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The second round of SOCA OR DIE! 8 was held at Palazzo on Sunday with BUNJI GARLIN backed by his band ASYLUM, alongside FAY-ANN LYONS, NADIA BATSON and IWER GEORGE. PLUS the mas presentation for Jamaal Magloire’s TORONTO REVELLERS (2007 Caribana Band Of The Year - 'A' Category).

Like I said earlier, this is the first time in history a fete has lasted for two days so yuh know de TJJ crew had to come alive and kickin’!! If yuh love Soca unconditionally and you witnessed the amazing performances on Saturday (view coverage), there was no way we were going to miss Sunday’s show at Palazzo.. If yuh believe in Soca or Die you would know how vital it was to attend on Sunday, yuh jes couldn’t miss out!! De TJJ crew, made sure to get some rest and after buying a case of Redbull and a bottle of Johnnie ... we were ready to go!!!!!! We arrived at Palazzo around 10pm pumped with energy and ready to experience another bess show!! The line-up was around de corner but was progressing very well ... the security knew that everyman jack needed to be inside de building so they made sure that everything moved efficiently.

Providing us with nonstop Soca Therapy, we had on the turntables Dr. Jay de Soca Prince, Soca Sweetness, marXman, Renegade Squad, DJ Revz and Jump Up Kingz. Mc’ing the show from the K.O.S family were Dirty Dez and E Man keeping de crowd on their toes. Just like yesterday, there was no time for stickin’ – de show kicked off around midnight with another mas presentation, this one brought to you by Jamaal Magloire’s Band of the Year - Toronto Revellers - Alkebu’lan. The ladies came on stage section by section displaying costumes that portrayed a touch of Africa in each bead and gem. They modeled the costumes for a few minutes and then Dallas Mavericks NBA player Jamaal Magloire came on stage to say a few words.

Now this is the FIRST TIME the 'Top Four' will be on the same stage since T&T Carnival ... so we were ready for the rematch!!!! The first performance was kicked off my our favourite Caribbean girl, NADIA BATSON!!! She’s definitely touched the hearts of Toronto fete-go’ers because once she stepped onto the stage the crowd went wild, especially de fellas!! *lol* Of course, she had to perform “Caribbean Girl” and then call out to de posse's with "My Posse". Now everyone knows that people will always talk and maco, so she couldn’t have written a better song than... “Blah blah blah blah blah... MIND YUH BUSINESS!" “Doh study bout she,” because she mashed up de building with no questions asked!!

Next up was another big artist in the business, IWER GEORGE!! He’s been around for ages and still continues to bring chunes that will keep you hyped! His performance included “Fete After Fete”, “Over Yuh Head” and then called out for some “Water”! He had to show de crowd that he “Reach” and that is how it’s done!!!!! After Nadia and Iwer set de pace, the much anticipated duo and Asylum band came on stage. The dynamic husband and wife duo BUNJI GARLIN and FAY-ANN LYONS-ALVAREZ took the stage by storm. Bunji delivered his songs "Fiery" alongside his talented pannist DUVONE STEWART and then continued to “Bring It” with songs like “By De Bar" and “Snake Oil”. The ladies were lookin’ “Pretty Hott” at that point so Fay-Ann had to cool down the ladies so she could heat up de fellas.

She started with. "Who got de riddim pumpin', de people jumpin' up dey? (we got it) ... Who got de energy to keep de people breakin' away? (we got it) .... And when yuh see de band comin' down Carnival day (we got it) on my command, I want to see every colour display..." GET ON.. GET ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Waaaaaaaays! When ah tell yuh de crowd went MAAAAAD!!!!!! Fay-Ann had the audience in the palm of her hand with her "Road Call", “M.A.S” and "Breakaway”. Once de performances were all done de crowd was left speechless!!!!!!!!! We would have to say,”WE GOT OUR BELLY’S FULL” *lol* ... in other words, we were more than satisfied. And judging by the faces of the fete-go’ers, they felt de same way!

The party continued on until after 4am, as de TJJ crew looked on to all those fete-go’ers still pumped with energy. The DJs continued to drop track after track and de fete-go’ers continued to wave, wine and jump around!!! No matter how tired some of de crowd looked, they still managed to suck it up and have de time of their lives. Either way, no matter what state you were in, you witnessed history in the making!!!

This fete was EXTRAORDINARY (going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary) ... that word definitely suits it best!!!! And trust us when we say, we will NEVER underestimate the POWER of SOCA again lol!!!! De TJJ crew proved that we had de stamina to fete for 2 days, and so did hundred’s of other fete’go-ers!!

Madd respect goes out to Dr. Jay and the K.O.S family, we lookin’ forward to being a part of another innovative idea. Iz time to ketch’ up on some rest now.. ah will see yuh once we RECOVER!!!!!

Mizz Kayz for the TJJ fam.

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