Major 'Heat-Wave' inside the Constant Spring Golf Club
Teino Evans
(Sep-19-2003)

A shortage of foot space, heat, long waiting periods for security clearances, combined with tensions and a lack of patience on the part of patrons, were aspects of the “Heineken Heat Wave” which featured as special guest artiste, American rap star, Fifty Cents at the Constant Spring Golf Club on Friday, September 5.

Despite great performances from members of the alliance - Vybez Cartel,

Wayne Marshall, Elephant Man, Bounty Killer, and others, that preceded

"Fiddy cent" and G-Unit making their appearance on stage, the thick crowd

who had to literally rub shoulders to find a foot-space, grew tired of hearing excuses that security had to be in place, and that the stage would have to be cleared before the show could continue.

 Patrons expressed their frustration by throwing water bottles unto the

stage, while others used the disruptions as a chance to squeeze through the

fences that separated the V.I.P section.

When promoters realized that things were about to get out of hand, they

had no choice but to quell the masses by first allowing members of G-Unit

to take the stage, followed shortly by 50 Cent.

Clad in bullet proof vests and bandannas over their heads, the G-Unit

Crew took to the stage, raking up an uproar of loud cheers from the

thousands of fans present. In only a matter of seconds, the crowd was under the direct control of 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew, as patrons were dazed with tunes like  “What’s

Up Gangsta”, “Wangsta”, “In Da Club”, “P.I.M.P”, and a couple of re-mixes.

 The high-energy performance was well received by patrons, as they

clamoured desperately, to get closer to the stage to get a glimpse of "fiddy cent" live in the flesh. Indeed in the flesh he was, as about mid-way into his performance, 50 Cent indulged the women (who had bundled to the front of the stage), by taking off his top and

bullet proof vest, revealing his famous "50" tattoo imprinted in his back.

Despite his short-lived performance, which lasted for roughly 30

minutes, patrons went away feeling satisfied, because of a fairly good showing by all

the artists who contributed to the hype and excitement throughout the

night. Earlier in the evening, patrons were kept busy by the likes of

Tony Matterhorn and Razz and Biggy who did their thing on the turntables.

  Standing tall in the minds of patrons, however, must be the

'Energy-God's' performance, as Elephant Man, in his usual top energy form,

gave patrons a lot to jump and prance about, as he did his regular

Dancehall favourites like, “Pon Di River”, “Blasfe”, among others. Even

one of his not-so-recent hits, “higher level” got the response from the

crowd going, as Elephant Man made his trademark move and climbed to the top

of one of the speaker sets to do the higher level dance.

  All in all, the overall show for the night, despite its hitches and minor disruptions came off well. However, there were quite a few patrons who may have regretted spending as much as $3,500 for a show that left much more to be desired on the part of the organizers.

   The show came to a close at about 3 a.m. when 50 Cent and the G-Unit

left the stage.