Krosfyah

   
Artist: Krosfyah

   Genre(s): 
Reggae
   

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Discography:


   
 Invasion

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 1

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As one of the most innovative soca bands to come out of Barbados, Krosfyah has managed to redefine the whole writing style, forever and a day changing the way the medicine is played and presented. Armed with an exuberant sound that adds touches of reggae and R&B to the soca mix, a funky and definitely urban search stressed with sloppy bloomers and bandannas and a magnetized stagecoach presence, the chemical group grabbed the attention of an expanding international audience and ne'er allow go.


Lead by the magnetic, smooth-voiced Edwin Yearwood, Krosfyah (Yearwood, Anthony Bailey, Sherwin King, Elvis Edwards, Khiomal Nurse, Sharon Darlington, Morris Cassell, and Corey Jordan) remains one of the to the highest degree popular soca bands ever. Not only do they dish out up the essential high-energy, hip-winding sound that's the institution for soca, merely they add lyrical profoundness and soulful ballads, which is unusual for the literary genre.


Formed in 1989 in the blue-collar neighborhood of Clapham by atomic number 82 singer/songwriter Yearwood, drummer Bailey, Michael Agard, and Felix Forde, the group started out playing cover songs on the Barbados hotel circumference. Searching for a prospect to play their original music, they were selected to map Barbados at a showcase in Trinidad and knocked the hearing out with their fresh blend of soca and reggae. Emboldened by the reception, Yearwood distinct to widen their appeal and change the group's effigy. He changed the spelling from Crossfire to Krosfyah, to map the way it's pronounced in the Bajan accent. Although most soca performers are middle-aged, he added baggy apparel and fight boots to the group's reckon to appeal to a jr. herd.


Krosfyah's debut button in 1994, Ultimate Party, served notice that the dance band was leaving to shake things up. It helped them when they south Korean won the Band of the Year title in Barbados and 1995's Ultimate Dance Party-Pump Me Up remains the biggest-selling CD in the soca genre. It produced the hit unmarried "Pump Me Up," which became an anthem for Caribbean youth and was certified gold in Canada. 1995 was besides the year that Yearwood south Korean won a triple crown triumph of "Company Monarch," "Road March Champion," and "Calypso bulbosa King" at the annual Cropover Festival. It was a exploit that had never been achieved ahead, merely Yearwood had already established himself as a groundbreaker.


In 1996, their liberation Aim High continued to flourish their audience, producing the hit "Sloshed Me." 1998's Hot Zone garnered major-label support when VP Records released the album, which showcased Yearwood's lyrical and production skills. 2000 garnered the compiling The Best of Krosfyah.