Team work makes the dream work. Nobody in the Soca industry has had more collaborations with other artistes, like Machel Montano has. From Walker Hornung to Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Charly Black, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, French Montana and now RnB songbird, Ashanti, Machel knows the worth of team work.

The Monk’s in full carnival mode these days and he’s got the music to prove it. A recent count on the number of releases he’s managed thus far, exeeeded 10! Makes us all wonder where other artistes would fit in really, but this certainly isn’t unusual. Machel Montano has always worked hard to prove his worth as an industry leader. Behind the scenes, business moves such as this one with Ashanti, certainly prove his strategy-making prowess. He should never be discounted when it comes to that! With another Machel Monday around the corner, collaborations like this one with the “Rain On Me” singer, prove effective in marketing his event. Now, there’s hardly a doubt that Ashanti’ll be on stage with Machel at the highly anticipated carnival concert event.

Last year, a single track done with French Montana essentially sealed the inclusion of the HipHop act on the MM cast. So far, Machel’s other major collaboration this season has been done with fellow soca heavyweights, Bunji Garlin and Skinny Fabulous. That track, “Famalay” is quickly become the Road March anthem of choice by fetters.

The new single done with Ashanti is called “De Road” and was produced by Precision Productions.