Funny enough, it's been hanging around in the mind of the tune's writer, Patrick "Mista Vybe" Gordon for over a year.
"A friend of mine in St Lucia plays with a very popular band there and he sent me a message to check out a video tape of his band backing an artist from St Lucia called Ninja Kat. In the middle of his performance he did this ad-lib that went 'Ting, ting, ta-ting-ting-ting...' the exact beginning of 'Ting 4 D Road'.
As soon as I heard that, the basic idea for the song came to me and I told my friend from the band in St Lucia 'tell Ninja Kat I said thanks for the tune!'
After that I spent a while finding a way to use the word 'ting' in a witty manner to keep the song fun. It occurred to me that in addition to the fact that 'ting' was what Trinis use as the sound of the iron in a rhythm section and also that we use the phrase 'and ting' a lot, Mista Vybe said.
So he combined it to make one big Carnival song.
Then I went to the producer Julian "Julio" Nelson and he saw where I wanted the music to go and took it there for me," explained the multi-faceted performer.
A good outlook
Mista Vybe has a good outlook for the year.
"This year I want to be the best I can be. I want to put out the best music I can, give the best performances...just max out my abilities. Also my thing is to change the game in my own small way
to do things differently. He added, we in the Big Artist Crew want to stamp our name this year so that as individual artists and as a group people finally realise who we are and what we're capable of. I think we're off to a good start so far. Another offering for this year's Carnival season from Mista Vybe is Always On My Mind a collaboration on the Breeze Riddim with long-time friend and 2005 Groovy Monarch champion Michelle Sylvester.Produced by Michelle "Miche" Williams, the song is set to be featured on Catalyst Entertainment's upcoming Soca Rizin' release.
I am blessed.
Through work in the late 1980s on Trinidad's teen talent circuit, the young Mista Vybe met Sylvester and the two have been friends ever since.
Among his other friends in the industry are Terry Seales, Keisha Stewart, Miss Alysha and Nadia Batson.
Together they are known as the Big Artist Crew. "I have been blessed with some of the greatest friends I could ask for in the other members of my crew, the Big Artist Crew.
Every member is talented in their own right and in their own way so their talent and their support and push drive me to aspire for bigger things every single day. They inspire and drive me daily and I truly would not be here without them," said Mista Vybe.
Although many listeners are just becoming familiar with Mista Vybe, he's been on the scene for quite some time.
"Honestly, I am overwhelmed, and humbled by all the love I have been getting! I have worked long and hard for this moment in the spotlight and I intend to enjoy it. Professionally, he has been doing this over ten years. ³I think music and writing on the whole is a gift I was given and always worked at perfecting.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly what point it became professional. While a substantial part of Mista Vybe's experience has been in Soca, he's not limiting the use of his talents to the genre.
"Respect to anyone that wants to focus on Soca solely, but when I make music, it's just music to me. I don't segregate. I put out whatever vibe the Almighty sends to me."
Clearly, this young, versatile entertainer is ready to go the distance on the road to success.
