For folks commenting “this is American” .. Don’t let the mainstream music scene trying to re-name our island creations as “tropical house” steal your art .. This is purely caribbean. They are copying US .. Not the other way round ... She’s repping the unique sound of T&T beautifully.. Sending love from 🇻🇮💕
leah g i think she is a misrepresentation of all the other Blackman's straying from concious lyrics and exactly that pan don't make it soca that song is American to me
Nailah Blackman workout - 7milliion views bailah mami - 5 million views baddish - 3million views sokah til I die - 130k (3 days) Seems like a new queen of soca is about to take over
GazaVendetta Fan u forget to mention all her songs crossed a million in less than a years time..normally artists songs takes a year and more to cross...she is a force to be reckoned with
This song i see have been discussed widely as whether it's soca or not... who cares.. why can't y'all just accept what she is portraying and her love for our country, culture and music.. whether u wanna say it's soca or not.. what I do know is soca music always gives a positive feeling and expression of life love and unity. Stop trying to define things and take it for what it is. Keep doing ya thing Nailah and all my carribean people and artists.
Yeaaa but wat I am getting at is regardless... the song represents soca in each and everyway... when u tryna say things like she don't portray soca or it doesn't sound like soca then u do not know what the actual meat n gravy meaning of soca is... soca is ah feeling and a way of life... Love unity and togetherness... And when u tryna knock those things... that's what I have a problem with
Well by that definition any other genre that makes you feel that way could be defined as soca, and I disagree with that. That just gives ppl leeway to call everything under the sun soca. Soca is called soca for a reason, and not dancehall, hip hop, calypso etc. So everyone saying this isn't soca have a point imo.
I've easily listened to this song hundreds of times. This is one of the first songs I play for my foreign friends when they curious about my culture. Love my sweet soca......
So proud of this trinbago Queen 👸🏾 representing for us and keeping our small nation with huge Talents on the scene! Vote for her at BET 🥇 awards best international artist!!'
Another instant soca hit here from Nailah! I am also loving the steelpan element in this song featuring Boogsie Sharpe. I know Boogsie loves to go with his own compositions for Panorama but I reckon Phase II can win Panorama next year for sure if they play this song which is guaranteed to be very popular with everyone come T&T Carnival 2018 next year! Panorama is missing the good old days when the songs played by most of the bands in the Panorama Finals were also the most popular songs in the Soca/Carnival fetes and we need to get back to those days if Panorama wants to draw sellout crowds again at the Panorama Finals! Panorama Semis should never be drawing bigger crowds than the Finals as has been happening for quite a number of years now!!
Love how soca music is evolving Im sure this will be a hitl, well done! Nailah definitely paid tribute to her grand father her mom must be so proud as well. The blackmans really made a big come back and are on tops in 2017 and hopefully beyond. Thanks to the blackmans for bringing back the 'soul' in our soca music. The future is definitely bright sokah is definitely in good hands.
I ain't no ethnomusicologist. Whether this song is soca or not probably will be debated for some time to come. However, what I can attest to is good music and a strong message. Two elders in their respective artforms and a rising superstar have made a beautiful piece. #OnRepeat
Powerful this. Sokah Rockstar. Loving everything here - The red, white and black kit, the old school jeeps dem, that cut of you with the guitar, the sokah new generation and I can go on. You give me life young soldier. Battle on.
I've seen the comments piling up saying this is not soca and that this song is american. What exactly makes the song american? what a few words referencing grills? if you Di-sect the song you have the african beat; you got the indian octave of singing; you got one of the most original use of the most basic of pan beats as a hook in a song and a vocal nod in the outro as a nod to the pan teacher; this tune is a clear nod to the roots of the soca visually and lyrically with the actual use of pan in the mix so what more do people want? To top it off the tune sounds great...so Yes Sokah is soca, not american urban pop/hip-hop, if it were that you would not even be able to understand the words much less have enough cultural references for youth to want to look up who is Lord Shorty.
I ain't that old and I remember when Machel pushed the bounds of soca mid 1990's (e.g. Give Yourself, UFO) before his short retirement; alot of people then were saying he was not making soca but here we are a little more than 10 years later with machel officially known as the best soca artiste of a generation and now we have a new artista pushing the bounds of soca singing soKah! Lets not forget the purpose of soca is to bring it all together and who better than someone with soca in her veins. If I have any concerns is whether her vocal chords could handle singing in that high octave a whole carnival season if the song blows up.
Got this song on repeat on my playlist. This Trinidad goddess just giving us hits after hits. From her guitar days till now. Her grandpa must be so proud wherever his soul is. 💯💯💯💯#realmusic #soul #love #unity
Beautiful voice.....who cares if it's Soca or not. Nailah is making music with her originality, if anyone has been following this family and their music they would know they have their own music called Jamoo. They are free spirits and sing from their soul. Nailah will go far 👏👏👏👏👏 TT is proud of you hun. Keep up the great work
Yes, nice homage to grandpa, Ras Shorty I, and also grandma. Love the historic and contemporary subtleties, which, if you don't look carefully, you will miss. Well researched by the producer of this vid.....bravo....
The songs include all the positives vibes and thougths of socca. Peace, harmony and an understanding of each other. My deepest respect for the outstanding song and the underlaying message for Socca. Nailah you are an gifted artist, I hope that I hear more of your amazing music for many years.
The whole of panorama gonna be playing this come 2018 carnival ❤❤❤❤ I loveeeeeee this girl! She just magical ❤ Even after carnival this will be playing #sokah Who down in d #sokahorigins ????
The people that disliked this 🙄 clearly don’t have an ear for good music !! And the visuals is just as amazing as the song itself 👏🏽👏🏽 Big up Nailah❤️ This is definitely a year round type song!!
the ratio of Likes to dislikes is so much greater, it might as well be ignored. If we didn't have clueless, classless, uncultured people like them in the world we would have nothing compare to the folks who know their shizzzit.
Nailah thank you for making your ancestors proud! Love here from Guyana, keep the talent coming, stay professional and honest and the world is surely yours! GO MY TRINI LADY YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY I AM LOVING IT!
All day long I listening to soca All day long I am a Trini I fat but not skinny So everyone sing now SOKAH TILL WE DIE EVERYBODY SING SOKAH TILL WE DIE Those who dislike this song Dem is a pack of clowns WE ALL LOVE YOU RAS SHORTY!! AND YOU TOO NAILA BLACKMAN!! ( This is to the beat of SOKAH )
It absolutely love this song. 😍! Although, this song speak to Trinidad being from a different Caribbean island I can identify with the message. It is dynamic. I proud of her
she makes a hit everytime !! she is different !!out of the ordinary ....thats it nailah!! stand out ...never mind the naysayers ...we are tired of the same old ...your style is out of the box ...ping pang ping pang pung!
i learned the whole song from beginning to end in 3 days....................another HIT NAILAH !!!.............ANSON PRO have the touch !!! mad mi na go leave yuh fi nothing !!!
king Julien Shut up...don't you understand the meaning of this song? SHE STICKING TO SOKAH TILL SHE DIE!! SHE BETTER THAN RIHANNA OR ADELE OR BEYONCE!! SHE IS A TRINI GYAL AND SHE GONNA STICK TO SOKAH!!! GO TRINIDAD!!!
Just heard the news that Phase II Pan Groove will be going with "SOKAH" by Nailah Blackman for Panorama 2018! :-) I think Boogsie moving smart as he wants everyone to know his band's panorama tune very well come the finals so they can fully appreciate his arrangement. I think Phase II Pan Groove could be hot favorites to take the Panorama title for 2018 so them other bands better come real good or else licks sharing! ;-) Congrats to Nailah Blackman and the producer Anson Pro on having their tune selected by one of the top T&T steelbands for Panorama 2018! I could already picture Nailah on stage at the Panorama Finals waving Phase II's flag. Her grandfather Ras Shorty-I would be proud as he started his career as a steelpan player and arranger even before recording his first calypsos in the early 1960's!
Ping Pang Pong Pang Pong, Ping Pang Pong Pang Pong!! In addition to the steelpan lovers, I feel that line of the song will also win over Chinese, Japanese and Korean fans for Nailah and her music! LOL!!
If people think that this song is soca or not....IT IS GOD DAMN SOCA!!! For me soca is just a positive message with trendy and fun beats. And this song is exactly what I described soca as. And...those who dislike this song...I dunno is either allyuh dunno what is a real music or allyuh just negative. Cause if allyuh calling Nicki Manaj music nice and amazing....allyuh lying to yourselves. This song is the best out of the best.👍👍👍💖💖
Congrats to Nailah Blackman and Anson Pro on this song getting to over 1 millions views in just one month & one week of being uploaded to TH-cam. Looks like this song will definitely be on popular rotation during the upcoming 2018 T&T Carnival season so looking forward to seeing Nailah putting down regular performances of this song and also looking forwards to hearing Phase II play it at the 2018 Panorama competitions as they have selected this song.
I know machel has made some of the best soca songs like this but this one explaining exactly what soca is. This one really makes me tear for joy of how sweet soca is.
Nailah came out to make a statement this year!!! She came....she SLAYEDDD!!! I love every single oneeee of her songs!! They are all hits!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great job Nai!! You’re making waves 🌊!!
If Phase II had stuck with this tune for the Panorama, I am convinced they would have placed higher in the Final. BP Renegades Youth Orchestra won the Junior Panorama this year playing this tune and Nailah Blackman waved the flag for them during their performance in the Final.
I just checked and all Nailah's releases so far are hits and she either wrote or was the main person involved in writing all of them. Nailah already has 3 back-to-back soca hits so far with well over million TH-cam views. In fact her first hit "Work Out" released less than a year ago now has approaching 7 millions TH-cam views; "Baila Mami" has approaching 5 million TH-cam views and was released in late April this year; "Badishh" released in 2nd half of August this year is currently on well over 2.5 million TH-cam views; This latest release "SOKAH" is clocking over 25,000 TH-cam views per day since its release this Tuesday which means at current rate this track will be near or passed 1 million TH-cam views sometime between Christmas and New Year's Day. So all the folks criticizing please note that you can criticize all you want but Nailhah seems to be doing something right since she burst onto the soca scene and into the limelight earlier this year during the 2017 Carnival season. For those of you interested in getting a detailed insight into how Nailah Blackman started out as a singer/songwriter/musician and her progression so far you can check out this link: th-cam.com/video/U4Z3RDSm9nc/w-d-xo.html
It's always nice to create something that other's criticize than to create nothing and criticize other's. LOVE HOW YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER'S AND I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR TALENT & YOUR MUSIC. 😍😘❤❤❤💖💖💖 #SOKAH
Its different... I like it... But maybe Even more that... I love the Sound of the Pan Music throughout... On another note... I'm happy to see Mr Boogsie Sharpe looking well & still at it... I personally rate this Production. 💖
Nailiah Blackman is very aware this is not soca / sokah but for the idiots that are commenting!! This song was to define it . Pay homepage ! To reach a wider audience out of the Caribbean and let them no what soca is introduced it to them on they scale and after hitting them if a actually soca Riddim ! This is her introduction to not only the Caribbean but the rest of the world ! To make SOCA WORLDWIDE.
Yes he did. Have you not listened to interviews with Chris Blackwell who was Bob Marley's manager and also the owner of Island records? He deliberately got Bob Marley & the Wailers to infuse their reggae music with rock music elements so that it would appeal to a wider white audience. Bob Marley was also pushed into the forefront as the leader of the Wailers because he was mixed and his look would appeal more to White audiences than Peter Tosh or Bunny Wailer.
Why do Trinis always feel their music has to be watered down and Americanized to appeal to others? Other than Rihanna's music and Drake's cultural appropriating songs the Caribbean music that has been a hit internationally has been soca and calypso apologetically.
Make a VEVO , Times changed , let people find your music in 1 place ... get the views in 1 place so u can have millions of views ... keep your fan base growing... I wanna subscribe , you’re so unique and original
there are different ways of being sign for example having a distribution deal, they are not sign in they way of the days of a record full ownership, but you cant just make a legit VEVO account. it dont work like that
Happy Birthday Nailah! Hope your SOKAH Origins concert went as smoothly as you planned! Looking forward to seeing some video clips of you performing this track live and also performing "Badishh" alongside Shenseea! Two Big tunes for Carnival 2018 and beyond!!
Congrats to Nailah Blackman and Anson Pro on this song getting to over 2 millions views in just over 2 months of it being uploaded to this TH-cam channel. This is already one of the more popular songs on the radio airwaves and in the fetes for the current 2018 T&T Carnival season and also looking forward to hearing this song rendered by some of the steelbands. Phase II dropped a good song that could have helped them to win the 2018 Panorama title.
How could this not be soca, pan, rhythm of India, this is pure soca, can hear only Trinidad and Tobago her voice is fresh new it brings a sweetness to the music, actually it wraps around the music like spices in a pelau a curry a black cake a panorama a carnival Monday and Tuesday. Michel does do the same thing when he and his people create soca. Me nah go leave it, soca or Trinidad and Tobago
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For folks commenting “this is American” .. Don’t let the mainstream music scene trying to re-name our island creations as “tropical house” steal your art .. This is purely caribbean. They are copying US .. Not the other way round ... She’s repping the unique sound of T&T beautifully.. Sending love from 🇻🇮💕
SWEET SOCA IS WHAT THIS IS #TNT
American my a$$... this is purely and truly all TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
Exactly this!
Amercian my cunt T&T is de best🇹🇹❤
American my cunt,this is truly TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO❤🇹🇹
Pleasw understand soca is not only jump and wine. This was actually very creative. And very modern at that. Keep it up nailah
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What a lovely tribute to your Grandpa
Blessings Nailah and to my Caribbean brothers ans sisters...🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Soca to the world
To the people saying this isn't Soca - Her grandfather invented Soca, and now she is reinventing the genre. Music is constantly evolving.
well yes ,but this is not soca in the original form,adding pan does not make it soca,the problem is everything America has entered our culture
Jazon62 Thank You 🎤🎤🎤
leah g i think she is a misrepresentation of all the other Blackman's straying from concious lyrics and exactly that pan don't make it soca that song is American to me
Give me one reference song that's american and sounds like this?
Just because American trying to make Carribbean songs like this don't make the songs American
since it's so hard for people to comprehend....her focus for this was clearly not on making a soca song but a song about soca....
Agree you trini
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Exactly!!! It's sad how people misinterpret.... people need to open they mind and appreciate this song for what it is
😁😀😂😃😄😅
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I an american with no Caribbean ties, but I love Soca music and this song sets it off for me. SOCA till I die..
Nailah Blackman
workout - 7milliion views
bailah mami - 5 million views
baddish - 3million views
sokah til I die - 130k (3 days)
Seems like a new queen of soca is about to take over
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GazaVendetta Fan
GazaVendetta Fan u forget to mention all her songs crossed a million in less than a years time..normally artists songs takes a year and more to cross...she is a force to be reckoned with
Can't believe she almost have a million views in a Lil over a month time
kip dez her music stand out through out the year other than carnival
Still one of my favorite songs from Nailah!!! Taking SOKAH to the next level. SO PROUD!!!
The father of soca himself, nailah you did justice for what he wanted in Trinidad and Tobago.
This song i see have been discussed widely as whether it's soca or not... who cares.. why can't y'all just accept what she is portraying and her love for our country, culture and music.. whether u wanna say it's soca or not.. what I do know is soca music always gives a positive feeling and expression of life love and unity. Stop trying to define things and take it for what it is. Keep doing ya thing Nailah and all my carribean people and artists.
Azhurdeen Bacchus well I mean... D song name SOKAH... Paying tribute to soca. of course ppl gonna talk about whether it's soca or not. Come on man
Yeaaa but wat I am getting at is regardless... the song represents soca in each and everyway... when u tryna say things like she don't portray soca or it doesn't sound like soca then u do not know what the actual meat n gravy meaning of soca is... soca is ah feeling and a way of life... Love unity and togetherness... And when u tryna knock those things... that's what I have a problem with
Well by that definition any other genre that makes you feel that way could be defined as soca, and I disagree with that. That just gives ppl leeway to call everything under the sun soca. Soca is called soca for a reason, and not dancehall, hip hop, calypso etc. So everyone saying this isn't soca have a point imo.
Well it's all just opinions at the end of the day... to me what she portrays defines soca in the aspect of celebrating our culture and people
Sending love all the way from JA love trini culture and I LOVE NAILAH !! always making great music 😍😍🇯🇲🇯🇲🇹🇹🇹🇹
Likewise,one love sis!!
514 🇨🇦🇹🇹🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Nuff respect for yours also!!!
I've easily listened to this song hundreds of times. This is one of the first songs I play for my foreign friends when they curious about my culture. Love my sweet soca......
Love my people and I love our culture even more 🇹🇹
PurpleReign 413 #trinitodehbone
PurpleReign 413 😍😍
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True it's is our culture
So proud of this trinbago Queen 👸🏾 representing for us and keeping our small nation with huge Talents on the scene!
Vote for her at BET 🥇 awards best international artist!!'
Another instant soca hit here from Nailah! I am also loving the steelpan element in this song featuring Boogsie Sharpe. I know Boogsie loves to go with his own compositions for Panorama but I reckon Phase II can win Panorama next year for sure if they play this song which is guaranteed to be very popular with everyone come T&T Carnival 2018 next year!
Panorama is missing the good old days when the songs played by most of the bands in the Panorama Finals were also the most popular songs in the Soca/Carnival fetes and we need to get back to those days if Panorama wants to draw sellout crowds again at the Panorama Finals! Panorama Semis should never be drawing bigger crowds than the Finals as has been happening for quite a number of years now!!
Nothing American about this song. So a to the world🇹🇹🇹🇹🇨🇦
Love how soca music is evolving Im sure this will be a hitl, well done! Nailah definitely paid tribute to her grand father her mom must be so proud as well. The blackmans really made a big come back and are on tops in 2017 and hopefully beyond. Thanks to the blackmans for bringing back the 'soul' in our soca music. The future is definitely bright sokah is definitely in good hands.
I ain't no ethnomusicologist. Whether this song is soca or not probably will be debated for some time to come. However, what I can attest to is good music and a strong message. Two elders in their respective artforms and a rising superstar have made a beautiful piece. #OnRepeat
perfect
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dwayneboy1 this is just a tribute to soca music
Powerful this. Sokah Rockstar. Loving everything here - The red, white and black kit, the old school jeeps dem, that cut of you with the guitar, the sokah new generation and I can go on. You give me life young soldier. Battle on.
I've seen the comments piling up saying this is not soca and that this song is american. What exactly makes the song american? what a few words referencing grills? if you Di-sect the song you have the african beat; you got the indian octave of singing; you got one of the most original use of the most basic of pan beats as a hook in a song and a vocal nod in the outro as a nod to the pan teacher; this tune is a clear nod to the roots of the soca visually and lyrically with the actual use of pan in the mix so what more do people want? To top it off the tune sounds great...so Yes Sokah is soca, not american urban pop/hip-hop, if it were that you would not even be able to understand the words much less have enough cultural references for youth to want to look up who is Lord Shorty.
I ain't that old and I remember when Machel pushed the bounds of soca mid 1990's (e.g. Give Yourself, UFO) before his short retirement; alot of people then were saying he was not making soca but here we are a little more than 10 years later with machel officially known as the best soca artiste of a generation and now we have a new artista pushing the bounds of soca singing soKah! Lets not forget the purpose of soca is to bring it all together and who better than someone with soca in her veins. If I have any concerns is whether her vocal chords could handle singing in that high octave a whole carnival season if the song blows up.
Yup Soca always evolve,sometimes for the better..
Got this song on repeat on my playlist. This Trinidad goddess just giving us hits after hits. From her guitar days till now. Her grandpa must be so proud wherever his soul is. 💯💯💯💯#realmusic #soul #love #unity
Naliah have the perfect teeth with a nice smile. I just had to put that in...😍
You see this girl here will carry this thing to a newer level. She has international appeal. Nailah mama I have my eyes. So wonderful!!!!!
Nailah I am so proud of you eh! This is an amazingly beautiful Tribute to your Grandpa ♥️🔥
Beautiful voice.....who cares if it's Soca or not. Nailah is making music with her originality, if anyone has been following this family and their music they would know they have their own music called Jamoo. They are free spirits and sing from their soul. Nailah will go far 👏👏👏👏👏 TT is proud of you hun. Keep up the great work
Good points! Btw I think their family music is called Jamoo without the "n" at the end.
SocaPhD I couldn't remember if the n was there or not lol 😂😂😂
I'll edit it out 😂😂😂
I'm from Sudan and i love you Nailah and your ppl
Nailah is the definition of National Pride .. we love u girl do ya thing 😌👌🏽❤
Say so people.
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She is truely special! Love from yawd 🇯🇲
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Somebody say sokaaah Til I die. I see what Nailah was trying to do with this project, much respect to Lord Shorty I
DJ JEL yesss😍😍😍 yes nailah
ur on fire
DJ JEL your everywhere 😂😂😂
DJ JEL I see what she did there..soca! Pan! Culture! Unity! Vibes! Nation building! Awesome track!
Keroseen27 definitely, We got a history lesson from ras Shorty too.
Yes, nice homage to grandpa, Ras Shorty I, and also grandma. Love the historic and contemporary subtleties, which, if you don't look carefully, you will miss. Well researched by the producer of this vid.....bravo....
The songs include all the positives vibes and thougths of socca. Peace, harmony and an understanding of each other. My deepest respect for the outstanding song and the underlaying message for Socca. Nailah you are an gifted artist, I hope that I hear more of your amazing music for many years.
The whole of panorama gonna be playing this come 2018 carnival ❤❤❤❤
I loveeeeeee this girl! She just magical ❤
Even after carnival this will be playing
#sokah
Who down in d #sokahorigins ????
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Guess not 😂😂😂
Nailah Mami!! Nuff love from Jamaica 🇯🇲
The people that disliked this 🙄 clearly don’t have an ear for good music !! And the visuals is just as amazing as the song itself 👏🏽👏🏽 Big up Nailah❤️ This is definitely a year round type song!!
:) :)
Keyshanna Edwards it should only have a like botton so all who dislike the song would have to keep that to themselves. Very nice song
the ratio of Likes to dislikes is so much greater, it might as well be ignored. If we didn't have clueless, classless, uncultured people like them in the world we would have nothing compare to the folks who know their shizzzit.
I love Sokah ❤️
Agreed😎
This song brings tears of JOY ... I love Sweet Sweet T&T
I like purpose of the song, bringing East Indians and Africans together.
Im Bahamian and i love soca shout out to my Tnt neighbors state side and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago
Nailah yuh cya jus come out and steal everybody heart so girl ... I love off ah this one!
Nailah thank you for making your ancestors proud! Love here from Guyana, keep the talent coming, stay professional and honest and the world is surely yours! GO MY TRINI LADY YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY I AM LOVING IT!
Love this song from beginning to end.
Guyanese lady yessss makes me so emotional 😢❤🇹🇹 i love my island 😍
This song gives me chills every time 🇻🇨🇹🇹
this song is so inspiring
how so??
Y u people not verified
Haha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lexo TV
Lexo TV yes oo
Who listened to this song over 30 times like😙
Me
Mee too.
Lilly Frank me
Me too
More like 100
nailah keep up the good job
Sokaaah woooooo
Nailah Bakeman i love you
Lexo TV
Lexo TV
I love this song
All day long
I listening to soca
All day long
I am a Trini
I fat but not skinny
So everyone sing now
SOKAH TILL WE DIE
EVERYBODY SING
SOKAH TILL WE DIE
Those who dislike this song
Dem is a pack of clowns
WE ALL LOVE YOU RAS SHORTY!!
AND YOU TOO NAILA BLACKMAN!!
( This is to the beat of SOKAH )
this song is legit one of the best SOCA songs of all times
Nailah is just a breath of fresh air love from greenz 💙❤
It absolutely love this song. 😍! Although, this song speak to Trinidad being from a different Caribbean island I can identify with the message. It is dynamic. I proud of her
she makes a hit everytime !! she is different !!out of the ordinary ....thats it nailah!! stand out ...never mind the naysayers ...we are tired of the same old ...your style is out of the box ...ping pang ping pang pung!
She has a very old soul.......Great vid
i learned the whole song from beginning to end in 3 days....................another HIT NAILAH !!!.............ANSON PRO have the touch !!! mad mi na go leave yuh fi nothing !!!
Danni _xx what are the lyrics? Im trying to figure them out
Hits after hits after hits. Absolutely love what Nailah is doing in the music industry. #NaiArmy 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
This song is gonna hit a million by tomorrow or the day after!!! 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿Nialah is making waves!
Just came back to witness my prediction lol
If you love soca, then spread the love of this music! Trinidad unite!
bet u this girl would be picked up overseas. another Rihanna in the making
king Julien ...naw...she gon b repping soca...not no American ting...she not goin leave her roots...
king Julien she betta dan Rihanna an Nicki Minaj mix togeda dawg
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king Julien Shut up...don't you understand the meaning of this song? SHE STICKING TO SOKAH TILL SHE DIE!! SHE BETTER THAN RIHANNA OR ADELE OR BEYONCE!! SHE IS A TRINI GYAL AND SHE GONNA STICK TO SOKAH!!! GO TRINIDAD!!!
Imagine "The Gift of Soca" being your legacy. Oh what an imheritance.
Ping pang poong pang poong!!! Love it! Fantastic job Nailah!!
Just heard the news that Phase II Pan Groove will be going with "SOKAH" by Nailah Blackman for Panorama 2018! :-)
I think Boogsie moving smart as he wants everyone to know his band's panorama tune very well come the finals so they can fully appreciate his arrangement. I think Phase II Pan Groove could be hot favorites to take the Panorama title for 2018 so them other bands better come real good or else licks sharing! ;-)
Congrats to Nailah Blackman and the producer Anson Pro on having their tune selected by one of the top T&T steelbands for Panorama 2018! I could already picture Nailah on stage at the Panorama Finals waving Phase II's flag. Her grandfather Ras Shorty-I would be proud as he started his career as a steelpan player and arranger even before recording his first calypsos in the early 1960's!
Ping Pang Pong Pang Pong, Ping Pang Pong Pang Pong!!
In addition to the steelpan lovers, I feel that line of the song will also win over Chinese, Japanese and Korean fans for Nailah and her music! LOL!!
You are so talented, and your reaping the blessings of your family.....a star is born, blessed love princess and congrats Abbi ......excellent job
If people think that this song is soca or not....IT IS GOD DAMN SOCA!!! For me soca is just a positive message with trendy and fun beats. And this song is exactly what I described soca as. And...those who dislike this song...I dunno is either allyuh dunno what is a real music or allyuh just negative. Cause if allyuh calling Nicki Manaj music nice and amazing....allyuh lying to yourselves. This song is the best out of the best.👍👍👍💖💖
Nailah ain't trying to be something she's not ...she's a Trini and she's proud to be 1
She just pelting out hit after hit. Well done!
Congrats to Nailah Blackman and Anson Pro on this song getting to over 1 millions views in just one month & one week of being uploaded to TH-cam.
Looks like this song will definitely be on popular rotation during the upcoming 2018 T&T Carnival season so looking forward to seeing Nailah putting down regular performances of this song and also looking forwards to hearing Phase II play it at the 2018 Panorama competitions as they have selected this song.
This girl is gonna reach global , the next rihanna, who agrees
Ken marcel agreed
I said d same
Me don agree pon dis
I know machel has made some of the best soca songs like this but this one explaining exactly what soca is. This one really makes me tear for joy of how sweet soca is.
Now this is how to rep your music and country; Well done ! Take it to d roots and fuse it with your own fresh style my goodness. Well done !
Nailah.. nothin but good vibes mami. thank you. Big up Trini & Toba & all of Caribbean
The dabs 😂😂 I can’t
Nailah came out to make a statement this year!!! She came....she SLAYEDDD!!! I love every single oneeee of her songs!! They are all hits!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great job Nai!! You’re making waves 🌊!!
Nailah till I die
I want Nailah till I die ..
Wayz , Dis song addictive .. Nailah ah love yuh bad bbz
If Phase II had stuck with this tune for the Panorama, I am convinced they would have placed higher in the Final. BP Renegades Youth Orchestra won the Junior Panorama this year playing this tune and Nailah Blackman waved the flag for them during their performance in the Final.
I`m loving this gul...her voice is so unique....great applause
This girl has a promising future I hope she keeps it up. I don't like soca and she never sang a song I didn't like, that's talent.
I just checked and all Nailah's releases so far are hits and she either wrote or was the main person involved in writing all of them. Nailah already has 3 back-to-back soca hits so far with well over million TH-cam views.
In fact her first hit "Work Out" released less than a year ago now has approaching 7 millions TH-cam views;
"Baila Mami" has approaching 5 million TH-cam views and was released in late April this year;
"Badishh" released in 2nd half of August this year is currently on well over 2.5 million TH-cam views;
This latest release "SOKAH" is clocking over 25,000 TH-cam views per day since its release this Tuesday which means at current rate this track will be near or passed 1 million TH-cam views sometime between Christmas and New Year's Day.
So all the folks criticizing please note that you can criticize all you want but Nailhah seems to be doing something right since she burst onto the soca scene and into the limelight earlier this year during the 2017 Carnival season.
For those of you interested in getting a detailed insight into how Nailah Blackman started out as a singer/songwriter/musician and her progression so far you can check out this link: th-cam.com/video/U4Z3RDSm9nc/w-d-xo.html
It's always nice to create something that other's criticize than to create nothing and criticize other's.
LOVE HOW YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER'S AND I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR TALENT & YOUR MUSIC. 😍😘❤❤❤💖💖💖
#SOKAH
Where all the trini's at . #sokah
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Yea yoww🇹🇹🌴🍍
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙋
princess cubs here and proud to say I issa trini
princess cubs right here #TRINI
Its different... I like it... But maybe Even more that... I love the Sound of the Pan Music throughout...
On another note... I'm happy to see Mr Boogsie Sharpe looking well & still at it...
I personally rate this Production. 💖
---THE NEW PRINCESS OF SOKAH
Nailiah Blackman is very aware this is not soca / sokah but for the idiots that are commenting!! This song was to define it . Pay homepage ! To reach a wider audience out of the Caribbean and let them no what soca is introduced it to them on they scale and after hitting them if a actually soca Riddim ! This is her introduction to not only the Caribbean but the rest of the world ! To make SOCA WORLDWIDE.
Proudly West-Indian did Bob Marley change his music to attract the rest of the world?
Yes he did. Have you not listened to interviews with Chris Blackwell who was Bob Marley's manager and also the owner of Island records? He deliberately got Bob Marley & the Wailers to infuse their reggae music with rock music elements so that it would appeal to a wider white audience. Bob Marley was also pushed into the forefront as the leader of the Wailers because he was mixed and his look would appeal more to White audiences than Peter Tosh or Bunny Wailer.
Why do Trinis always feel their music has to be watered down and Americanized to appeal to others? Other than Rihanna's music and Drake's cultural appropriating songs the Caribbean music that has been a hit internationally has been soca and calypso apologetically.
This had to grow on me ...i love it now !
This young lady has maximum vybz tho. Absolutely outstanding job!!!!
damn this doesn't even sound like Soca but more evolutionary and I love the direction your sound is heading..... another hit again Nialah
Nailah is damn beautiful, she has to remind me every video
FINALLY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 wanted to get this song since I heard it on her interview on 94.1 💣
Nailah is so cute and fun!!!! I love her vibes her music always makes u feel free spirited!!! Do ya thang gal
Make a VEVO , Times changed , let people find your music in 1 place ... get the views in 1 place so u can have millions of views ... keep your fan base growing... I wanna subscribe , you’re so unique and original
GazaVendetta Fan she needs new management ... I see her reaching really far
Akil Fenty yup , we in 2017 , modern era
lol you dont make vevo when u get signed by one of the large record companies then you get vevo account
Ladraz a lot of people didn’t get sign and got vevo accounts , not every one signed
there are different ways of being sign for example having a distribution deal, they are not sign in they way of the days of a record full ownership, but you cant just make a legit VEVO account. it dont work like that
This song brought tear of joys... That smile is so contagious!
Happy Birthday Nailah! Hope your SOKAH Origins concert went as smoothly as you planned! Looking forward to seeing some video clips of you performing this track live and also performing "Badishh" alongside Shenseea! Two Big tunes for Carnival 2018 and beyond!!
Love the breakthrough music.. surly the new pioneers of trini soca. God bless and keep killing it. I played this song like 200 times alrdy. Fan life.
A fusion of everything trini. Douglaness!
I want to feel this unity where I live. Damn man, god bless soca ❤️
This is just amazing! Great contribute to our true artform. Your father would be proud
I luv Nailah from the time she sing work out with Kes..my favorite for 2017.. Keep doing yuh ting girl,big fan here✌
I LOVE THIS SONG! 🔥🔥🔥I love your unique style and think you are all the way dope! Its going to be my pleasure watching your star rise! Bless
i can feel my kukalindi spiral through by spinal fluid ........ you are blessed Naihlah new age a breath of fresh air mellinials rock
Absolutely love this girl. She always have such a nice vibes and I like how real she seems and yes to this song. Love yah miss Blackman ❤💃
LR-Island Dreams July
Nailah is killing it and especially this song shall kill negativity.😍😘😇👸💪💘💗🙏
Video was inspired back wen carnival was the best....
Congrats to Nailah Blackman and Anson Pro on this song getting to over 2 millions views in just over 2 months of it being uploaded to this TH-cam channel.
This is already one of the more popular songs on the radio airwaves and in the fetes for the current 2018 T&T Carnival season and also looking forward to hearing this song rendered by some of the steelbands. Phase II dropped a good song that could have helped them to win the 2018 Panorama title.
How could this not be soca, pan, rhythm of India, this is pure soca, can hear only Trinidad and Tobago her voice is fresh new it brings a sweetness to the music, actually it wraps around the music like spices in a pelau a curry a black cake a panorama a carnival Monday and Tuesday. Michel does do the same thing when he and his people create soca.
Me nah go leave it, soca or Trinidad and Tobago