Stone Love - Renaissance Fist Fight!

According to our links in Jamaica, there is apparently a big war going on between Stone Love and Renaissance and guess who gets caught up in the middle? None other than the infamous Mentally Ill Tony Matterhorn!!

Word on di street is dat some time ago Stone Love and Renaissance were playing alongside Matterhorn at a dance when Stone Love in the hype of the moment start to draw card and throw word  at the other sounds!  Renaissance & Matterhorn quickly defended with tunes. Things got hectic towards the end of the night and Matterhorn and the rest decided that everybody should sekkle the score wid tunes the following weekend at an upcoming dance.

All week long the sounds were all at the studio cutting some wicked dubs to kill a sound next time they meet up! When the dance finally happened (2 weeks ago) a dispute arose over some girl that had been an ex of one of the selectors and is now dealing wid the selector on another sound (wont call no name).

 In any event the account of the events goes on to say that Jazzy T of Renaissance buss one of Stone Love box bwoy (equipment carrier) head and Nico of Stone Love go buss back one of Reniassance box bwoy head to even it out. A big rumpus ensued and mi hear Wee Pow (owner of Stone Love) pulled out gun on Delano (Chief selector of Renaissance). Then nuff man rush after Matterhorn fi lick him down. Men had to surround Matterhorn to protect the Mentally ill from getting a beat down!  This is a shady account but something very similar to this occurred in deed as other sources have came out since the incident with slightly different versions. Stay tuned..

Buju Banton "Wanted Down a Station"!

Does life immitate art or does art immitate life?  Popular deejay Buju Banton must be asking himself that question these days.  While his tune "Wanted Down a Station" on the hot "Street Sweeper" rhythm is doing good on the charts, it seems that the words of this tune must be taken literally!

The Constant Spring Police are seeking international DJ Mark Myrie otherwise called "Buju Banton" for further questioning in connection with the violence in the Park Lane area of Red Hills Road St. Andrew.  This was disclosed Wednesday by Superintendent in charge of the Constant Spring Police Station, Mrs. Rosie McDonald-Barker. She told our newsroom that the police want to speak to Buju Banton following reports received from residents in the troubled community Tuesday.

A Police investigator told RJR News that Buju Banton was questioned by CIB detectives on Sunday. The investigator told RJR News that the DJ will be questioned further by CIB detectives as they continue their probe into what triggered the violence which has claimed the lives of five people since Monday.

The police claim that the theft of a video camera from the DJ's studio recently, is at the heart of the violence. Frightened residents of Park Lane have been fleeing the area following the violence. In the meantime, the police and military are maintaining a presence in the area.

And the residents in and around the volatile St. Andrew inner-city communities of Park and 100 Lanes off Red Hills Road are Wednesday evening blaming each other for the recent killings of five people in the area. Four of the victims were killed in a house on Park Lane in the early hours of Monday morning, while 70 year-old newspaper vendor, Agatha Hamilton, was shot dead early Tuesday morning near her Red Hills Road home. A round-the-clock joint police and military operation has been in effect since Monday's shootings.

The flare up of shootings in this Kingston 8 inner-city community has heightened fears and prejudices which were cautiously put aside with the signing of a peace treaty last year with their Park Lane neighbours. With five more victims added to Jamaica's 1999 death toll, the dispute has all but rendered the Peace Treaty null and void.  The only thing that they all agree on is that the violence is linked to a dispute over a video camera and cassette said to involve one of Jamaica's leading deejays Buju Banton.

But 100 Lane residents says it is purely a Park Lane dispute, which apart from leaving them barely managing to sleep at nights, has nothing to do with them.  Park Lane residents agree that Banton is the cause of the problem, but this did not stop them venting feelings of distrust towards 100 Lane residents.  They say politics and partisanship are also reasons for the latest dispute.

A round-the-clock joint military and police operation is continuing in the area.

.Buju Banton

.World Clash99

October 9th

New Place! Same Vibes! Yeah Baby!

Dennis Emmanuel Brown is Dead...

DENNIS BROWN, hailed as the "Crown Prince of Reggae" in deference to Bob Marley's kingly rating, died at the University Hospital in Kingston on the morning of July 1st, 1999.

A spokesman for Brown's camp said the 42-year-old entertainer had been ailing for several weeks, and his condition worsened last night whenhe was rushed to hospital.

Doctors reportedly worked throughout the early morning hours, tryingto save his life, but he succumbed at about 7:00 0'clock in the Tony Thwaites Wing of the hospital.

Hospital sources told THE STAR that Brown went into cardiac arrest anddied. A post mortem has been ordered to determine the cause of death.

It is understood that Brown became ill while touring Brazil in Maywith Gregory Isaacs, Max Romeo and Lloyd Parkes and We the Peopleband.

There have been claims that some members of the group who went to Brazil and were detained beyond their intended stay by promoters, have taken ill since returning home. But, Romeo and Isaacs are understood to be okay and are travelling abroad. Lloyd Parkes was not availablefor comment this morning.

Dennis Brown: Child Star

DENNIS BROWN started his career as a nine-year old singer out of Chocomo Lawn in West Kingston, performing with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires in the mid-sixties, appearing on most of Lee's promotions standing on a number of beer boxes to be seen by the audience because of his tiny stature.

However, whatever he lacked in height and built, he made up for with a powerful singing voice which made him reggae's most successful singer and, ironically, the favourite of Marley, himself.

He worked with a number of producers over the years, beginning with the legendary Clement "Sir Coxsone' Dodd who produced his first hit, "No Man Is An Island," in 1968 at the age of ten and his first album, of the same name. Other producers included Lee, Derrick Harriott and Sly & Robbie.

Brown made 50 albums during his career and numerous hit singles including "Money In My Pocket," "To The Foundation," "Revolution," "Love & Hate," "Silhouettes," "Should I" and "Sitting and Watching."

Popular Hits:

"Foundation" ~ "Love Has Found Its Way" ~ "Sitting And Watching" ~ "Promise Land" ~ "Senorita" ~ "Inseparable" ~ "Should I" ~ "Ghetto Girl" ~ "Love and Hate" ~ "If I Follow My Heart"

Courtesy of  THE STAR & GLEANER

JAMWORLD MOVEMENTS ENTERPRISES  joins  the entire world in the mourning of  the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emanuel Brown. He will be greatly missed and will live forever in our hearts, to the FOUNDATION!

'Mentally iLL' - The Unofficial Story of Tony Matterhorn

Dancehall music is such that from time to time certain artists, personalities, and sound systems are "in the spotlight" from time to time.  They are what we might refer to as "the hottest ting right now" or "dem a gwane with things".  As coveted a title as these phrases are however, they are often short lived.  An artists could be topping the charts for the first six months of the year, then by Winter you don't her anything from or about that artist again. For sound systems its even worst.  A sound might be kicking up rumpus this month, and by next month you don't hear a squeak out of them.  

One name however, that seems to be defying this "rule of thumb" with consistency seems to be the "Mentally iLL" (or in clash mode - "Mentally Aim to Kill") Tony Matterhorn.  Since Matterhorn's untimely depart from the infamous King Addies sound in 1997, he has been on a continuous rise, and has no doubt made a name for himself as a solo sound system (or "entertainer" as he likes to be referred to) both here in the US, and in the international arena as well.  What makes him even more special is the fact that his hype has continued uninterrupted, even after a year or so of being on his own.  His ability to stay fresh in the biz and attract a good following at any event he is scheduled to appear has demonstrated a persistence that gives even the "Energizer Bunny" a run for his money (no rhyme intended).

Don't get me wrong, Matterhorn is not an overnight sensation by any means.  Before being recruited to play King Addies with Baby Face after Danny Dread's departure, Matterhorn was selecting on Sting Ray, a well known and established sound system in in Pouhkepsie, New York.  When Matterhorn was recruited as Baby ace's partner in 1993, King Addies by then had already had a reputation for killing sounds, and was in fact the number one sound killer in the US at the time. However it cannot be disputed that Matterhorn brought King Addies to new heights.

On King Addies, Tony Matterhorn made a name for himself as the fast talking vibes machine whose mc'ing skills (mike talking or "toasting" skills) and ability to turn a situation around just through his speech and antics (as opposed to dubplates) gave him the title of number one MC in the USA.  He was just the dose of adrenalin King Addies needed, that way Baby Face could concentrate on finding and mixing the dubs while Matterhorn built the vibes.  The Matterhorn-Face team was a huge success as they walked all over many big sounds in the business, including.......

A defining moment came for Tony Matterhorn in 1995 when King Addies flew to Jamaica to clash Killamanjaro (who from that time till now has been Jamaica's most feared sound killer) in a dance dubbed "JAMAICA Versus USA".  Although King Addies was the top contender to take Jaro's crown - and perhaps the only sound that could manage Jaro at the time - nobody expected them to put on such a valiant effort as they did.  King Addies lost the clashed but gained perhaps even more - the respect of the Jamaican dancehall community as a "foreign" sound.  Up until then, sounds from the US, UK , and other foreign countries were given little respect in the clash arena.  This clash changed all that.  It was also the testing grounds on which Matterhorn finally "buss" (or gained popularity and status).  After this clash, Matterhorn's mc'ing skills were cast in the same light as other great ones, including Rocky Trooper himself and Pink Panther from Black Kat.

At home Matterhorn continued to make a name for himself as the master of microphone mischief.  At the same time he was making another important contribution to King Addies. Before Matterhorn, King Addies was considered a "bad man" or "gangster" sound - built strictly for clashing.  Tony Matterhorn came to the sound and turned it into a juggling as well as clash machine.  His charisma and way with the ladies added the bashy look that King Addies needed to appeal to a broader audience.  Soon King Addies was "juggling" alongside Afrique and Libra Love in such dances as America vs Jamaica, and instead of flipping up and killing these sounds, King Addies was helping them build vibes and packing dance halls.

The Baby Face-Matterhorn team was indeed a classic in sound system history, but all good things must come to an end.  No one (except for Matterhorn and the King Addies camp) is really sure what happened, but several events both accidental and intentional led to Matterhorn leaving King Addies to embark on his solo career.  For one thing, during Baby Face's brief absence from the biz in 1997, Matterhorn was left with the huge burden of carrying King Addies on his shoulders by himself.  King Addies compensated for this by appearing at more and more juggling dances alongside other sounds, especially Afrique.  At first the flyers would read "Special Guest King Addies".  Soon they started to read "Special Guest Tony Matterhorn from King Addies".  Then they started reading "Special Guest Tony Matterhorn."

As stated before the sketches are blurry, but one thing is certain, King Addies' clash with Bodyguard in September 1997 marked another defining moment in the continuing saga.  At that clash, Lynx from Bodyguard took advantage of a misunderstanding and turned it into a defeat for King Addies.  Lynx claims to be the only selector that made Matterhorn and Baby Face "fight 'round sound", and although there are conflicting reports as to what really happened, the end result was that soon after the clash, Matterhron announced his departure from King Addies.

When Matterhorn left King Addies, he still managed to keep up appearances and remain in the spotlight, juggling alongside Afrique, Stone Love, Libra Love, etc.  But his stripes as a self contained, self sufficient sound system no doubt were earned at the annual "Fully Loaded" Bash at Fort Clarence Beach in Jamaica last summer.  There he used a host of Bounty Killa and Alias Crew (Baby Cham, Wayne Wonder, and Mr. Easy) dubs including the "Tony Matterhorn Anthem" on the Bruck Out rhythm to turn over the reigning champion - Stone Love.  Stone Love had given King Addies (when Matterhorn was still on it) a beating the year before (1997) because King Addies lacked Bounty dubs which Stone Love had in abundance and were unleashing in full effect! However, Matterhron used the same artists to exact his revenge and bring Stone Love to their knees, sending Billy Slaughter and the crew running for cover.  

Another huge win came for Matterhorn when he attended  another annual event in late 1998 - Delano's Revenge - hosted by Delano and the Renaissance Crew.  Matterhron came as a Special Guest and ended up stealing the show again.  Matterhron has moved on since then to lock down New York City, Florida, and Jamaica (with plans for Canada and the UK on the way).  In fact he has been the star at every major dance that he as been invited to play at, often out-playing the other sounds with a hype out-shining that of all the other sounds combined.  With a hand full of dubs and a bag full of hype he has become a name to be reckoned in the business.  Most recently his clash with Trooper of Killamanjaro in April 1999 proved that he is not to be taken lightly.

Despite all the hype and success however, matterhorn does have his shortcomings. For a "sound" that's been out more than a year now, he has yet to boast a decent dub box.  Adonai, for example, has been out just about the same time and they boost an incredibly superior dub selection!  In addition, Matterhorn might be "the man" when it comes to Bounty and Baby Cham on the Brick Out and other hot new rhythms, but what about foundation tunes?  Technically he has none, or at least not any that would gain a decent forward.  This means that he would be crippled should any clash he enters last up til Dub-Fi-Dub.  

For these reasons, Matterhorn has a lot of work to do before he can go into a bonafide clash and last from start until end without playing 45's.  Also, Matterhorn seems (at least to many dancehall fans) to be unsure about exactly where he wants to take this sound thing.  Does he want to be an entertainer, an freelance selector/MC, or a bonafide sound system?  Each has different requirements and different responsibilities, and his decision to follow one or more of these paths will no doubt impact of his future success.  

All in all however, despite of his shortcomings, Tony Matterhorn has indeed gone where no other solo selector as gone before.  And if you think about it, he is really the last selector from the US to date to "buss".  His accomplishments indeed have been great, and I am anxious to see what he has to offer for the upcoming months and years.  His future is a mystery, but one thing is certain: whether you like him, love him, or despise him, as my buddy Lisa West would say, "Give di man him ratings!"

Tuffie signing off....

Michael Wallace of Third World, Dead

Musician Michael Wallace, keyboard player for the popular roots and culture band 'Third World' was guuned down at about 11:30pm on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston 6 on Tuesday, July 6th, 1999.  

According to preliminary police reports of the incident, Wallace was driving  his Nissan Sunny automobile along Roosevelt Avenue when upon reaching the vicinity of the Bob Marley Statue he was encountered by the assailants who gunned him down and left him for dead.  He was later found with a gunshot wound to the neck and taken to the University Hospital where he died.  The police say the gunmen did not take his car.

Wallace, 43, once played for the band 'Chalice" and was scheduled to leave for another tour with 'Third World' shortly.  

Courtesy of RJR NEWS

JAMWORLD MOVEMENTS ENTERPRISES  expresses sincere remorse for the loss of yet another reggae soldier!

    The Jamaica Report - A Satirical Look 

((Based on Tuffie's trip to "yard" last March ...))

Hmm... Well lets see. To start off I was mostly in the country (Trelawny, St Anns) but I did spend a couple of days in town (Kingston) where I hanged out both Downtown and Uptown (Red Hills).  I had the opportunity to go to two wakes during those couple of days. The first one was for Cynthia Schloss (renowned singer but might be too old for those not schooled in pre-dancehall reggae history). She was also the wife of Winston Blake (renowned selector for Meritone Music - the premier reggae oldies sound system in the world) - again for those who know nothing beyond dancehall this might not ring a bell. Cynthia Schloss apparently died in her sleep. Anyway this wake (in the rich part of town - Toyota Landcruisers, Lexuses, etc) contrasted deeply with the other one I attended which was for a local area don who was shot and killed in a church while attending the funeral of his best friend who was also murdered a week before. These two events for me symbolised Jamaica society as it is today - rich versus poor - with no middle class to absorb the friction.

Now for some free thought associations:

Town - Nuff people sey yu cant walk a town cause it a run red and people will murder you. I walked all over the good and bad neighborhoods of yard and found one thing common throughout. If you know how to flex and you know where you are going, nobody not gonna trouble yu. The old saying still proves true - "Duppy know who fi frighten!" All this hype about returning residents being kidnapped and killed is being blown way out of proportion. My quests have revealed to me that the people getting killed are those who never returned to Jamaica after leaving for like 20 years. Then they feel they can just buy a house in the old neighborhood and sit back. They are out of tune with the times, they don't know anybody, and they have nobody to show them the runnings, which in a sense makes them sitting ducks.  I don't think this is a specialized situation limited to just Jamaica, but rather an unfortunate reality that can happen anywhere in the world...

"Jamaica's the best place to live, yu jus haffi have money": In a somewhat related point, this too is a fallacy. Today's Jamaica is not for everyone, especially if you have been indoctrinated into this "hot/cold running water", "time is of the essence" society. Living there has not much to do with how much money you have, cause almost everyone there a sufferer anyway. What it does depend on is your ability to re-adapt to a lifestyle that is very different (and not always in a good way either) from what we have grown accustomed to in the US, UK, etc... There are certain things about Jamaica that one must accept before considering if its the place for them to live once they amass their fortune, and these are things that money cannot change. For example if a business man screw you over, the courts offer little reprisal. Its not like in foreign where you can sue somebody at the drop of a dime. You see, in Jamaica we don't use dimes anymore and even the $10 bill will soon be replaced by a coin (as the $5 already has been). So what's a person to do? Justice is often taken up into one's own hands.. like the other day when an overly-aggressive motorist mowed over three people killing them while driving through a  street dance (yes we still have street dances).. The people caught up with him and lit the car afire, burning him to death same place. That's justice!

Yes my friends, $money$ alone can't do it, especially if you live in the country parts where I do. For instance we are building several water storage tanks because where we are building a house, there's no running water there yet (its in the bushes). Likewise no telephone, thus cellular will be our chief means of communication. And to top it off, the roads are like.. well "still under construction" for lack of a better term.. and no matter how much money you have, if you go to Jamaica driving like a tourist (on the wrong side of the road) on those one lane, two-way country twists and turvy roads, you gonna get somebody killed.

The Economy - Jamaica's economy is still based largely on mom and pop stores hustling to get by. Everyone I know owned their own business. Of course this business could be selling toothbrush and hair supplies out of a plastic bag to pedestrians. Actually to be fair I did link with my cousin in law who owns several car lots, and my good friend who owns a stationary business. The bottom line, Jamaica is not fit for investment right now cause the banks dem a rob the people blind.

The Banks - Most banks are busy trying to dish out redundancies (severance packages) while people who worked overtime cannot expect to be compensated until next October. This is probably because these banks are about to keel over cause the top executives nuh stop lend them friends people's money and when the money get wasted in misguided investments nobody want to pay up. Can yu take a hint, if you got $$$ in a bank that closing branches  all over the island then get it out or consider it up for charity, cause that's what you'll be doing by leaving it there.. Nova Scotia seems to be one of the few stable banks in Jamaica right now (emphasis on "now"). On a more positive note, of course with the current interest rates Jamaica is still the best place to save your money and watch it grow (assuming you trust them to deal with the Y2K problem). If you have 1 million Jamaican dollars (at $36 to $1 US) in an interest yielding account, every three months you can have $30,000 Jamaican dollars spill over from it into your checking account or capitalize on the $1 million to yield higher interest next time around (I know the accountants/engineers/bankers are following me here - as for everyone else, take my word for it). Bottom line, let the Y2K problem ride out, then start opening up CDs and interest yielding accounts (in US dollars) in Jamaica and watch your money grow...

Y2K Problem - Most of Jamaica thinks the Y2K problem is a new movie coming out in December. The Gov and top businesses seem to have dealt with the problem (although they were robbed blind in terms of contracts entered into to fix this which mostly came from firms outside Jamaica). Small businesses will be devastated but I mean lets be serious.. how far behind can it possibly put us if we survive hurricanes and storms and such and keep going? 99% of the people in Jamaica will not be affected by the Y2K problem (big difference from up here) and probably wont even notice when the businesses around them begin to collapse...

Public/Private Transportation - Everybody in Jamaica has a Toyota Corolla (no lie) and there are over 15 different model Corollas all complete with different names and styling (as opposed to one model here). Same for Camry. Everybody with a car has someone to run taxi with it during the day. Add this to the ever developing greater Kingston & especially Portmore areas and you have one big traffic Jam every morning and evening. Don't even mention Spanish Town cause it looks like a car assembly line. Why the confusion? Cause the government feels that its more logical to buy fewer but more expensive buses bearing the Volvo and Benz insignia (which are much more expensive than the ones used up here) than for opting for the cheaper ones so they can buy more of it and actually impact the mass transit problem in some meaningful way. So people know people have to get to work and there ain't enough busses, so everybody and their grandma put their car on the road as taxi to fulfill their civic duty..

The result - traffic congestion and smug.. Jamaica is probably the only pace where you will see a criss car with rims and tint/sound system with a guy sticking his head out the window calling "TAXI!  TAXI right yassuh!" Oh jus a reminder, your car cant be more than 4 years old now to ship it so its probably better to buy one down there unless you can saw your Lexus in half like this guy did. He's still in court suing for custody of the other half that got confiscated at the wharf when his link forgot to show up to claim it..

"Prices" - well mi glad fi know that Jamaica is neither cheaper or more expensive than up here. It all depends on what you are buying - some cheaper, some more expensive when you do the math.. Its still hard to get use to paying $250 for a roll of film but it becomes nothing after a while..The banks rob you by giving only about $35 for 1 US dollar but if you bring negotiable paper (money order etc) you will get as much as $37. The black market gets you between $36 and $38 on the dollar...

Some prices:

Soda - $25-$50     *   Beer -$50-80   *   Bun - $250   *   Key-chain - $80   *   Ratchet knife - $150   *   Roll of film - $250   *   Cheap Dance - $250   *   Good Dance - $500   *   Nice painting - $700   *   Stage Show - $1000   *   Car - $400,000   *   House - $couple mil   *   Average Wage - $2000/wk

There's so much more I can say but I'ld be typing for the rest of the year! All and all, Jamaica nice. Just go down to Hellshire Beach and eat a piece of fish and festival under a cool shade and you will see what I mean.. I mean where else am I gonna hear them blasting the latest Reggae music on the bus? It is the best place to be still, as long as you know the flex. Of course a little US dollars won't hurt either.. although it wont change nuff.  Questions/Comments Invited..

Prince Tuffie signing off...

Henry "Junjo" Lawes, Dead at 51...

JAMWORLD MOVEMENTS ENTERPRISES  joins  the reggae industry in the mourning of the death of Henry "Junjo" Lawes, late producer, owner, operator, and Dj of the Mighty Volcano Sound, one of the premier sound systems in Jamaica.  He was also the founder of the Volcano label and produced many artists while churning out some of the best reggae music the world has ever heard.  The 51 year old Junjo fell victim to an assasination type drive by shooting in N.W. London a couple of weeks ago.  He willed be greatly missed.

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Bits of Dancehall History

"Did I tell you [Tuffie] that I collect dancehall flyers too, going back to 1983 when I started.  Now at those times a sound system was not on tour so often.  I can't remember which was the first sound system to travel to Canada in the 80's.  I went to a few dances - not much.  I can remember BRIGADIER JERRY came to Canada about April 1982 and deejayed on a sound here name BLACK STAR.  It was some huge basement dance where you paid $5 to go in there and see BRIGGIE and LEVI deejay all night.  JOSEY WALES first came to Toronto September 1983 (alone) on a sound here named UPSETTER. This sound ruled Canadian reggae dancehall scene from the early 70's to the late 80's.  In 1985 when  dancehall was turning into a big business, a new sound on the block took over from UPSETTER, Toronto's own STUR GAV . The owner's name was Spankey. The sounds started playing in community centers and huge halls and the price of admission was $5 to $7 dollars.  By then the sound owners started doing their own promotions, sending for some of the big name deejays , including PAPA SAN, MAJOR WORRIES, and others."

This "Bit" was provided by Dave Brown, a premier collector of sound system tapes  from the 1970s and 80s.  He resides in Canada and has been collecting tapes for over two decades.

Killamanjaro vs Matterhorn vs Adonai

On a chilly Friday night in April, crowds upon crowds of hardcore reggae fans as well as casual club-heads descended on Planet Q (formerly Q Club) in Queens, NYC to witness what was to be a historic event - former King Addies selector turned solo entertainer Tony Matterhorn was to juggle alongside Jamaica's top sound killer - Killamanjaro with Ricky Trooper.  In the same venue, Adonai - perhaps the hottest new sound outta Jamaica with Dread and Scorpion - was to also make their long anticipated New York City Debut.  For many who went to the club that night, it was to be simply a wicked dance, but for hardcore dancehall fans who know the "runnings" in the biz, this was the long awaited clash between Matterhorn and Killamanjaro.  As it turned out, neither was to be disappointed!

Big up to Irish and Chin, perhaps the most successful promoters NYC in the business today!  They have been responsible for some of the wickedest clashes ever put on in New York City.  Just this year alone they were responsible for bringing England's David Rodigan  (first time since the clash with Barry G at the Empire Roller Rink back in 1983) back to Brooklyn to clash the Mighty Bass Odyssey out of St. Anns, Jamaica (check out all the details in our previous issue).  Irish and Chin seem to always have a good ear on what it is that New York City Reggae fans want to see and hear, but even with their eye for good clashes, I doubt even they had an inkling of the events to come to pass on April 9th, 1999.

Ever since that fateful night in dancehall history, the industry has been plagued by rumors and ill conceived reports of what took place on the night of April 9th, 1999.  Visitors have asked that we not print the rest of this article until they have gotten a chance to listen to the tapes themselves.  

Prince Tuffie signing off....