BigS&T

BigShawn and Trezay can be considered pioneers of Hip Hop in Barbados. They were both members of the first ever real Hip Hop crew on the island. GrassRuutz and then Innaconections. A strong 13 man crew that were the first to perform at some of the hottest clubs in Barbados. Clubs like The Pepper Pot, Le Maraj and Sandy Bank. The Pine in St. Micael is where the studio was located. This is where they all met up with the other pioneers of this artform. CloudNine / Flo-Dawg / Whizurd / Makeem / BabyFury / Jeuce / O-Dawg/Floyd / Rah / Swizz / LilCheif / RopieRanks and lil Giant. They were among the first to be seen in the local shows and papers as well as the first to be played strongly on the radio. After thier first interveiw in a Barbados news Paper, they were belittled by the auther sayin they were a pack of rowdy druggies. We all figured it was because we did the interview at our freestyle spot......Errol Barrow Park. This is where the freestyle sessions would go on for hours and hours and the smoke would fill the air for hours and hours. Apon reading that article the Ruutz were all up in the studio recording their biggest hit with the people. (NonBelievers) Stokley Murrey the local dj on Liberty98.1 made sure it was in regular rotation. ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ **** After the large group disbanded and much smaller one remained. They were concidered the biggest and oldest in the crew so they were named the QUARTERPOUNDAS. They went on the release their first album Pound Fuh Pound. With production by BigShawn ofcourse. Years later we find the Poundas as a five member crew. Thats the reason they dropped the QUARTA. Trezay and BigShawn are the group BigS&T. Whizurd and Pudgee are the Ravens, BigShawn is still doing his thing as a beat smith, and InchiZ who was down for years is now the newbie to the group. They all still remained solo acts working on their own individual projects and recording with other production houses. ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ **** BigS&T along with the crew Poundas not only made history with thier first album, they ruled the airwaves. A well packaged cd with the works. From the best colabos to the best sound. Who U Roll Wid? featuring Keva was the biggest hit to date. Songs like Burdwatchin, Neva Dat and Perfect 10 rotated for a whole year straight. The crew has gone on to do tons of other stuff and recordrd other albums, but dont get it twisted, they are still familly. POUNDAS. Look out for a new BigS&T album coming cuz heads are still in the mix. Bless! ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ **** ************************************************************ ****