The Let Off the Money concert, featuring the money loving powerhouse Macka Diamond, was well-worth the ticket price and no doubt boosted the bank balance of the hugely popular dancehall diva.
Last Friday’s event at the Lions Centre, which was attended by close to 1,000 fans started around 12.30pm (gates opened at 9pm) and did not let up until 2.20am.
The show was kicked-off by three local performers. The opening act – an unenviable slot at the best of times – was taken by reggae artist, Pilo. Try as he might though this was not his night as the audience failed to warm to him.
Next up was fellow reggae singer Ragga, who started off slowly but had rallied well enough by his second song Yu Live Inna Glass House Mi Na Trow Stone to really connect with the crowd.
Saving the best till last may not have been intentional on the part of the promoter but the old adage held true of Acongo. The chilled out Rasta man who went down well at last January’s Rebel Salute in Jamaica lit up the crowd singing The Fire Blaze, and truly earned the title of warm-up act.
Dancehall dancer and super vixen Dahlia followed and stirred up the crowd with the latest dance moves from back a yard. Dancing to such tracks as Wacky Dip and Jiggy Pon Bed, the dancer had all eyes locked on her, many trying to memorise the moves to try out later.
Looking fit and foxy, Lady G strode on stage donning a blood red leather trouser suit. She mashed up the place with Round Table Talk, What Girl’s Want finishing off with a fitting response to Kipp Rich’s song Telephone Ting Mash Up Your Life. Her Ono Telephone Mash Up Life A U No Rate Ya Wife had the crowd applauding loudly and hollering for more.
The woman they’d all come to see, the headline act, Macka Diamond did not disappoint. Her obsession with money, how to get it, keep it and spend it, ran as a rich vein throughout her entire repertoire and was if anything highlighted by her stage suit of gold suit and expensive boots.
Not the powerhouse performance many would have liked her; noone could deny that she put in a respectable performance and left few but the die-hard fans feeling short-changed.
The crowd was having such a good time that even after Macka Diamond had exited the stage they stayed to party.
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