Ace selector Sky Juice get down to business during Spring Bling 6 Show, held at the Constant Spring Football Field, Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew on Friday March 17, 2006. - Winston Sill

by Kandré McDonald, Freelance Writer

Mizchif, staged at the Jamalco Sports Complex, Clarendon, last Saturday was a rather entertaining event with several dimensions. The show went from a relaxed reggae vibes to a clash, and later simply, hard-core dancehall.

The soothing voice of Freddie McGregor at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday had the patrons rocking and singing along to several of his hits. Delly Ranx followed and did a short but engaging stint. George Nooks tried to get some blessings into the venue, but this was soon overshadowed by DJ Face.

Face, a Clarendon deejay, went on-stage and spat some lyrics at Queen Paula, who was backstage at the time. Face's lyrics were so hard-core and witty that it brought Queen Paula to the stage.

Queen Paula's attempt at defending herself was dull and Face took the opportunity to 'inflict some serious wounds'. After a long attempt Queen Paula got a small forward from the patrons and quickly claimed: "mi nuh clash wid gal mi clash wid c..ky", however at this time the clash had already boiled down to somewhat of a Heineken Startime session.

The ever entertaining Sky Juice, of Metro Media, then took the stage. His set was dominated by several Mavado selections, but he ushered in Beenie Man's Heart Attack so that he could dance for the patrons who begged him to come back to the stage on four occasions.

Several other sound systems, including Stone Love and Coppershot, played credible stints.

The unannounced arrival of Ninja Man on the stage after a drawn out and boring set by L.U.S.T. and the Monster Empire ignited the patrons once again. The 'Don Gorgon' of dancehall was witty, a lot of his lyrics built on the spot. He further heightened the mood when he introduced his 'daughter' Spice to the stage. The Portmore deejay and the Don Gorgon racked up some lyrics talking about Spice's pregnancy that had the patrons begging for more. They were joined by Cobra who kept the vibes going.

A 'bomb rush' for the microphone was soon in effect and Turbulence, who was backstage waiting for several hours, simply walked on-stage took the microphone, did about a minute's performance that 'tore the place apart', then handed the microphone back and left the stage.

Emcee Nuffy eased the tension on-stage and managed to bring on Munga, who got plenty of 'forwards' from the patrons. Macka Diamond also showed support and was joined by Kiprich and later Black-er. Erup's performance was short but the crowd got the point.

The Warlord 'Bounty Killer' took the stage at 5:25 a.m. blurting out "Shirley morning!" because he doesn't deal with "Early". He addressed the issue of the Stone Crusher gang before launching into a war mode. He did his set, told his entourage he was ready and left the stage, making way for Vybz Kartel, Aidonia, and the Portmore Empire who brought down the curtains as the sun peeped from behind a thick cloud cover on Sunday morning.