Kip Rich, Merciless in 'stinging' form - 'Monster Flop' gets thunderous boos at Jamworld

Kip Rich is known as a playful deejay, but on Friday night at Sting he displayed a powerful 'warring' side to the huge crowd at Jamworld, Portmore, St Catherine.

And Merciless, confessing publicly that he was just returning from prison, dropped battle lyric after lyric and slang after slang for a howling crowd that had come to see "the settlement of all argument".

While they did not see Kip Rich's intended opponent, the 'Monster Flop' or 'Monster Sprat' crew as he renamed Monster Shack, did not face Kip Rich on stage.

The thousands at Sting booed them individually as they came out and then collectively until they left the stage.

"A war me come," Kip Rich said when he came on stage close to 5 a.m., starting on General B first, then declaring "yu crew outdated like Lada".

"Me prepare a million lyrics," Kip Rich said and it seemed that he really had, as he unleashed many while demanding that 'Monster Sprat' step out and face him.

Thundered approval

As for Roundhead, Kip Rich deejayed "ask him if him eva see a pump action in action, him belly bus like a gas pan". The crowd thundered its approval.

When Monster Shack, renamed Monster Empire, came up after Aidonia (who was clapped off the stage), Spice (with whom Vybz Kartel came out to do Ramping Shop) and Assassin (who put on an excellent show), the handclaps started before they even appeared on the stage. "A ...... dem sen come war we?" one member demanded from off-stage before Ghost came out first to resounding boos. General B got the same treatment, as did Roundhead.

It did not help when General B said "Kip Rich waan war Empire, we no inna nutten wid him. A Bounty Killer me waan war wid". The boos got even louder.

And to end it all, Roundhead said "me never beg Bounty Killer nutten, a him gi me him rims dem". There were more thunderous boos to send them packing.

Merciless was up immediately after the Monsters, his voice heavy and clear as he was immediately into matters of war with "Cobra a b....s, Bounty a coward, Angel tek whe Beenie Man powers" and Jamworld erupted.

He semi-crooned that all who wanted the lyrical war should "bring you AK and your Bushmaster too". For Ninja Man, Merciless said "him have 10 man a walk wid unda umbrella, waapen to Rihanna an' Angella".

"Yeah yah! De prison bud deh ya!" Merciless said. "A prison me a come from an me waan go back. Me a kill sitten tonight," he said, every 'sample talk' having an impact on the crowd.

He said he had killed 'Deadman Ballentine' (Ninja man) from eight years ago before going retro to his late 1990s Len Out Me Mercy, then announced that "tonight a Ninja Man memorial".

"Laing! But dis ya battlefield no crowdy! Sen out smaddy mek me get rowdy!" Merciless thundered and the crowd roared. The younger generation was not spared as Merciless deejayed "Munga Honourable fava horse, gi him a bridle". As for Cobra, Merciless said he would "step inna him head squeeze out de poison".

He left the stage but was called back to declare "me learn guerilla warfare a Nigeria". Then he was off for the final time, saying "Laing, you disrespect me ya man. Me no see nobody fe dead. Me gone a me yard".