just doing my routine sunday surfing across Dancehall Reggae sites on a sunday afternoon....
and came across an ole link to a posting that was made on the no longer active bountikilla.com website...
somebody had copied and posted the article and it has popped up on numerous sites since that time....thought it would be intresting to post for the legions of "reggae/dancehall" fans and people concerned about Street Cred and why you gotta respect an artist concerned about himself and his family SAFETY when the other party is known to BLUR THE LINES between REALITY and ENTERTAINMENT...
In this posting Bounti Killa was responding on his messageboard to fans wondering why he DIDN'T respond back to Supercat whom threatned to "kick out his 32 teeth" on stage at a musical festival in 2002 in Jamaica
Bounti Killa aka the Warlord took a rather restraining almost passive approach to the situation as expressed in this open "letter", gotta respect the man for realizing
this shyt ain't worth losing lives over....artists of ALL GENRES should take note (no rick ross) :
"Fallin On Deaf Ears"
"Super Cat caused quite a stir with some remarks he made on a show this past weekend. Remarks that surprised me. You know I like to place things in context, so lets start at the beginning.
After I recorded Riding West in 1994, seemingly because of references to Indians, Cat took it upon himself to answer back with a tune called Scalp Him. I countered with Ancient Days Killing and Cat had nothing more to say.
On stage at 1996 Reggae Sunsplash Cat threw a bag of words at me and boldly told the audience how he would kick out my 32 teeth if I dared to answer.
That night I proved to the world that I was not, and am not, intimidated by Super Cat by stepping up and defending myself, classing him as an antique, old furniture, and that I only had 30 teeth as my wisdom teeth had not pushed through at that time. I answered fury with fury, the place bussed and it went no further.
I am not a person to carry feelings so a few years on, when the smoke cleared, I began to give Super Cat his props - rightfully classing him as an icon of the business, someone who paved the way for me, especially as a gangsta artiste.
In fact, unbeknown to the world, on the set of the Hey Baby video shoot in LA (with Gwen Stefani) I had a phone conversation with Cat, in which we reciprocated respect. During that conversation I told Cat that there were no hard feelings and I was just making a point back in 94 and 96 that if someone disses me I will answer back with interest, no care a who.
But I always respected him as one of the elders and it was never personal for me. That phone conversation ended on a positive note, so any thoughts of feelings being harboured were banished.
And now Cat in 2002, performing for the first time on a big stage in Jamaica since I stood up to him at Sunsplash 96, returns to the island saying pretty much what he told me he was going to do to me, and my teeth, back in 96. But Im still here smiling because Cats remarks have fallen on deaf ears.
People are saying that Cat said what he said just to get a hype, to try and revive his career. I personally dont think that was his motivation as he is not that type of person, and as an artiste he surely does not need Bounty Killer to give him a hype.
Cat began his argument on Sunday night by saying that I said he could not return to Jamaica. I have never said this on any stage or dance or record, so one wonders if there is even a third party trying to instigate trouble. The world knows Bounty Killer wears his heart on his sleeve so if I wanted to say Cat could not return to Jamaica I would not hide and talk - the world would hear it. Nobody heard that because it was never said.
I understand and respect Cats position and status in the gangsta hierarchy, and that he must have seen me as a feisty young upstart who shouldnt even have had the balls to answer him back.
I also understand and respect that what I said at Sunsplash must have been on his mind since 96, and this is his first real chance to get a big enough platform to express himself, cause an impact and make people hear. So Cat, tell you what, do your thing; me love and respect you sameway. What happened is just the rules of the game we play.
People, even my fans, are behaving like what Cat said was an invitation to a musical war. That is not the case. I believe Cat was just using the stage to express himself after bottling it up for 6 years, to live up to the Super Cat image and character, and talk some badness which patrons love to hear from him.
Cat did not frame his argument in a musical context, it was based on his history as a gunslinger. I have too large a family to feed to get involved in a war where the boundaries are blurred;
I am not that shortsighted. Cat is not a man who releases many records, so I dont think he intends for us to go at it on plastic, and he rarely does stage shows, so this is not the start of something by any means. This is old news, I guess Cat was just cleaning out his closet."
Bounty Killer respond to what Super Cat said at SASHI - The Reggae Boyz Forum
and came across an ole link to a posting that was made on the no longer active bountikilla.com website...
somebody had copied and posted the article and it has popped up on numerous sites since that time....thought it would be intresting to post for the legions of "reggae/dancehall" fans and people concerned about Street Cred and why you gotta respect an artist concerned about himself and his family SAFETY when the other party is known to BLUR THE LINES between REALITY and ENTERTAINMENT...
In this posting Bounti Killa was responding on his messageboard to fans wondering why he DIDN'T respond back to Supercat whom threatned to "kick out his 32 teeth" on stage at a musical festival in 2002 in Jamaica
Bounti Killa aka the Warlord took a rather restraining almost passive approach to the situation as expressed in this open "letter", gotta respect the man for realizing
this shyt ain't worth losing lives over....artists of ALL GENRES should take note (no rick ross) :"Fallin On Deaf Ears"
"Super Cat caused quite a stir with some remarks he made on a show this past weekend. Remarks that surprised me. You know I like to place things in context, so lets start at the beginning.
After I recorded Riding West in 1994, seemingly because of references to Indians, Cat took it upon himself to answer back with a tune called Scalp Him. I countered with Ancient Days Killing and Cat had nothing more to say.
On stage at 1996 Reggae Sunsplash Cat threw a bag of words at me and boldly told the audience how he would kick out my 32 teeth if I dared to answer.
That night I proved to the world that I was not, and am not, intimidated by Super Cat by stepping up and defending myself, classing him as an antique, old furniture, and that I only had 30 teeth as my wisdom teeth had not pushed through at that time. I answered fury with fury, the place bussed and it went no further.
I am not a person to carry feelings so a few years on, when the smoke cleared, I began to give Super Cat his props - rightfully classing him as an icon of the business, someone who paved the way for me, especially as a gangsta artiste.
In fact, unbeknown to the world, on the set of the Hey Baby video shoot in LA (with Gwen Stefani) I had a phone conversation with Cat, in which we reciprocated respect. During that conversation I told Cat that there were no hard feelings and I was just making a point back in 94 and 96 that if someone disses me I will answer back with interest, no care a who.
But I always respected him as one of the elders and it was never personal for me. That phone conversation ended on a positive note, so any thoughts of feelings being harboured were banished.
And now Cat in 2002, performing for the first time on a big stage in Jamaica since I stood up to him at Sunsplash 96, returns to the island saying pretty much what he told me he was going to do to me, and my teeth, back in 96. But Im still here smiling because Cats remarks have fallen on deaf ears.
People are saying that Cat said what he said just to get a hype, to try and revive his career. I personally dont think that was his motivation as he is not that type of person, and as an artiste he surely does not need Bounty Killer to give him a hype.
Cat began his argument on Sunday night by saying that I said he could not return to Jamaica. I have never said this on any stage or dance or record, so one wonders if there is even a third party trying to instigate trouble. The world knows Bounty Killer wears his heart on his sleeve so if I wanted to say Cat could not return to Jamaica I would not hide and talk - the world would hear it. Nobody heard that because it was never said.
I understand and respect Cats position and status in the gangsta hierarchy, and that he must have seen me as a feisty young upstart who shouldnt even have had the balls to answer him back.
I also understand and respect that what I said at Sunsplash must have been on his mind since 96, and this is his first real chance to get a big enough platform to express himself, cause an impact and make people hear. So Cat, tell you what, do your thing; me love and respect you sameway. What happened is just the rules of the game we play.
People, even my fans, are behaving like what Cat said was an invitation to a musical war. That is not the case. I believe Cat was just using the stage to express himself after bottling it up for 6 years, to live up to the Super Cat image and character, and talk some badness which patrons love to hear from him.
Cat did not frame his argument in a musical context, it was based on his history as a gunslinger. I have too large a family to feed to get involved in a war where the boundaries are blurred;
I am not that shortsighted. Cat is not a man who releases many records, so I dont think he intends for us to go at it on plastic, and he rarely does stage shows, so this is not the start of something by any means. This is old news, I guess Cat was just cleaning out his closet."
Bounty Killer respond to what Super Cat said at SASHI - The Reggae Boyz Forum
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