Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other, and robbed of all links to family and home, the African slaves began to sing songs. They used calypso, which can be traced back to West African kaiso, as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters.

Trinidad was colonized by the Spanish, received large numbers of French immigrants, and was later ruled by the British. This multi-colonial past has greatly impacted the development of calypso in Trinidad. Many early calypsos were sung in a French-Creole dialect called patois (”pat-was”). These songs, usually led by one individual called a griot, helped to unite the slaves.

Calypso singing competitions, held annually at Carnival time, grew in popularity after the abolition of slavery by the British in the 1830s. (It was the French who brought the tradition of Carnival to Trinidad.) The griot later became known as the chantuelle and today as the calypsonian.

http://caribplanet.homestead.com/101.html
http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/articles/the_origin_of_calypso.htm

http://saghs.edu.tt/sample/clubs/Young Leaders/Caribbean Music.html

Soca: Soca, or soul calypso, is a dance music that originated in Trinidad from calypso

Chutney:Chutney music is a form of music indigenous to the southern Caribbean (primarily Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname)

not done yet boi

Chutney Origins: The melodies and lyrics of religious songs sung in Trinidad in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, and Bhojpuri are used, as well as songs which were and still are used from Bollywood. Calypso, Soca, Ragga, and Reggae (Rocksteady/Dub) are other musical influences on chutney.

Early chutney was religious in nature, and sung by Indo-Trinidadian female family members, who, as customary in Trinidad society, sang before a typical wedding celebration to prepare the bride-to-be for her role as a wife. This can be thought of as a kind of bachelorette party, celebrated only by the female members of the families. The music and the dancing (and some of the suggestive lyrics sung at the events) leaked out into the wider community and society, and became enmeshed into Trinidad society as a whole.

so…..what now?…..oh i kno……maybe U shud check your ‘resources’

cuz i checked mine…

an dere dey r

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutney_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soca_music

u can check for urseelf ya madd muddass ya…..bout tellin jahmal dat crap ya rass nah even kno wha u talkin bout

you people should be the last to claim ANY music. if you were to get your facts right and check your ‘resources’, you would know that soca was originated in BARBADOS and chutney was originated in SURINAME. so please, don’t feel feel ya self too much with ya so called ‘music’ big boy.

are you seriously comparing reggae to soca just because they both come out of the carribean there is absolutly no comparison talking over very fast beats in a dialect that is not attractive is not a good recipe for success thats why they are called soca artists they neither sing in tune or dj they just ramble on in a flat style so they mix it with dancehall to boost it up believe me soca needs reggae more than reggae needs soca look at record sales over the years no contest plus in reggae you have roots dancehall lovers all kind of styles plus their are many small island people making big money doing dancehall the fact is that reggae is big and soca is just for those who love it so i wayne is right the little devil music can dissappear and the world would nt notice can you say the same for reggae”

Ha….what is really wrong with you……..Soca artists dialect is not attractive?….have you listened to Jamaicans dialect….and yes….soca can make it on it’s own………

Anyway I listen to all music…mostly soca cause i’m from Antigua, but I love dancehall and reggae also. It’s not about one music being superior to the other. If I-Wayne is going to diss soca music, then he should diss dancehall and reggae as well. Bunji has a right to defend his livelyhood, and as others have said, jamaican artists would definitely defend if someone said that about dancehall.

This is just stupid…..respect each other’s cultures….plain and simple……..

Just as much as I-Wayne has the right to expose himself as a hypocrit and display his ignorance, Bunji has a right to defend his music, his culture, his people, and his nation.