Event: Stages - Part of the Appleton Temptation Isle weekend in Negril
Promoters: Absolute Entertainment
Date: Saturday, August 2nd, 2003 - Independence Weekend
Venue: Wavs, Negril

If anybody knows about partying, yard style, they know about Absolute, the creators of Stages. Alex, Gary, Sean, Jamie and Appleton hooked up for a SAMPLE (as in wicked) Stages this Independence at Wavs, Negril.

I'm telling you from now that I didn't venture out in the crowd once for the whole night after I got there at 8pm, but it was ram. Mi nuh inna no bounce down thing from anybody. It's hard enough just being in a moving vehicle so I don't need to squash up with thousands of party peeps. The backstage sufficed for the bulk of the evening. I did go into the VIP when I just got there but there was no VX and you know that is unacceptable for me. They did however have some fruity, frosty cocktails that I heard were delish, though.

The music was pumping all night long. Outta Miami, yard man like Richie D., Peter T., Bambino and Black Chiney were on the wheels and locals Renaissance and Kurt "The Party Animal" Riley were representing to the fullest. Green Lantern (Eminem's resident DJ), Coppershot and Code Red were in the house as patrons. The music could not have been any louder and the crowd was loving it.

This was the weekend's brand-name super all-inclusive event. Everything your little heart could desire was included past the gate. If you didn't know, one could purchase Appleton bands for the entire weekend which included Stages (and Fully Loaded, Appletini and Rick's Cafe). Food did a run, I heard, but I am not liberty to discuss anything but the music, the ice, the pepsi and the VX backstage for the mere fact that I stayed one place and I don't eat at parties anyway (unless there's Sushi).

I know alot of you think that Stages is notorious for running out of food and liquor at their parties in Jamaica but 'memba mi tell yuh- Nothing ran out backstage and I only heard there was a little problem with chasers at the crowd bars. There was even ice to the very end. Stages is a party that everyone has to go to. Everyone planned to go and everybody did go. It come een like an uptown Fully Loaded. The real hype without the stage show. The place was cawk with superstars. Elephant Man is a real superstar, really. Ele epitomizes superstardom. He was there with other superstars like Bounty, Wayne, Angel Doolas, Kip Rich, Kurup, Ninjakid AND (check this out) Looga Man AND Mossy Kid - Dutty, yeh! Long time I don't see Mossy. I understand he's getting his career in shape up in New York. Lookin' forward to the forward.

I have to big up all the sites that were in the house too. Foundation man like Cyberjam and Partyinc was present. You see the pic. Don't get the foundation twisted. Kwame from Cyberjam.net fully had a Canon charger for my dead batteries that saved the night for Whaddat. Big up Dre from Partyinc.com, a nuh mus'! Dem a get into video now. I saw Tha Chad with a camcorder on stage. Watch di bandwidth my yutes! :) Partyspree.com did deh deh, Watever.com and a nex' yute name DJ Kidd who's starting yet another party site from Yard. We already have enough with the foundation sites but all the sites popping up are good and deserve dem props, no doubt. More power.

Damn! How could I forget!? Whata-gwan keep on keepin' it on, Whaddat? Have to big up the big site, the foundation for the real Miami/Yard - Whata-gwan.com baby yeeeeeah! Big up Jamie... you too sweet.

MTV2 was also in the house getting footage for the M2 Bashment Weekend coming soon. Big up the toppa camerman Jason Williams (you know you and Don Yute have the same name) and the lovely host for the show... I don't know her name but she was cool. Watch out for Jason getting involved in some *ahem* local productions. I ain't sayin' no more, but on that note, I was workin' very hard that weekend... especially at Stages. Look out for the run down on RETV this week! My "return" to the camera was very harrowing. I can't manage 2 nights out in a row much less 4... I don't know how I did it. Must be the Independence energy - knowing I just had to be at all those hot parties!

Big up Absolute fo shizzle. We left at about 2am and the next stop was been Club Liquid at The Jungle. The Whaddat Cam was dead dead dead, so SORRY! No pics but the vibes were right. Big up DJ Epps, Protoge and Jazzy T. who ran the tables that night (morning).

See y'all next year Saturday Independence Weekend!
Blesssssss. Mic!

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