STING 2010 Review: From My Perspective

From early, people seemed not to be excited about the show, with Mavado, and Kartel not scheduled to perform. The usual war vibes weren't there.  Earlier in the night, Etana said something very profound on twitter, and it spoke volumes.  She said  "One conclusion a show that was based on war and clash will never work on a peace vibe. These people who go to sting go for clash and war." That is so true! 

 

So I woke up just in time to catch some of the headliners and obviously miss some smh.  I had a chance to hear I-Octane perform who was one of the most anticipated artistes of the night.  He didn't disappoint. He performed hits like "Mine Who Dem a Diss" "Puff it", "Lose a Friend', and "Mama You Alone". I had just missed Sizzla who from what I was hearing really did his thing, and I-Octane maintained the hype. I then had the opportunity to hear Lady Saw's performance.  Always entertaining with her sexually charged lyrics, Saw did a sexified version of "Jingle Bells" and remixed Billionaire, stating that she wanted to sex a billionaire so freaking bad lol.  It was hilarious.  She did her usual hits like "Man a Di Least", "If Di Man Lef", and "Backshot".  She even did an impromptu song taking jabs at dancehall's leading men, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel, and Aidonia.  It was all in fun.  The only part I can't really endorse was her song about allowing her man to cheat as long as he didn't bring any diseases home.  I know many woman hold that mentality, but I can't endorse that! JMO

The next part of the show which  we later found out would be the last part of the show featured Kiprich.  Kippo tried hyping up the crowd, by taking small jabs at Kartel, about his absence from STING, especially since Portmore is his place.  He then brought out Blak Ryno, who gave Kartel credit for bussing his career and then proceeded to launch the missile even taking aim at Popcaan by saying "Anybwoy come from a place where dawg nyam dawg, that mean dem a nyam gyal hard" OKKKKKKKK. Kiprich of course performed his current hit "Cyaan Get Brown" and then Assassin and Beenie Man came out during this set with very rushed performances. 

Supposedly there was a buzz of some issues backstage, and Bounty Killer did NOT perform.  Neither did Baby Cham or Aidonia.  All in all, there is an air of disappointment about this year's STING.  If you weren't there, you didn't miss a thing.  And on that note, Smooches from Hotlipps!