Bounty Killer showed glimpses of greatness during his onstage set at Magnum Follow Di Arrow, delivering a high energy set chock full of hits even while simultaneously defending his honour and pillorying the Gaza name.
He set a blistering pace as soon as he came onstage
"What that piece ah ting try to do?" he asked incredulously. "Don't do da something de!".
He did a line out of 'When Yu Look at Mi', and the Alliance and Gaza fans cheered him on.
"Why Gaza little dutty johncrow ah diss me like that?" However, one disgruntled Gaza fan did hurl a bottle in his general direction, but it fell short of the stage.
"Just because you say Gaza and Gully, that don't mean you lose your morals in the middle," he said, getting dangerously preachy for a crowd already on edge.
"Me **** what? The people dem who join Lodge, dem **** goat and monkey and dem ting de...mi tell yu that ting nah go last."
He then did medley of his older hits that included 'Riding West', Run Come Back inna Mi Magnum and 'Coulda Big or Tall'. He also did Moneymaker to a tremendous roar before inviting on Tyrical to do Mi Waan My Own. He also did Full Suit a Black before he invited on Mavado to help close his set.
It was a good performance by the Killer in front of what was essentially his home crowd. He even seemed to give a nod to Beenie Man as he conceded 'yu nah go diss me like how Kartel diss me'.
But as great a strategist as Bounty Killer is, he played perfectly into Lisa Hyper's hands as her earlier performance had precisely the desired effect she intended: it had the Warlord focussed squarely on the former Gaza first lady. And that is no mean achievement.