Title: R.A.S. Beer Vibes
Concept: Annual "Big Sound" BASHMENT
Promoters: R.A.S. Promotions
Cost: $600 pre / $700 gate
Venue: Caymanas POLO Club
Date: Saturday, July 7th, 2001

Mic: First ting. Two words. Midnight & traffic. Look like if we reach there at 10 pm it still woulda tek an hour to get to the venue from Mandela highway.
Tru: It was ridiculous. Come in like RAS means "leave your yard at 9pm". If not, it ruff pon yuh.
Mic: Same thing for every dance at polo club still. So it go. Love it or leave it.
Tru: Aright. Anyway, down to sound dem now.
Mic: Well, first of all. Nuff props to di Killa fi di hosting!
Tru: Yuh dun know. Only the best will do. I never got to witness the performance at the end, but I hear 'im wreck it.
Mic: Of course!! Him, Wayne & Assassin dun it!! But back to di get go. Arif Cooper and Kurt Riley got the party started. Always a nice vibe with those guys. Sound now. Who first?

Tru: Code Red. I never knew that they were going to play there, and they did very well. Especially since this was the largest event I have ever witnessed them playing at. If this was a first time experience for them, dem did do good!
Mic: Yeh man. I feel seh, and I've said it before..by Christmas dem large. But dem still a young sound now. Travellers played after dem and fu*k up di place with a slew of Kolongi.
Tru: Trus' me. Mi neva know seh Sizzla cut so much dub. All wha a gwaan, long time I never see Travellers at such a big event. Foundation sound, YUH DUN KNOW! And dem did do good!!
Mic: Travellers is a foundation sound fi real. From way way back in the day, and judging from the crowd's response...dem mash it up.
Tru: The camera never lies. Who next now?
Mic: Come in Black Chiney. BRAP! BRAP! DONE di place!
Tru: Dem did tough, mi nah lie! Afta dem done play, me did still 'memba dem.
Mic: Dem remix deh! Dayuuum!! What a ting. Di crowd response was unbelievable.
Tru: Di Bounty Killa dem was out of this world! Dem man deh mussi have a portion of money!
Mic: hahaha! Fi real!
Tru: All di Kardinal Offishall & Bounty remix!!
Mic: That was Jazzy's dub!!
Tru: Oh yeaaah!! Fi real, let me tell you what sticks out in my memory from Renaissance set...That Wayne Marshall pon di Erick Sermon riddim!! Yo, dat was..tough, wicked, bashy..everything!
Mic: Seeeeeen! Well, Jazzy & Dre kept passin' the mic back and forth. Dat was bad, BUT, he crowd response was not as good as I thought it would be still, cuz dem vibe did well well hype.
Tru: Nuff people seh Renaissance did do wicked still, but yuh dun know who did it for me. Links.

				< < Code Red
					< < Travellers
								< < Black Chiney
						< < Renaissance
							......................^ Fire Links ^ < Matterhorn

Mic: Well. That's a given. Fire Links tek RAS home in 'im pocket. Man was selectin' his dubs from a pile on stage! Dr. Dre from Renaissance was selectin' and it was a beautiful combo. *applause*
Tru: Fi real. Links dun it.
Mic: Matterhorn try 'im bes' still. But I think that Links stamp him name on RAS last year and it cannot be erased.
Tru: I can't make a judgement for Matterhorn's performance because I left very early into his set.
Mic: Maybe that was for the better. It was just impossible to follow Links no matter what yuh name. Incredible.
Tru: Crowd complaints now. Alot of the females were saying that there was alot of repetition in the music. It was basically a clashin' ting. Too much talking and shouting. The exact opposite of what Links did say RAS was going to be this year.
Mic: Well, RAS is RAS and has become a clash ting now. There's no getting around that.
Tru: AND it was way too ram. That was a shock to me because that was my first RAS in like 6 years.
Mic: Yeh man! Mine too! The last RAS I went to was at the original big dance venue, Maritime! 'Memba dat!?
Tru: Rude girl, if nobody did tell me that RAS is at polo club now and I was driving there by myself...I swear I would've reached pon Palisadoes long time!!

Mic: HAHAHAHA!! Fi real!!! True ting. Mi did love dat venue yuh see!! But anyway, RAS was a success. Big up Soloman, Andrew & Richie! YUH LARGE YUH LARGE!
Tru: Dem really deal with Whaddat good. But, yuh dun know, for what my opinion is worth, next year put in some more bars! The pay bar was too far away from the stage, and there was only one.
Mic: Seen. For a straight Heineken drinker, mi did beat nuff Red Stripe dat night still, STRICTLY out of convenience!!!
Tru: See it deh. So, you just MIGHT see me next year! Peace!
Mic: Me a go deh deh pon mi eyelash! hahaha. One.