“Good Ova Evil:” new album from Agua and Elroy Martinez

But two boys from the south will have a better Christmas. The duo once rocked the punta circuit with the Griga Boys, but has now branched out on their own. Agua and Elroy Martinez have teamed up to form MB. The first album for Agua and Martinez is called Good Ova Evil.  Agua and Martinez stopped by our studios to share the positive vibes available on the CD, which was released on Thursday.

Agua, Releasing ‘Good Ova Evil’ Album

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“Bad man is all about we no di tolerate man fi knock no woman. All we want di man deh fi treat di woman deh really good because you neva could know who dah woman could be. You noh woulda like that deh knock your sista, so we noh di tolerate no man fi knock no woman. So that dah all about the song you know.”

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Elroy Martinez, Releasing ‘Good Ova Evil’ Album

“I am sure it is a positive CD. The CD have positive messages that people should sit down and listen to. About real life issues—things weh di happen inna di city, any part of the country—real life issues. And then it’s only ten dollars.”

Jose Sanchez

“The music itself, what kind of music can we hear on it?”

Elroy Martinez

“We have various: we have punta, we have paranda, we have dancehall and we have wah African rhythm on it as well. So we have a variety and we just want the whole Belizean society to listen to us that’s the reason we come up with different kinds of music and different languages. We have in Garifuna, we have in English, and we have in Creole. We mix it up.”

CDs are available for ten dollars each and they can be found at fine music stores countrywide.