Vibrant chanter, Determine, is on the up and up and feeling excited about his upcoming Sting performance.

“Dem put me pon Sting … a wha’ dis?” he said, drawing out his words and sounding elated.

For Determine, this move is a kind of vindication. He feels that his career was questionably derailed after the release of a track called Science, which he says was really a fun tune “but some deejay who name did call inna the song tek it serious”.

According to Determine, he was actually in New York when he heard that he had been banned from radio in Jamaica. That took place in the latter half of last year, just about the time when Science — on the Mud Up riddim (what else?) — was taking off. Determine stated, however, that the radio ban was more directed at him rather than the song.

A very witty commentary — the type one has come to expect from Twins of Twins — the song explores the different types of ‘sciance’ used in the dancehall: “stage show sciance and dancehall sciance, dub plate sciance and 45 sciance, cyaan bus sciance and muss buss sciance…”

It also names out a long list of artistes who have either been victims of “sciance” or have dabbled in it in some way or other. And he doesn’t ease up on himself either, “Dem seh a sciance mek me cyaan get a next number one,” he proclaims in the song, but then goes on to refute it.

Interestingly, however, Science looked like the song that would have put the deejay back on the dancehall map, but as he himself confessed during the interview, “From me drop di big sciance tune, it come in like me get sciance.”

But with Determine it’s a case of ‘name and nature’ and the deejay refused to roll over and die.

“When me hear bout the ban me never curse anybody or gwaan bad; me just easy … I tek it like a man,” he declared. “And see, everything is now falling in place because them remove the ban and me and radio good again,” he shouted. “And me manager, Annie Francisca-Wilson work hard and get me on Sting,” he added.

But people are wondering what songs Determine has to merit a slot on the Sting line-up. His most popular song was Kette Drum, a combination single with Beenie Man that loudly announced his presence on the dancehall scene some 14 years ago. His career has see-sawed since then, and has seen him working with various producers, going on tours and establishing his own Zulu Productions.

He was quick to point out that he recently did a song/video with international act Savannah and he has been doing more shows overseas than on the local circuit. Come January 8, 2010, Determine will be off to Europe for three shows, after which he has a Trinidad engagement.

“But … for those people who want to know what song Determine have to go on Sting … them must remember that this is Determine, a we help build dancehall,” he said. “Big up to Sting … Heavy D and Laing … for recognising that good talent never dies,” the Rastafarian chanter declared.