‘Big plans in progress for next year’

Local entertainer Lil Rick has announced that he is already making plans for Crop Over next year.

His comment came as he addressed the media at the handing over ceremony of his new Mazda 3, which was held in the Mazda Showroom at McEnearney Quality Incorporated (MQI) on Friday evening. Rick received the car, which he intends to keep, as a prize for winning this year’s Party Monarch competition.

“Well, I’m already making plans for next year’s Crop Over. We’re already in the studio getting some ideas together and we also have some rhythms,” he said.

He expressed that he always wanted to bring out a song for Independence or Mother’s Day and noted that was among his plans for next year as well.

This year, he revealed that he was fully booked for performances.“I’m still booked for other places. I’m still doing Canada, still doing England, still doing the Caribbean real heavy, so we just doing it! We’re looking forward to doing bigger things next year,” he said.

For him, the high point of 2017 was the song “Blessings”, as he described it as an accurate description of the Crop Over season and added that it was definitely a favourite of his this year.

He went on to note that it was important to get an early start when releasing music.“I used to be real last minute on bringing out a song, two and three weeks before Crop Over, but now everybody – not just me – is trying to get things out a little earlier in hopes of extending the season,” he said. He noted that people usually tell him “if something isn’t broke don’t fix it”, but he is always looking to improve his craft and himself, so hopefully, he will bring music out next year in April instead of May.

Rick also added that he would have liked to have done Pic O’ De Crop again this year but the timing wasn’t right. “I will definitely try to do it next year for sure,” he said.