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Killamanjaro vs. Pow Pow Movement - a detailed review

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Author: killaswitch
Publishing date: 30.07.2002 00:00




In the upcoming 30min round, Pow Pow showed up with much power again, playing many big tunes adressed to Freddy, and Devon held many speeches with good points. The main speech topic was that Pow Pow has no need to be teached by whatever soundboy, as Freddy told Pow Pow fi get a lesson from him several times in the first round. Devon stated clearly aswell, that Freddy didn't really do anything to get most of his big tunes, as they were already cut before he started to select for Jaro, while Pow Pow in it's nowadays asset is responsible for every Pow Pow dub. A very good point, and the massive understood it. Again, Pow Pow played a really solid set a dubs, partly setting a faster pace than in the first round. But somehow the massive didn't always follow. For example, Pow Pow played a Tony Rebel dub pon Lalabella, a tune Sentinel got a big forward with in the warm up though it was only a 45. Logically Pow Pow must have earned a much bigger forward with it as dubplate, but strangely they didnt get any forward at all for this one. Anyway, Pow Pow got nuff forwards and completely set the dance on fire with two Gentleman dubs in the end of the round; a fact Freddy made jokes about when it was his turn to hold the next 30 minutes. Not knowing Gentleman's status in Germany, he wondered that Pow Pow got the only forwards with a (for him) totally unknown artist. Of course Pow Pow collected various forwards with other tunes indeed, but I guess it must have been a strange experience for Freddy to see the massive gwaan mad to an artist he perhaps never heard before, so it sticked more to his head than the other big forwards Pow Pow collected. Anyway, Freddy hyped the massive again big time, in first place with a totally wicked combination featuring Marcia Griffiths and Sizzla on one tune, for which he got two big forwards in a row. It was also remarkable and a real pain in the heart of a Pow Pow supporter to see Freddy unpacking many tunes that are known to the German massive as Pow Pow tunes. I don't know if it was just a coincidence or if Freddy listened carefully to some Pow Pow tapes before the evening, but he played some Pow Pow owned dubs in a row, depriving Pow Pow of playing some of their best dubplates. Intended or not, a quite clever move from Freddy indeed.

I am sorry that i can't say much about the next two 15min rounds, as they kinda mixed up totally in my head. I remember Freddy unleashing a monster of a combination tune, featuring Luciano, Mikey General, Admiral Tibett, Josey Wales and Charlie Chaplin on one plate. I remember Pow Pow playing some wicked tunes aswell, some dubs calling Jaro name, and some dubs from artists you don't hear on plate too often, like a Cutty Ranks "Limb By Limb" dub, which got at least me totally extatic. But unfortunately, especially in the last 15min round, I sometimes felt like the only one trying to give Pow Pow forwards. Sure, Freddy hyped the crowd a bit more than Pow Pow, but I couldn't see the reason for some people showing barefaced disrespect towards Pow Pow, as if they have experienced personal harm from them. I saw people standing infront of the stage showing middle fingers to Pow Pow crewmembers, and, as the highest peak of hypocricy, I saw a few badminded people standing right behind me, loudly cursing Pow Pow battyman names. Wha dat fah ? I wonder if these hypocrites would dare to tell such things straight to Pow Pow members' face and not while hiding behind a man's back... Either they were carried along by the soundwar athmosphere too much, or, more likely, just snapped up some anti-PowPow mood and thought it would be cool. But it isn't. Guys, show some respect to a sound from your country that after all manages to clash against Killamanjaro, no matter if they lose or win. Some people just don't understand the moments of history in the making...

Anyway, the time for dub fi dub arrived, and the dub fi dub turned everything upside down. The first time in this clash, Freddy got actually booed, while Pow Pow Movement gathered their biggest forwards. As Devon stated in the dub fi dub, "Dis is dub fi dub, a Pow Pow time now!, he exactly got the point: The dub fi dub was Pow Pow time like no other time in this clash. As a start, Pow Pow unleashed an Alton Ellis singing "Pow Pow come fi test you tonite", getting mixed reaction from the crowd. Freddy counteracted telling that if Pow Pow came fi test him, what did they do then the whole night, and played Dennis Brown "Revolution", getting huge feedback. Pow Pow counteracted with Admiral Tibett "Leave Pow Pow Business" with quite a huge success. Freddy wondered how the tune did fit as he asserted not having talked about any Pow Pow business, and came up with a Garnett Silk. Big tune, but he got less reaction than expected. Devon conceded Freddy having picked a good tune, but, "Dat chune me cyaan find it, me respect dat chune, but me cyaan give credit to Freddy either, it was cut before Freddy, yuh know dat!". While that speech, boo calls could be heard, but suddenly they turned into voices of excitement, as Ingo unleashed the famous Pow Pow dub of Ken Boothe's "When We Fall In Love". After the wheelout, the crowd was going mad, and even Freddy conceded this to be "good music", but stated that him "a soundman Pow Pow cyaan kill", and played a Cocoa Tea, singing "Soundboy go home to yuh nana, you cyaan kill Killamanjaro". Huge tune, but what a surprise it was to hear boo calls mixed up with appreciation noise after wheeling that tune out. Devon then brought a speech against Freddy trying to teach him, as Freddy "nah older dan me, cyaan be my father", and tuned in to Morgan Heritage's "Let Them Talk". The crowd responded with excitement, and Freddy got nothing to say but "Yuh have a mouth fi talk, so talk", and unleashed an actually great Garnett Silk calling the undertaker on the big bad Cuss Cuss. The crowd appreciated that, but then Pow Pow countered with a big Marcia Griffiths, which brought the crowd on their side again. Now Freddy stated that he would kill Pow Pow in their own territory now, and played a Hopeton Lindo bout "killin' in a territory", getting two wheelouts in follow. But Pow Pow didn't intend to give up their "territory" too fast, and unleashed another great Marcia Griffiths getting much appreciation. Freddy then came up with Nitty Gritty "False Alarm" and actually got booed, what is totally understandable, as this tune didn't suit as counteraction to the previous tune at all. As Devon said right after that, "Me nuh ring no alarm, how can he play False Alarm ?", and then unpacked a great Dennis Brown "Here I Come" which already did a great job while Pow Pow vs. Soundquake in the year 2000. And it did the same effect as 2 years ago: The response was huge, and the tune had to be wheeled out at exactly the same second as back then. Freddy then came up with a combination of John Holt and Brent Dowe pon Real Rock, but got booed the second time. Pow Pow then put up another big tune, Culture's "Two Sevens Clash", with huge success. Freddy answered with an not-that-outstanding Pad Anthony. Devon got really excited, as he saw dub fi dub time finally "Pow Pow time" a come, and there Pow Pow went dashing out an amazing Ken Boothe again, with great response. Freddy counteracted with a very worthy Michael Palmer (at least I guess it was him), which didn't get much appreciation though. The time for the final tunes came, and Pow Pow dashed out a gem of a tune, Dawn Penn's "No No No", with a more-or-less clear forward. Freddy then striked with a Tenor Saw pon Answer riddim, getting clear appreciation. Now Pionear stepped forward and asked for the winner. He asked two times actually, and though Pow Pow opviously dominated the dub fi dub, the overweight for Jaro was clear. After all, dub fi dub isn't all what counts, and though Pow Pow went definetely top a top in the dub fi dub, Jaro overwhelmed them in the other rounds except perhaps the first 15min round.



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