By Teino Evans, Staff Reporter

Deejay Ninja Man performing at 'Full Black', Mas Camp, on Monday. - Nathaniel Stewart

Bounty Killer's 'Full Black' show held on Heroes Day, Monday October 16, at the Mas Camp Village, on Oxford Road, was well represented in more ways than one.

Patrons turned out in their numbers, many trying to stick as closely as possible to the 'Full Black' theme, while Bounty Killer and members of the Alliance, and other artistes gave good account of themselves onstage.

After the Stone Love selectors maintained the early vibes via their early '90s dancehall juggling, the live stage show segment got on the way at approximately 1 a.m. with some fresh acts. Among them was this year's Rising Star top 10 finalist, Kimanda Cunningham.

However, when Bascom X took the stage at 2 a.m. singing Love you the same way, it signalled time for the big stars to march out.

Bascom X called on Gyptian, who made way for Hitman Wally, before 'the poor people's defender' Chuck Fender declared Good Over Evil and encouraged his listeners to Gash Dem An' Lite Dem.

After a brief Foota Hype moment on the turntables, deejay Spice added her flavour when she took the stage at around 3:20 a.m. declaring that she was now an FBI.

"Tonight I am a FBI, mi Finally a Buss out Information," she said as she referred to her notepad, spilling lyrics about her sexual prowess while advising the likes of Bounty Killer, Tanya Stephens, Macka Diamond and others not to test her.

Following the brief passa passa on-stage, Mavado and Busy Signal were the first to represent for the alliance as Mavado completed a number of his hits like Full Clip, Dreaming and Wah Dem A Do, while Busy told of his Highness and vowed that he was Not Going Down.

They then made way for the original don gorgon himself, Ninja Man, who stepped out in his full white suit much to the delight of the crowd, as screams erupted for the gorgan and his lyrical creativity.

Ninja could not complete his set on-stage without declaring how bad he was, as he issued a stern warning to some policemen whom he claimed harassed him as he entered the venue.

Triple encore

"Dis is not Mavado. When mi out a road a kill people, yuh neva join force yet," Ninja said. After selector Swamp King allowed patrons to recover from Ninja's three-time call-back to the stage, the Warlord, Bounty Killer, took the stage at 4:10 a.m. declaring, "I are the one, not the two."

The Warlord then broke into a number of his hits over the years, among them, Mystery Is Di Mystery and Eagle An Di Hawk.

It was as if the sound of the Warlord's voice had beckoned the patrons to draw closer as it was a mad scramble to get a foot space near the front of the stage.

Bounty Killer showed that he was there to enjoy himself, as he even popped a few dance moves during his set.

He then paused and said, "Mi a form a new ting called di 'Galliance' (the female version to the Alliance) as he introduced the K Queens to a piece of the action.

After a quick forward, the Killer then brought on another artiste, Dada, whom he described as, "Mi smallest bullet."

After Bounty ushered the micro-phone around to a few more artistes like Risto Benjy, Hit List and Ms. Ting, he then took over again singing Set It.

Then predictably, Bounty had to speak his mind concerning some 'Beenie' issues.

"Some man a walk a tek up bad man trash an' a hype wid it. An dem seh me an' Kartel vex because him guh a 'Fishini' wedding, but dat was a funeral, two good people fall."

But the Killer did not rest there.

"Condolence to 'Fishini' bredda, but mi hear dem a mix up di Alliance wid it, but nuh mess wid mi. Mi beg fi yuh life an' gi yuh skettel wife," Bounty said before introducing a new song, "Every gyal mi lef look mi back, but any ting mi dash weh mi nuh tek it back."

Beenie was not the only artiste in the Killer's war path, as Bounty tossed words at Baby Cham also for allegedly betraying him.

"Tell di likkle red skin eediat bwoy seh nuh mek mi kick out him teeth roun a Sherlock!"

As the Killer returned to party mode, he asked, "Weh di Alliance dancer dem deh?" As Ice, Boysie and the crew took their dancing rage to the stage.

Bounty Killer then rounded off his set by singing It's Okay and at 4:45 a.m. when he left the stage, it was suddenly all over.