Bounty Killer Says His ‘Ice Cream Cone’ Will Put Women Back In Center Of Dancehall
Twenty-six years after his compatriot Goofy (now Mr G) ignited the Dancehall space with the hit track Fudgie, which featured the captivating sounds of an ice-cream horn, Bounty Killer has taken a similar path teasing a new summer song, set to the beat of what is regarded as the “International Ice Cream Truck song”, which dates back to the 1700s.
The track, which boasts of his sexual prowess and stamina, according to the Dancehall superstar, is titled Nuh Ice Cream Cone.
Bounty has been hinting that he will be releasing “10 Gyal songs for the Summer”, amid complaints from female Dancehall fans that these types of songs have been missing from the music space, as selectors are dedicating their time to playing choppa songs, aiming to please men for money pull-ups.
There was an outpouring of cheers from his Dancehall compatriots when the Long Donkey Cod singer posted the first audio clip of the song, which is set to the beat of the jingle, which for decades has played from the speakers of many of Jamaica’s ice cream vans to announce their arrival, to the delight of young children.
“Mi done did tell unuh say di gyal tired fi a do rifle walk foot play and all these hand sign now waist time nuh waste di gyal dem waistline gyal start WHINE🥳🥳🥳,” Bounty captioned his first post of the song, which evoked cheers from his musical compatriots and fans.
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Among the cheerleaders were Tanya Stephens, General B, Kemar Highcon and even rapper Busta Rhymes, who all posted series of flames.
“A it dis G,” noted TOK’s Bay-C, while Naomi Cowan added: “🔥🔥🔥 the ladies need it”.
Bounty has been sharing video clips of women and their male partners, among them Dancing King Shelly Belly and Billboard Selector Boom Boom, dancing up a storm in several parties across Kingston.
When one fan commented: “Long time woman nuh wine pon man soh😂😂😂😂”, a pleased Bounty replied: “That’s what I’m talking about formation changed instantly gyal inna di middle again☝🏿”, later noting in another comment: “This is what we all missed from the dance floor💫”.
He was also praised by some fans who said he had made a masterful move, as songs targeting women are always winning in Dancehall.
“Honestly General Gyal Song Mostly Is Going To Give You Or Any Artist Hits That Are Going To Take Over Instead Of 10 make it 20 you already mastered and took over with the Gangster songs and street songs I think you should now take over with the gyal songs and watch how much more money it brings and take over blessing mi Dj 🌠,” one fan, mrssuperstar100 noted, to which Bounty replied: “mrssuperstar100, Can never go wrong with the ladies for sure why not👈🏿.”
The ice cream song beat used by Bounty, dates back to the 18th century. According to historians, it was based on an Irish tune used for the traditional Irish folk songs in Irish Gaelic, and was originally published in Scotland in 1774 under the title The Irish Lilt.
During that period, a song titled A Rose Tree in Full Bearing was set to the tune. It was later renamed A Rose Tree and used in William Shield’s British ballad opera, The Poor Soldier in 1782, where it first appeared in print under that title, according to the Traditional Tune Archive (tunearch.org).
This song was popular in colonial America, but morphed over the centuries into what in contemporary times is know as the international Ice Cream Truck song.
In the United States, a racist variant of The Rose Tree titled Turkey in the Straw, was used to jeer black people as in the 19th century, it was adopted in minstrel shows, which relied on racist images and were performed by mostly white people wearing Blackface. And, in 1916, Columbia Records released an even more racist version, called N*gger Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!
As for Goofy, he scored with Fudgie which was produced by Main Street’s Danny Browne on the Scandal riddim. As was the case of many songs coming out of Main Street, Fudgie made good use of double-entendres, which likened ice-cream and other treats, to male body parts.
Mr G had travelled from Main Street studios to Downtown Kingston, where he added the sound of the ice cream horn after initially voicing the song and coming to the conclusion that “something was missing”.
The song was premiered by Irie FM’s veteran disc jockey Big A, an was an instant hit in Jamaica, the sound of the horn and the thumping beat, and Mr G belting out “here comes Fudgie”, while naming out the various types of frozen treats, delighting children and adults alike.
In March last year, Masicka had used the Ice Cream Truck jingle as the intro for the accompanying music video for his song titled Ice Cream Truck.
Masicka who plays the role of an ice-cream truck driver, in the video, is spotted driving around town, tooting a fudge horn, stopping at intervals to feeds sweets treats and popsicles to women, who according to him were chasing him because he was “sweet like ice-cream”.