Kavelle Anglin-Christie, Staff Reporter

Stacious brings sexiness to her dancehall game. - Contributed

Stacy 'Stacious' Scarlett is probably the next Lady Saw - right next to Spice, that is.

"I have the courage to do the kind of lyrics males are known for, like gangster music. I am not afraid to go out of the box," she proudly admits. What she says shouldn't be a surprise, once you know some of this raunchy diva's idols range from Lady Saw and Patra to Bounty Killer and Cobra.

In the same breath, the 24 year-old says she's more down-to-earth than most would believe: "I'm really fun-loving and my friends say I'm mad. In the group I will always find something to annoy you. I'm just fun-loving, even when upset."

'Fun-loving when upset' is pretty hard to imagine, but then again, Stacious did sing that she's 'no ordinary girl'. She says it's a combination of her personality, talent and drive that has helped her through the sparse opportunities when she got started in music at age 19.

Rough journey

"I wouldn't say the journey was that rough, but it kinda depressed me sometimes. Then I got into the hands of Computer Paul, who was with me for three years. I spent a lot of time recording and knowing the business, but I got depressed when I was there doing all the work but naw see nothing a happen. I wanted to give up. I wanted to work for the airlines, because I am a certified travel agent and I graduated at the top of my class, but that was the time I decided to leave and do music. I have never given up because of the love of music," Stacious said.

Since then, her songs No Ordinary Girl, Checklist (Eeni Meeni Myni Mo) and others have been getting heavy rotation on the airwaves.

"My rise is a combination of three things: talent, personality and a solid mind, because when I look at the business and see certain artiste who bad and I say how the heck dem nuh reach certain level yet. Then when I meet them, their personality is (bad) ... You should always try to remain humble in the success you achieve. You have to be likeable. So I have moved through and right now I am with Docmac/Rat-a-Castle records," Stacious said.

Despite her love for music and her success, there have been a few bumps in the road for Stacious. "I did get a death threat since recently but it hasn't escalated into anything. The particular artiste saw my friend and was saying to him 'yow, mek yuh artiste know say a real ting ... no gal naw stop mi food'. And my friend was like 'yow mi naw go mek yuh diss mi artiste' and I was in (a club) at the time and saw her, but he never came to me and say nothing until the next day," she said.

Stacious surmises how this situation started. "It was after Portmore Awards and I did a song where I said 'all of a sudden dem a gangster deejay', so I don't know if she a say a she mi a talk. I have gotten along with everyone in the industry and I have no problems with people, but what she did was an attempt to stop me in my tracks," she said.

'Gangster princess'

If a threat couldn't stop this 'gangster princess' of Portmore in her tracks - she says the queen would have to be Spice, Macka Diamond or Lady G - it seems nothing can deter her from her dreams. "In five years I will probably be lounging on BET talking to Terrence and Rocksy and have a couple singles and tracks with Trina. Right now I'm doing some tracks with some rappers, like Shake Fever, who used to play pro-football and retired to do music ... I have another track to do with a guy from Terror Squad. The international scene is creeping up on me," Stacious said.

In fact, so is an endorsement deal with Rodeo Energy Drink. "I am the new face, the 'rodeo girl' you might say, so pretty soon people will be seeing the posters in bars and shops and they should be out by the end of September," she said.

Apart from her endorsement deal Stacious says she does not plan to release an album in the immediate future because "I want to get to a certain level of success and recognition first. I don't want to put out an album and people are saying, 'who the heck is this person?' I want when they touch the shelf people know who Stacious is."