With the international success of "Gimme The Light", Meesta Paul plans on bringing a little dancehall "Dutty Rock" to the world.

Words by Albert McCluster III

My family is originally from the "da islands" so, I have always been in love with Island Riddums, Reggae,
Dancehall and Island Club tracks...I really got into dancehall way back in 1993 in Panama...working up
sweats to Shabba, Supercat, old Marley and the Wailers up in the Yacht Club. I swear Dr. Mengela
and a bunch of Nazi scientists put something in the water down there...but, I digress. I was really looking
forward to seeing Sean Paul perform in Chicago in late September 2002, just when he was starting to
get mad love here in the US.

With Sean Paul's recent "continental" fame , courtesy of the video for the single "Gimme The Light" that
is in heavy rotation on BET and MTV, a sold out crowd was anxiously packed into the Wylde Hare in
Chicago, awaiting a performance from the man of the hour. hell, the brother even saw Hollywood star
Leon in the audience.

After a group of talented Chicago based openers, including my man Baby J (a Reggae crooner in his own right),
the crowd became very anxious around midnight for Sean to take the stage. Meesta Paul hit the stage around
12:40 sporting a matching Pelle Pelle jean outfit like the one in "Gimme The Light" and went into a whirlwind
performance (to a DAT, no band for this one), though the opening acts flowed madly with the house band.
He featured his hits with a mixture of new and old tunes and even using the 'I get high' riddim that is also
currently popular in Hip Hop. Paul's lyrics stayed purely true to dancehall though and after a short encore,
he wrapped up the show with 'Tiger Bone' and of course, 'Gimme The Light'.

The entire front of the venue was filled with 99% female fans who screamed and cheered throughout Sean
Paul's performance. judging from their high pitched screams and moans the after party was gonnabe off
the chain!

After viewing his performance I looked on an interview with anticipation for Ladies and Gentleman, there's a
new King from Kingston... we gonna be seeing a lot more of Mr. Sean Paul.

Keeping up with a hectic schedule and an even more disciplined work ethic...I caught up with Sean Paul in
Novemeber right after his US release of 'Dutty Rock', he found time (to try) to sit down with me for an interview.
That is between cell phone calls and two-way pages.

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