Despite intermittent and at times heavy rainfall, patrons came out in their numbers for the second international night of Reggae Sumfest, a night which proved to be the most explosive of the three-day event.

None of the artistes scheduled to make appearances failed to deliver, but it was the King of Lovers Rock, Beres Hammond who stole the show. Delivering a stellar performance which had patrons of all ages, rocking, jiving and grooving, Beres could do no wrong.

Every song he crooned was a hit, as songs like, Standing In My Way, No Disturb Sign and Putting Up A Resistance, rendered a wave of screams from patrons who were clearly delighted to be entertained by the soul singer.

After almost one hour of thrilling the crowd, Beres took patrons on a trip down memory lane with Rockaway, ending his set perfectly.

Taking the large crowd at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex by storm, United States rapper Lil' Wayne, had the crowd in a frenzy. Lil' Wayne had patrons eating out of his hand as even a flash of his 'grilled' smile drew deafening screams from lwomen and every verse he belted out received acclaim from the men.

From the moment he entered the stage the crowd sang along to every song he performed. Drawing from his catalogue, the young rapper sang songs such as Duffel bag boy, Fireman, A milli, Get high and many others which had the crowd enthralled.

Before he performed his hit Stuntin Like My Daddy, rapper Baby, co-founder of Cash Money Millionaires, a rap group to which they both belonged, entered the stage to the delight of the patrons, and together, he and Lil' Wayne continued to entertain the crowd.

Wayne ended his performance by singing Lollipop, a song the crowd had been anticipating all night. Before he left the stage, he played Whitney Houston's I will always love you, a reminder (to patrons) of a statement he had made earlier when he said, "without you, I aint sh."

Etana gave a memorable performance. Her powerful voice coupled with equally powerful expression, seemed to envelope members of the audience, who clearly enjoyed her performance.

Similarly, Tarrus Riley did an excellent job of wowing the crowd, inviting his father, veteran singer Jimmy Riley on stage for a duet as well as Queen Ifrica with whom he sang Stay With You. He was also joined on stage by a choir dressed in black for the song Lion Paw.

While United States rapper, T-Pain lip-synched his performance, he provided a set which was entertaining, delighting the crowd with all his popular hits such as Low (a collaboration with Flo' Rida), Bartender, Good Life, Buy You A Drink (collaboration with Kanye West) and others.

The crowd seemed to be intrigued by the fact that he incorporated much theatrics and dancing into his set.

Rootz Underground and Andy Vernon were earlier acts which did a fantastic job with their brand of roots reggae music. Brick and Lace were also well received and even though Bonafide, is not a well known group, the Los Angeles group which originally hails from Mt Salem, too did a decent job.

And when the crowd thought things could not get better, foundation singer John Holt graced the stage, singing multiple hits which included, Number one, Wear you to the ball, Don't want to see you cry, Stick by me and many others which provided the perfect end to a night of good music, and was well received by the crowd.