Guinness Fully Loaded' reunion for Bounty, Beenie Killer requests 'state of entertainment

Deejays Bounty Killer and Beenie Man, Whose dancehall feud has lasted through three prime ministers and more than a third of the Jamaica has been an independent nation, called it quits a few hours after Independence Day 2010 officially ended.

They alternated snatches of hits - including past battle songs - to ignite the 'Fully Loaded' audience at Old Coal Wharf, Port Royal, Kingston, over and over again at a few minutes past 5 a.m. on Saturday. The truce had been called onstage before, as the two had performed briefly in Negril the previous weekend, but that did not have the stamp of a full-blown major, hardcore dancehall event; Guinness Fully Loaded, the annual sound system clash and live performance show centred around Bounty Killer, does. And while the Negril on-stage meeting was, by all accounts, short and spontaneous, Saturday's was extended and appeared planned.

The onstage reunion came at the close of an event which was very short on excitement, very long on expletives and virulent anti-gay sentiment and at many times downright boring, Sky Juice and Jazzy T's party-style presentations being outstanding exceptions (especially the latter, coming in the closing stages when Fully Loaded desperately needed a shot in the arm). Also, Japanese sound Barrier Reef's war-style segment, complete with a sword-wielding frontman, went over well, as did the only head-to-head clash of the night, between Flava Squad and Rolexx, which the latter won overwhelmingly......Readmore
Source JamaicaStar by Mel Cooke