By TEINO EVANS, Staff Reporter
( L - R ) Gyptian and Sizzla
IT WAS MORE than a treat for residents of West Kingston last Sunday, at the Presidential Click's annual West Kingston Jamboree at the Tivoli Gardens playfield.
The free event saw a massive turnout, as persons from across the Corporate Area flocked to one of West Kingston's biggest shows for the year. In return for their attendance only peace, unity, high energy and some outstanding performances by artistes on stage dictated the event's proceedings.
LIVE ACTION
Most, if not all, of the performers who were billed to make appearances at the show were live in action. Among some of the artistes who turned out were Natural Black, Anthony B, Bushman, Nanko, Lutan Fire, Gyptian, Macka Diamond, Anthony Cruz, Sugar Roy and Conroy Crystal, Ras Ghandi, Spice, QQ, D'Angel, Captain Barkey and Wickerman and a host of others.
The biggest performances however, came after midnight, as the tempo on stage intensified when Fantan Mojah turned up the heat with a number of his songs, which included Hail The King, Thanks And Praise, Hungry and Fire Child. West Kingston loved Fantan's high energy, and the lighters and hands in the air suggested that they were feeling his energy.
Later Beres Hammond would have the audience spellbound with songs like No Disrespect, Double Trouble, Putting Up Resistance, Pull Up The Vibes and Standing In My Way. Beres was clearly in top form on the night as he jumped and pranced around on stage, while delivering lyrics to the heart of West Kingston.
Amid the band changes, selectors kept the audience entertained as the likes of Code Red and Razz and Biggy spun up a storm on the turntables. Razz and Biggy had everyone dancing to songs like Ghetto by Akon, Come Fly With Me by Sizzla and Foxy Brown, and Baby Cham's Ghetto Story. A couple dubs from Code Red also gained strong reaction from the audience, as did Left Side and Esco's Dr. Evil dub, a Welcome To Garden mix and, of course, Ghetto Story.
At 3:45 a.m. Richie delivered some 'spice' as he ran through a number of his popular tunes, among them Earth A Run Red, Groovin My Girl, Ghetto Girl and Marijuana. His former label mate, Chuck Fender, also came to share with his ghetto people, as he reassured them singing Cry For My People, Worthy To Be Praised, Oh My Lord and I Swear.
TURBULENCE
At around 4:00 a.m., the show's proceedings ex-perienced some amount of 'Turbulence' as the artiste barely managed to complete his list of hits due to technical difficulties. He, however, managed to scoop up love and appreciation from the West Kingston ladies, as he fulfilled their requests for songs like Name And Number, Natty Pon Di Front Line and We Have Got Love in Sasha's absence.
The treat was brought to a close when Bounty Killer took to the stage and represented for the 'ghetto' with songs like Eagle An Di Hawk and Can't Believe Mi Eyes, before he was joined on stage by several other artistes.
The likes of Busy Signal, Wayne Marshall, Vybz Kartel, Bling Dawg and Predator were among those who rounded off the morning with high energy.
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