Carnival
Fever "Dawg-E-Slaughter Live"
Date:
Friday 27th January 2006
Venue: Connections
Nightclub, Toronto
Promoters: Soca
Vibez Enterprise & Island People in association with Connections
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It's Friday night,
and Trini Jungle Juice on a beat in Westside Toronto. This week, Gyal
Farm Fridays brings us "Carnival Fever" with none
other than Dawg-E-Slaughter live direct from Trinidad. So you dun
know, TJJ had to represent to show our local artist some luv.
We pull up to Connections nightclub about 12:30 AM ... link up de promoters
and we on the inside. We never knew just how big of a venue Connections
was until tonight... the venue looked like it could easily hold a 1,500
or more. D'Enforcas was on the set warming up the dance as folks
slowly trickled in. S.K.F, the host for the night, was holding
down the mic getting partygoers in the mood. He was also sporting his
heavyweight champion S.K.F belt (catch de belt in the pics)!! Court
Jester then took over the 1s and 2s. Big tunes ah buss.
At about 1:30 AM, it was time for Mr. Slaughter to bless the stage.
Since the dance was not ram, everyone gathered stage side to enjoy Slaughter's
energetic performance, where he took fans down memory lane with his popular
hits like "Pokey" and "Tic Toc." Of course, big tunes
like "Represent" and "What's
My Name (Slaughter)" had to buss. The fans were loving it. In
between his set, he even had Court Jester (his Toronto selector) play
a couple reggae tracks to change up the vibes... "Willie Bounce...
Willie Bounce.... somebody say puuuul up!!" Nice vibes! Now, being
that his newest album titled "Living Legend" will be releasing
in a couple weeks, you know he had to give Toronto a taste of his new
stuff. He performed big, big tunes like "Feeling
Nice" and "Up In
Dat." Man, dem chunes BIG!
After Slaughter's performance, he took the time out to take photos with
the promoters, djs, and most importantly, his fans. A few autographs along
with some promotional CD giveaways (which vanished like hot hops bread
on a Sunday evening) for his new album, and he was off. Nuff respect to
the promoters for taking care of TJJ, and large up to Mr. Slaughter for
passing thru the T-Dot in this busy Trini Carnival season.
Definitely look out for Trini Jungle Juice exclusive Interview
with Mr. Slaughter, and of course you can always check him out at
his website www.mrslaughter.com.
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