Tru: Sumfest 2003. Dancehall, Singers, and International night.
Fyah: So rude girl, me being a Sumfest vet now - having gone for the past 4 years, I can tell you the performances keep getting better, it seems the only problem with Sumfest is Sumfest!!!!!
Tru: Ain't that the truth. It was also comforting to know that we weren't the only ones who had a problem with the organization of the concert.
Fyah: It's the promoters themselves... what a disaster!!! I guess since dem manage to pull it off every year despite all the confusion and foolishness, it allows dem to treat the 'little' people like sh*t!
Tru: I don't know if they realize dem screwing themselves in the process. Cuz if the press ain't happy, den the reports can't be positive! Although they did get rave reviews from local newspapers. *Sigh* What low standards we've set for ourselves as concert patrons.
Fyah: I know, right??? Even that guy Jason from MTV seh "yow, B, mi nah even ah go give dem a slot, mi a go fully cover Fully Loaded... forget Sumfest!" I found the whole thing one big JOKE!!!! Just goes to show, how much a bunch of middle-aged uptowners know about reggae.It looks like it's all about the $$$.
Tru: Sticky pon Summerfest Productions. Like you said, they're a little too confident in the succe$$ they enjoy annually so they forget the big picture. Anyways the show must go on so let's talk about the stars! Despite several malfunctioned microphones, all the acts I saw managed to pull off good performances.
Fyah: Yeah, remember poor TOK had to switch between two mics for the FOUR of them... RIDICULOUS... C'MON SUMFEST. We don't have enough time to get into the whole hoopla we had to deal wid on the actual night wid the passes, and where we could and could not go, but I will leave it at, if it wasn't for us being determined as hell ya'll wouldn't have seen any pics from the show- period. Anyway I have to tell you though that one performance and ONLY one stood out for the I... you know who I'm talking about girl?!!

Tru: HAHAAHAHA! Trus mi. But you know dem promoter love it... dem love the hype ting!
Fyah: But anyway those are my girls, Beyonce especially, being a Virgo and all... so much love to them, but I do hate that foolishness, too often I see it happen, and by the end of the night they realize, 'hey, I guess we didn't need to shell out for all that extra security'
Tru: Yeah man, Destiny's Child did very well as I expected and Sean Paul is definitely learning how to work the stage and interact with the audience. But Beenie Man was by far the best on International Night in my opinion.
Fyah: Yes, definitely, Beenie is Beenie is Beenie. He kept it yard style. The only ting I never rate wid Sean was de whole bad word ting. That just never mek it. Ah nuh Sean ting dat, it was obvious he was trying to prove something, he even said it... 'dem never charge me fi dis yet, so mi ah go do it tonight,... ' I don't know why all of that was necessary, is like him deh pon dis bad man ting.
Tru: That WAS a bit odd for real. I think this whole profanity law is bull shit though. So what if dem cuss? Big fucking deal.
Fyah: True, but when yuh know there are kids out there is a different story, I mean dat shoulda happen on Dancehall night. That's the adult night, you know alot of families came out to see Sean precisely for that reason, as well as Destiny's Child, they are clean acts usually.
Tru: Oh well... I say is night time... big people time... if one or two "bad" words get cuss- so what? That's just me though... I'm sure there may be something "morally wrong" with my point of view. Don't wanna hear it though!
Fyah: You know what I found funny? Beenie did a bit of cussing too, albeit Jamaican bad words, but him never get charge, could that have been because all the little uptowners who were offended by Sean's bad words, left too soon to hear Beenie? Or is it that it was their Golden Boy cursing the words? Or was it that they never came to see Beenie in the first place?
Tru: Yeah I think most of the acts threw in a little discreet 'bloodclaat' here and there. I don't remember exactly who, but I figure Sean was singled out because of the level him at now and the type of crowd who witnessed it.
Fyah: You hit the nail on the head, I don't want to knock Sean, caw we love him same way, and always will, him large. Cyaan knock a man fi dat, him a do something positive fi Dancehall, and we rate that!
Tru: Well all in all SUMFEST was entertaining, save for the organization of the thing but I guess the patrons didn't experience that. Big up to the artists who put on a great show for us all!!!
Fyah: Sumfest keeps getting better, yuh could see how well all the performers had prepared, like is a very major date on dem calender, and I rate that, it's just all the disorganization man, killed the vibe at times for me.
Tru: Not to mention the microphones that didn't work!!!!!
Fyah: Cyaan tek that shit. As well as the security guards who were clueless as to what band served for what area, I mean, damn, no one ever thought of briefing them beforehand?
Tru: Yeah well like we said, no organization. Let's get outta here girl... PEACE!
Fyah: Likkle more sistren... one love.

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