It’s either you like it or hate it, but a new Bouyon song has been taking the entertainment scene in Dominica by storm.
The song is called Drowning, but is popularly known as the “Thick Shabine Song.” It is being played by practically every DJ on the airwaves and at events around the island, can be heard on buses and cars and has been shared countless times on social media
It is the phrase ‘Thick Shabine’ in the song that seemed to have caught everyone’s attention and its popularity has taken its creators by surprise.
“It was really surprising,” DJ Real Boss, who contributed to the song and who helped popularize it through his gigs, told DNO.
The original concept for the song was conceived and written by J-Gunner Riviere more than a year ago.
“We were Mero on the beach and there was a jam,” he explained. “There was a lot of French girls around and there was a thick Shabine with them. So while we were there, everybody wanted to check the girl who came with my friend. Everybody want to check her, so I started laughing and from that day, that part stuck with me. I always spoke to my friend and I told him I want to write a song about that.”
The song floated around for over a year at various gigs done by DJ Real Boss, whose real name is Kerwin Riviere.
“Most of my gigs and events that I have been having he (J-Gunner Riviere) has been around and I always gave him the opportunity to hold the mic and do his thing,” he stated. “From what I saw and what people were saying about him – they were saying he should hit the studio.”
The song spiked in popularity when someone recorded a video of it being played after a football match in Mahaut with a rhythm by DJ Shill and uploaded it to Facebook.
“The video basically went viral,” DJ Real Boss said. “People were asking who are these guys and I told J-Gunner now is the time to release the song, people are asking for it.”
The two, who are from Layou, then headed to a studio in New Town about a month ago and the song was recorded.
Since then it has been gaining in popularity.
“Every week it has been picking up,” Real Boss said. “It is being played in every vehicle, on all radio stations. It has been amazing.”
The two admitted that the song is basically a party song but there are also positive messages in it.
“To be honest, a lot of people still don’t get the whole song,” J-Gunner Riviere said. “They don’t understand exactly what I am saying. The song says ‘I am drowning,’ meaning you are not doing too good. There is part of the song that says, ‘are you floating or are you sinking,’ meaning are you up or are you down; where are you? What is your position right now? What is your purpose? There is another part that says, ‘are you rooting or are you planting,’ meaning are you taking something out or you planting something on the earth? What are you doing? Again, what is your purpose?”
He added, “I don’t like just nonsense, I like my music to have a little meaning.”
DJ Real Boss said he wanted to thank #TeamEzbuy – Rangi Mr Ezbuy and #Team365 – Tridel Edwin for the inspiration.
The song was written by J-Gunner Riviere and Kerwin Riviere.
It was produced by DJ Shill And Diyoute
It was mixed and mastered by Diyoute Yw3Ent.
Listen to the song below.
Dno you drowning wii pal… smh
What I hearing dere, where is the chorus? That is nothing like the song ‘what you have with fing…’ Padna listen to that song, nice u,p de Bouyon and try again.
“…song takes the entertainment scene by storm”?? REALLY??? Must be a sh*t storm. So this is what passes for music these days? Terrible vocals, a monotonous machine-produced drumbeat, and lyrics that make no sense outside of the song writer’s head. Cochonie must be the new standard in DA.
Strupes….OMG I ka-lin strupes.
Chupes..and that song doesn’t even make any sense..people in da in this day n age hyping up themselves about red Woman?? Set of country bookie in this place man? Bout thick chabine..hahaha chupesss
We love our thick shabine. Is not our fault. It in the DNA
Very poor that the level our bouyon I will die a old skool boy on fan really not impressed.
This sounds a lot better than the old wck, and I’m a lover of all music
You realize how many kids born on Duck Walk and Tou Sho Tou Flam? I’ll bet money you are probably one of them. Just saying.
Good for these enterprising young men!
If they were committing crimes we’d complain
yet they’re doing something positive with their lives/time
and yet we still complain.
So this is the song that’s getting so much controversy… Quite a number of women on social media crying this song down because of its depiction of light skinned women.
Although I don’t care for this type of music but it is tame compared to the music of the Dennery Segment in st Lucia. Utter trash.
I know some people will come and start to be negative but until we educate ourselves on the difference between culture and tradition, we will forever cry down the youth. Generally, we can speak on lyrical content of many other songs but hey… what are we doing about it? … that is a whole other story Big up to the both of them. I really like the song but.. I not a shabin and I not a negress so ya’ll need to make a special one for me ok
Really DNO!? I don”t believe many 14 – 18 year olds frequent this site.
shaking my head so sorry
This is why I cannot take this website seriously for news….. Y’all reaching. earn some credits as a classy factual, serious outlet and stop the madness!
leave this foolishness for social media or a blogger.
It’s a shame because you don’t read and your horizon seems to be limited,
All major newspapers have an entertainment section….even the New York Times….Google it and they have similar stories.
Newspapers have to cater to all types of readership and I am happy DNO has recognized this. Not everyday you have to be reading about accidents and murders and Skerrit and Linton.
I hope to see more stories like that. Kudos to DNO
Gason have a seat!
Everyday cannot be a serious vibes my brother!
Ppl dying too fast dem days there…politics already blaysaying de country.
Go and free up your meditation dread….de weekend almost there.
Common de song getting major airplay all over de island
It’s our greatest hit yet 
Then we complain about government holding country back. No government is holding anything back . what we endure is Syntomatic of our backward mentality. She what you are impressed with. Anyway, I need to get to work. Good luck
RastarMarn agree wiff you wi,,,
Wiff all the strives and stress that going on at Dominica DNO that space could be used for an editorial relating to something more substantive for people to read and comment on,,,
Yes is one thing to promote them local artist when they try a ting but sometimes they does take it a little too far and come out with pureJunk,,,
Don’t care how popular anything is, once it’s junk it’s just Junk!!!
Honestly that Song has no bizniss at this forum!!!
Then allyou wonder why them Children just dere not doing noffing and shooting each other every other Friday,,,
DNO Stop Promoting @$$niss!!!
If is a crime dem two man had do, would there never all that complaining?
Congrats……………..