This was the year Shadow should have won the Monarch for sure!! the man had two big tunes, this one and Poverty is Hell. The judges didn't even put the man in the finals....it was one of the most perplexing decisions ever by judges of the Calypso Monarch competition.....they later said it was because he was not mobile enough on stage.......what BS!!! Everybody know Shadow's trademark is to stand up by the mic and jump on one spot.....LONG LIVE SHADOW!!! The original people's champion!!!
is it pay or play de devil? i am a jamaican who loves shadow he is de bess! does anyone kno de album i can find dis song can't find dis song atall....
Djab Molasse (The Black Devil) was a created played by the French aristocracy to mimic the black slaves just as the characters Negue Jadin (The Field Negro).Dame Gawn Tete (Miss Big Breast) Gawn LoLo (Big Buttox) etc. Molasses, pitch oil,mud etc were used to make his white skin black.. The "Black Devil" on any plantation would be the slave who was the owners selected enforcer.His task was to whip slave who were rebellious,lazy or out of line.
@uwistall25..................... he's probably ah decendant of one of the many slave traders who pummelled into poverty and lost ah lot of money when slavery was abolished......that or maybe he's just an IDIOT!!
yes Grenada was once french before the english take over my grand parent from carriacou speak it so what ever trini jab is far from grenada jab we grenadians made jab big in trinidad old woman alone all dem jab jab tunes tallpree sign
@SPICEMAN516 What Grenadians love is Jab-molassie, molasses devil. But Jab is creole for Diable, which is French for devil... and that was in Trinidad since the days of slavery... yes Grenada has an influence, but don't forget, Grenadians came to Trinidad a long time before Tallpree was even thought of. Don't start this beef, because the truth is... The Grenadians who took to that masquerade, were no longer Grenadians. They had been generations in Trinidad... therefore, Trinis!!! all Caribbean!
Jab Jab is not from Grenada particularly. Remember... jab jab is creole for Diable... remember how many Grenadians came to Trinidad, before, during, and after slavery. Jab jab just happen to be a mas that they like to play. The Grenadian mas, is pierrot Grenade. Remember, devil mas particularly came from a mixture of African masquerade, Cannes Brulees (Canboulay), and French Carnival culture. We definitely not be arguing about dis. he's talking about Tobago. Yuh know dem into devil mas.
Trinivalist! I admire your knowledge of a heritage soon to be driven away by the lack of knowledge being given to so many Caribbean students and residents!
I'm actually doing a paper on Carnival for one class and Calypso for another...PLAY DE DEVIL!
It's so crazy and so deep when you get into the history! For all the haters and all those miseducated get into Hollis Liverpool, Errol Hill, Janice Quinter, Bruce Procope, Daniel Crowley, Philip Scher and the many other's writing the history for you to read since some of you can't even begin to wrap the oral histories being told around your heads.
@PHEOLA1 And why shouldn't Grenadian jab jab be different? The more the merrier. Every Caribbean island that shares this 'Trinival' (Trinidad style carnival), should have their own way of playing it. That's what makes it fun and meaningful for them. That's what would make me want to visit another carnival. i don't want to see de same exact thing.
@Trinivalist I totally agree! i love all the ifferent cultures and music that the caribbean has to offewr.. I will try my best to get a chance to experience it all hopefully
@Trinivalist Not true. Jab- Jab is from the Diable Molasse. Diable Molasse is the result of a slave falling into the vat of molasses,an unfortunate death. The remaining slaves believed the grounds were haunted by the "Jab Molassie". That is why the original "devils" painted themselves black and wore chains. And yes, lots of Trinidad Carnival traditions were brought over by the huge amount of Grenadian slaves. Island-specific is inaccurate b/c we were slaves before we Bajans, Trinis or Grenz.
@shelbie008 I've been researching this for some time now... Jab is Creole for Diable- meaning devil. Therefore, Jab Molassie would mean molasses devil, and Jab Jab would mean double devil... the Jab Jab is the devil that mocks the court jester of the royal court. He/she comes with a colorful outfit, sometimes a heart on the chest, small horns on the head, and a whip. They play a competition to see who could beat who the worst. The Jab molassie is the devil dealing with the slave and molasses.
what is wrong with fbzd3z, yes i agree that jab jab is grenadian, but what is this classic of a song have to do with grenadian jab.And this goes for saintcarma the least you can do is appreciate great music which part of this song deserves -6 tell me.
@FBZD3Z jab jab was played in Trinidad since slavery. do your research. I have. You say Jab Jab is Grenadian... prove it. Do you even know what Jab jab means? Or it's history? You wouldn't say it's Grenadian. Why do they play Jab jab anyway? Answer these questions and we have a debate!
Man I tell yo!! This is what I call class. Where is that class in our Soca and Calypso Artiste now-ah-days? This man is always in key, he never shouts, he has rhythm fo days. I think he should have gotten more road march titles than he won.-- The hero that never was. Do it Shadow you are the best Soca/Calypso Singer in the whole World.
Dis is d jouvert song of all jouvert songs...Shadow's abstract and often macabre humour tempered with his style & mastering of kaiso always takes kaiso to another level...Thanks for posting this
This was the year Shadow should have won the Monarch for sure!! the man had two big tunes, this one and Poverty is Hell. The judges didn't even put the man in the finals....it was one of the most perplexing decisions ever by judges of the Calypso Monarch competition.....they later said it was because he was not mobile enough on stage.......what BS!!! Everybody know Shadow's trademark is to stand up by the mic and jump on one spot.....LONG LIVE SHADOW!!! The original people's champion!!!
smartiee74 1 week ago
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1230goldielox123 2 weeks ago
Pay de devil!!! :)
TheBeBeRoxy 1 month ago
is it pay or play de devil? i am a jamaican who loves shadow he is de bess! does anyone kno de album i can find dis song can't find dis song atall....
diamondisme100 1 month ago
much love to my cousin winston bailey aka shadow!!
Quick4129 2 months ago 2
@Quick4129 very catchy... but what does this song mean?
1230goldielox123 2 weeks ago
Saw him do this in Carnival that year. Good times.
MightySpoiler 5 months ago 2
Love the brass section
karakaraman01 8 months ago
People were so happy back then.. Just enjoying Soca to de fullest :)
PHEOLA1 8 months ago
one person did not pay de devil
zack2j31 9 months ago
Djab Molasse (The Black Devil) was a created played by the French aristocracy to mimic the black slaves just as the characters Negue Jadin (The Field Negro).Dame Gawn Tete (Miss Big Breast) Gawn LoLo (Big Buttox) etc. Molasses, pitch oil,mud etc were used to make his white skin black.. The "Black Devil" on any plantation would be the slave who was the owners selected enforcer.His task was to whip slave who were rebellious,lazy or out of line.
MrJlinebrooklyn 11 months ago
thumbs up if u think the backup singers' "pac" epic.... @ 2:51
MarcusBernard89 1 year ago
1 Person did not pay de devil... Now he in hell
Bandit795 1 year ago
Who's the dummy that clicked dislike ?
uwistall25 1 year ago 3
@uwistall25 o lost ah lot of money when slavery was abolished.......
murnevi 9 months ago
@uwistall25..................... he's probably ah decendant of one of the many slave traders who pummelled into poverty and lost ah lot of money when slavery was abolished......that or maybe he's just an IDIOT!!
murnevi 9 months ago
My brother-in-law had the best dance for this song!!! It brings back so much memories.
Nick4073 1 year ago
For those of you who never experience a semi final in skinner park its like not experiencing the north stand
boygrant1 1 year ago
Damn I remember this I was at Skinner Park this year..sniff sniff memories
ellarz 1 year ago
Hard like steel KNOCK IT! KNOCK IT! KNOCK IT KNOCK IT!
GhostTownMafia1 1 year ago
Love this song! I have been searching for this song for awhile. Does anybody know where I can get it? (thank you for this post)
Lifesgood314 1 year ago
ha ha ha ah pac pac pac nice eh
nashorie 1 year ago
Notice how the crowd is positively electrified without any incessant orders to wave a rag or a flag or jump up or scream. This is true class!
sugawalls26 1 year ago
ah say it aready ah go say it again the man in a class by himself lyrics again lyrics.
chaoticustt 2 years ago
I remember this performance by shadow i was there in skinner park my home town semi finals good show wish we could get music like this
boygrant1 2 years ago 2
Shadow! I love yuh!
reshabriella 2 years ago 2
Dis is de ting ah like , not de crap dese days!
Independenceofmind 2 years ago 5
Me likey :)
JadedCarib 2 years ago 2
ch ch ch ch ccccccchune boi!!!!!!!!
ExFriend 3 years ago 8
1994 .... ! old school soca rockin !
tassa4 3 years ago 7
yes Grenada was once french before the english take over my grand parent from carriacou speak it so what ever trini jab is far from grenada jab we grenadians made jab big in trinidad old woman alone all dem jab jab tunes tallpree sign
SPICEMAN516 3 years ago
@SPICEMAN516 What Grenadians love is Jab-molassie, molasses devil. But Jab is creole for Diable, which is French for devil... and that was in Trinidad since the days of slavery... yes Grenada has an influence, but don't forget, Grenadians came to Trinidad a long time before Tallpree was even thought of. Don't start this beef, because the truth is... The Grenadians who took to that masquerade, were no longer Grenadians. They had been generations in Trinidad... therefore, Trinis!!! all Caribbean!
Trinivalist 1 year ago
Jab Jab is not from Grenada particularly. Remember... jab jab is creole for Diable... remember how many Grenadians came to Trinidad, before, during, and after slavery. Jab jab just happen to be a mas that they like to play. The Grenadian mas, is pierrot Grenade. Remember, devil mas particularly came from a mixture of African masquerade, Cannes Brulees (Canboulay), and French Carnival culture. We definitely not be arguing about dis. he's talking about Tobago. Yuh know dem into devil mas.
Trinivalist 3 years ago 17
Trinivalist! I admire your knowledge of a heritage soon to be driven away by the lack of knowledge being given to so many Caribbean students and residents!
I'm actually doing a paper on Carnival for one class and Calypso for another...PLAY DE DEVIL!
gracefullybeautiful1 3 years ago 3
It's so crazy and so deep when you get into the history! For all the haters and all those miseducated get into Hollis Liverpool, Errol Hill, Janice Quinter, Bruce Procope, Daniel Crowley, Philip Scher and the many other's writing the history for you to read since some of you can't even begin to wrap the oral histories being told around your heads.
One People, One love!
gracefullybeautiful1 3 years ago
@Trinivalist i never heard of a pierrot grenade in my life lol... Jab is my life
PHEOLA1 1 year ago
@PHEOLA1 look up ole mas characters. Pierrot is the one that comes with a speech. They have them on here.
Trinivalist 1 year ago
@Trinivalist yea i understand what you mean.. true Jab originated in TnT but Grenada's jab is wayyyyy different
PHEOLA1 1 year ago
@PHEOLA1 And why shouldn't Grenadian jab jab be different? The more the merrier. Every Caribbean island that shares this 'Trinival' (Trinidad style carnival), should have their own way of playing it. That's what makes it fun and meaningful for them. That's what would make me want to visit another carnival. i don't want to see de same exact thing.
Trinivalist 1 year ago
@Trinivalist I totally agree! i love all the ifferent cultures and music that the caribbean has to offewr.. I will try my best to get a chance to experience it all hopefully
PHEOLA1 1 year ago
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shelbie008 11 months ago
@Trinivalist Not true. Jab- Jab is from the Diable Molasse. Diable Molasse is the result of a slave falling into the vat of molasses,an unfortunate death. The remaining slaves believed the grounds were haunted by the "Jab Molassie". That is why the original "devils" painted themselves black and wore chains. And yes, lots of Trinidad Carnival traditions were brought over by the huge amount of Grenadian slaves. Island-specific is inaccurate b/c we were slaves before we Bajans, Trinis or Grenz.
shelbie008 11 months ago
@shelbie008 I've been researching this for some time now... Jab is Creole for Diable- meaning devil. Therefore, Jab Molassie would mean molasses devil, and Jab Jab would mean double devil... the Jab Jab is the devil that mocks the court jester of the royal court. He/she comes with a colorful outfit, sometimes a heart on the chest, small horns on the head, and a whip. They play a competition to see who could beat who the worst. The Jab molassie is the devil dealing with the slave and molasses.
Trinivalist 9 months ago
@Trinivalist Well said, educate the idiots
asakidesigns 8 months ago
@Trinivalist dre say licks in yo' ass
Chiliplease 6 months ago
Di bassman in meh head again!
Badjohn007 3 years ago 2
what is wrong with fbzd3z, yes i agree that jab jab is grenadian, but what is this classic of a song have to do with grenadian jab.And this goes for saintcarma the least you can do is appreciate great music which part of this song deserves -6 tell me.
004561 3 years ago
I agree, grenedians acting like they didnt steal enough of our shit, he'll get over it.
asakidesigns 3 years ago 4
great
kaisomania 3 years ago
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this was my shit
saintcarma 3 years ago
to dem peopleweh give him thumbs down, di child mean das he song.
tammy403 3 years ago 2
English language people I LOVE SHADOW
saintcarma 3 years ago 2
what you think people speaking....it's called a slang ..foolish..don't type anything ef yuh doh understand we talk...
bscout101 3 years ago
I was born and grew up in trinidad apparently you have to speak like an ole n*&&*r to be understood around here
saintcarma 3 years ago
shadow is boss!
seaniebwoy 3 years ago 4
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JAB JAB IS A GRENADA THING
FBZD3Z 3 years ago
@FBZD3Z jab jab was played in Trinidad since slavery. do your research. I have. You say Jab Jab is Grenadian... prove it. Do you even know what Jab jab means? Or it's history? You wouldn't say it's Grenadian. Why do they play Jab jab anyway? Answer these questions and we have a debate!
Trinivalist 1 year ago
a master in his own class
004561 3 years ago 3
You are and you just be !
fayie79 3 years ago 2
Man I tell yo!! This is what I call class. Where is that class in our Soca and Calypso Artiste now-ah-days? This man is always in key, he never shouts, he has rhythm fo days. I think he should have gotten more road march titles than he won.-- The hero that never was. Do it Shadow you are the best Soca/Calypso Singer in the whole World.
vexalways 3 years ago
well said fella n i iz a young man agreeing dis is wa music is a folk tale dey yes shadow indeed de mighty shadow
LearningDjDunHate 3 years ago
We want more !!! More shadow !
fayie79 3 years ago
Great Performance by Winston Bailey aka Mighty Shadow
haydn0 3 years ago 2
Shadow u de greatest - Ah luv yuh
trinigurl98 3 years ago
Man love this song... OOOO lawd pac pac pac play the devil..huh
WOODSSANDY 4 years ago
Shadow is Mighty that why he is called The Mighty Shadow, now u have 2 pay de devil.
More Mighty Shsdow & Mr David Rudder please.
israldown 4 years ago 3
Dis is d jouvert song of all jouvert songs...Shadow's abstract and often macabre humour tempered with his style & mastering of kaiso always takes kaiso to another level...Thanks for posting this
trinidesi 4 years ago