Bounty Killer - Nathaniel Stewart
In this weekly Muss Buss Caan Buss song review feature, three musical minds analyse each song and grade it on vocal ability, lyrics, musical arrangement and appeal. Songs that make the grade will be dubbed 'Mus Buss', while songs that flop will be dumped in the 'Caan Buss' bin.
The three reviewers welcome feedback from the artistes and the public about the column. Send your comments to bussdem@hotmail.com or mail in your songs to 'Muss Buss' at the Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston. This week the muss buss/caan buss team will be reviewing Bounty Killer and Timberlee's Gangster Style.
Witch: "Yow, dis song sound strikingly in the beginning like Beenie's Nuff Gal. How Bounty never pick up on dat?"
King Kong: "Di production sound nice. It's a different flavour in the dancehall, a jazz and swing thing a try break in dancehall caw Shaggy thing kinda similar, it just slower. Di song alrite to me nutten mi a go kill mi self ova."
Lady Boo: "How him flow sound like Merciless song Gizada but the riddim sound like Nuff Gal so?"
Witch: "Yea it nuh sound bad if yuh don't tek it seriously. It's very different from Bounty, he's not cross and angry no more. I guess it can get a radio play though."
Lady Boo: "Mi a try hear a part dat really a pop for me."
Witch: "To me di best part of di song is di riddim. Di swing thing can create a vibe, especially when it comes to dancing."
Lady Boo: "Even how him start it sound like another song wha him do already. At least its nice to hear a song from him."
Witch: "It will play on radio too."
King Kong: "Yes cause is Bounty."
Witch: "For someone like him who hasn't had a hit in a while I woulda want something really popping as that back in the business song but dis is different for him still, so I guess he's experimenting with his style. Him have any songs with a female artiste?"
Lady Boo: "Just Gwen Stefani."
Lady Boo: "So he's really changing then, giving a female a buss."
King Kong: "He is really searching."
Witch: "Di riddim nice still."
Lady Boo: "Yeah even though mi nah listen to di words mi a move to di beat. Buss or not?"
King Kong: "Crazy skip for this though, this a skip till the CD scratch up."
Lady Boo: "Nah really feel it. Mi like the beat but that's just it. But I guess cause a Bounty and he hasn't done anything in a while it might get airplay for a while but I don't know bout no big buss."
Witch: "Mi nuh mind it still for radio but not beyond that."