaga – THESE were just a FEW of the paying patrons who dressed up in freaky Gaga-esque attire for the concert! Nuff said.

Before I wrap up this blog post, here’s a FEW THINGS you want to pay attention to…

1) Look out for the “Soca Certified Smash” Mixtape by “Toronto’s Most Versatile DJ, Jester, hosted by (Yours Truly) Mista Vybe! To get you guys in the mood, take a sneak preview of two of the HOTTTTT remixes we did for that project by clicking here. If you love those two remixes then you’re gonna LOOOOOVE the whole mixtape which will be released worldwide ANY DAY NOW. Stay tuned to MistaVybeWorld.com and ThisIsJester.com to find out exactly when the mixtape is dropping. I’ll give you a hint – it’s SONNER THAN YOU THINK… ;-)

2) “Jam In De Road” has gotten great reviews via this site, Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Vimeo, etc, but now it’s time to take it to the NEXT LEVEL. If you love the song (which we already KNOW you do, lol), and you want to hear it more often on your favourite radio station then CALL THEM UP AND REQUEST “JAM IN DE ROAD” NOW!!! Remember – YOU have the POWER! Now GO GET EM! lol

3)MistaVybeWorld.com is all about ME connecting with YOU guys, so if there’s anything you wanna see on this site that’s not here as yet feel free to leave a comment and let me know or email us at info@MistaVybeWorld.com with your thoughts!

4) Just to leave you guys with a smile, check out the my appearance on Gayelle The Channel’s popular show “Rango Radio 16.1FM”, where I ham it up with TnT’s most hilarious PUPPET diva (yes I said puppet lol). You’re bound to laugh up a storm! Click here for more.

That’s all for now. This is Mista Vybe – live from CHILLY Toronto, Canada – signing OUTTTTTTTTTT!

I know, I know… it’s been a minute since I checked in and let everyone know what I’ve been up to… Truth is, I’ve been so damn busy I barely have time to blog! But I gotta keep MistaVybeWorld.com up to date, so without further ado, here’s an update about what happened since the last time I posted about being in Toronto!

Hmmm.. where to begin? Well for starters, myself and my bredrin Jester (AKA North America’s Most Versatile DJ) have been grinding hard, working on our upcoming mixtape, which be will the first installment of Jester’s “Soca Certified Smash” series, hosted by YOURS TRULY, and including EXCLUSIVE REMIXES of some of the hottest Soca jams of 2009, recorded by Jester and featuring vocals by MOI (Mista Vybe Inna Yuh Dancehall Again, yo). Special shout out to the amazing DeLaVega for doing a fantastic job mixing his first Soca records lol. Shout out to Cerdic AKA DocJonesHD AKA Johnny Drama also for adding live drums to the mix as well.

Jester and I were so hyped about how GREAT our remixes came out that we HAD to “buss” (release) a couple of them on Jester’s radio show The WorldWide Wake Up Show on Thursday morning.

Big up to DJ Chief who showed me love on the Wake Up Show as well, and shout out to D’ Bandit, who passed through and showed me love that morning also. Oh and a BIG THANK YOU to all my T.O. peeps who were up early enough to hear my interview on the show and get a sneak preview of the HOT REMIXES!!!

Stay tuned for the “Certified Soca Smash” mixtape by Jester, hosted by Mista Vybe, all courtesy ThisIsJester.com and MistaVybeWorld.com coming soon!!! Madddddd ting!

What else? Well, if you’ve been following the blog posts, you should already know that I went to see Jay-Z in Concert on my Day Off… which turned out not to be a day OFF after all lol. Big up my Media Relations officer, Sandhya, for supplying me with all the dope footage I used to edit my EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS of performances by Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Pharrell (with N.E.R.D.)!

Getting back to it NOT QUITE BEING a day “off”, that same night – after Jay Z – I also attended Soca Sweetness’ big Halloween bash “Scream 6″ and enjoyed a lil Soca vibes there. Big up TriniJungleJuice.com for the pic! (As you can see, Management and I had a great time at the fete! Whaddup MissChynnaBrown! lol)

Big up to Soca Sweetness, Mizz Kayz, DarlingNicky999, Nikki (AKA Onika), Dee, Jester, Cheryl AKA MissChynnaBrown, DocJonesHD, E-Man, Deneica, Saucy Bajan, Queenie, Ms. Paige, Dirty Dez, Slammer Cutter, Brenton B and everyone else that showed me love at “Scream”, even though Management and I were the only people in the dance without a costume lol.

Hmm… what else did I do? Oh YES, can’t leave out my wonderful follow-up meeting with the amazing and talented Miss Niya! Again, if you’ve been keeping track of my blogs then you know that (Niya Melodie Accessories’ men’s line) The Bloke Society is coming together with YOURS TRULY (Mista Vybe, of course) to bring out a special collaborative collection of “mancessories” (that’s Niya’s word – it just means “accessories for men” lol).

Remember the exclusive CUSTOM pieces Niya whipped up for me?

Well “DAT is JOKE” (as we like to say in Trinidad)!

Believe when I say that the new Mista Vybe line from The Bloke Society is going to be MAJOR. The first piece in the line will be out JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS 2009, so fellas (and ladies who love their fellas), get your money up NOW so you can splurge on some of this HOT gear when it comes out! Oh – and now that I’ve got you curious about the new line, I’m also happy to announce that we’re working on a way for YOU GUYS to watch the ENTIRE BEHIND THE SCENES PROCESS of us putting each one of the accessories together!!! Stay tuned to MistaVybeWorld.com (and Niya’s blog) as well for more on that! ;-)

In other news, your boy (that would be ME) is gearing up for Carnival 2010 in Trinidad, in a major way! New tunes in the studio, new image evolving for the New Year (anybody notice the facial hair yet? lol) and – most importantly – a new BODY to match the new attitude! As my Twitter and Facebook family should already know (assuming you’ve been paying attention) – I’ve been hitting the gym to get my body ready for a bumper Carnival season.

Heyyy – don’t give me that funny face! Trust me, if you heard my blazing, HYPE new tune for 2010 that I’m co-producing along with Madmen Productions (the hottest production team in TnT), you’d be working out in anticiaption of Carnival 2010 TOO lol. All I have to say is for 2010, I’m coming out MADDDDDDDD! Nuff said lol.

Big up Madman Johann, Marlon Roach and Ricky Rameshwar, AKA Madmen Productions! Stay tuned for the MADDD tune! ;-)

There’s soooooo much more going on BEHIND THE SCENES since I’ve been here in Toronto that I’m DYING to talk about… but MANAGEMENT will KILL me if I say any more than I already have, so I’m afraid you’ll have to stay locked on to MistaVybeWorld.com so you’ll get the info first when I can finally spill the beans!

In the meantime, be sure to check out my New Christmas single, “Little Drummer Boy” from Ma$tamind Productions’ “A Caribbean Soul Christmas” album, which is available online at TrinidadTunes.com and also on the shelves at a music store near you NOW. Better yet, if you need info on where to find a CD closest to you, hit us up at info@MistaVybeWorld.com and we’ll sort you out! ;-)

I’m off to work even HARDER now… so this Mista Vybe saying “I’m outttttttt!”