Following a successful C2K6 season with hits, He Lie and Lef Meh, Irvin “Blackie” Blackman has decided for Christmas to sail into uncharted waters.

The veteran calypsonian has for the first time in his career spans 15 years has recorded a soca parang.

Staff Party, a Blackie/Chriss Morris composition, which tells of the fun time employees have at their Christmas parties, will be launched this weekend (Saturday 30).

BLACKIE had a successful Carnival this year with
Lef Meh and He Lie.

“Staff Party is a nice and clean song,” he boasted. “It gets away from all the double entendre that’s associated with soca parang these days.”

The track is the first release from his 2007 (12-track) CD, Confession, which is designed to give his fans and calypso lovers “a treat”.

Blackie revealed that Confession, the title track of the CD, would have T&T “rolling with laughter just as he did with Lef Meh”.