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'Eclipse' pool party makes a splash

From left, Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel and Bounty Killer share the stage at the Eclipse Pool party held last Saturday night at the Rockfort Mineral Spa in St. Andrew. - Carlington Wilmot

'ECLIPSE POOL PARTY IV' was as eventful as any party can get.

From women in bikinis behaving badly, to multiple gun salutes, to two dancehall giants ending a feud peacefully on stage, the show had just about everything inside the Rockfort Mineral Spa on Saturday night.

Even though the women paraded in their bikinis, no one actually got into the pool. Close to midnight THE STAR team was told that the pool party was actually earlier in the afternoon.

That aside, the turntable pranks of Master Lee, Razz and Biggie, Rennaissance, and Swatch International seemed more than enough to keep the crowd at hand bobbing. For those who did not know him much, selector Maestro of Swatch 'traced' from left to right and showed why he commands so much attention at the weekly 'McKinneys Passa Passa'.

Steamy

The fashion show was steamy. Pulse and Finnesse models all wore clothes from Imejewear, which were designed and sewn by Clinton Smith. The real steam however was generated by Grammy woman Lady Saw, who touched the stage at 3:30 a.m.

She reminded everyone exactly why she has the name, dishing out

sharp and edgy lyrics which cut through the ears of the fans. Her intentions were clear. She came to talk about sex.

She did dedications to the two major sex organs with two PG 18 tunes, Pretty P...y and C..ky Endorsement. She could hardly finish her lines though due to the raucous uproar of the supportive crowd. For her sex education, she got multiple forwards.

Gunshots

Other artistes who graced the stage were D'aVille, Mr Pepper, Beetle Bailey, Jagwa, Bling Dawg, Delly Ranks, Captain Barkey, Predator, and Vybz Kartel. When the alliance kingpin Bounty Killer joined Vybz Kartel on stage however, the measly popping of firecrackers gave way to the thunderous blasts of gunshots.

The Rockfort crowd made it clear that they loved Bounty Killer and the Alliance. As the words left his mouth and blasted through the speakers, gunshots blasted just as passionately in salute of the artiste.

In the middle of the Alliance's stage set, Beenie Man walked on stage and a touching dancehall moment was created. He and Bounty Killer shook hands, and deejayed together sharing the same microphone.

The microphone passed through several deejays, but long after they ran out of tunes, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer were still there belching out their best tunes from the '90s.

"Unnu see me and Bounty Killer, a we run dis business ya! All who glad fi see Beenie and Bounty share the same stage han inna di air," declared a vibrant Beenie Man.

The multitude of hands which were immediately raised proved living testimony to the thousands of fans who had apparently wanted to see the feuding deejays settle their differences.

For choosing that particular pool party to settle their feud, Hard Rock Entertainment can celebrate that it was their event.