CURTIS CAMPBELL, STAR Writer

Patrons who turned out at Famous Nightclub last Thursday witnessed veteran selector Fire Links giving young selectors The Uncontainables a sound beating with his catalogue of music.

The Uncontainables was sent in to juggle first and the sound system started the juggling segment with Chan Dizzy's Hello Badmind followed by 50 Cent's Many Men and Aidonia's Empty.

"Dem sey Uncontainables a di youngest sound but tell dem this," The Uncontainables selector shouted and played Aidonia's Nuh Start It.

"A three big sound mi war wid inna this clash, but nuh badda feel like wi a walk ova. Wi nah give up without a fight ," he said before playing Rise Up TheRifle by Stein and Nuh Badda Try by Vybz Kartel. The popular corporate juggling sound had patrons dancing during their high energy set.

Fire Links came next and opted to play old school music. He also took the opportunity to rebut certain disparaging comments made by the Uncontainables selector. Notably Fire Links' juggling comprised of all dub plates and songs from Coco Tea, Sizzla Kalonji, Bounty Killer, among others, received roaring responses. "Uncontainables against me a mission impossible and it nah guh work tonight," he warned. The judges awarded the round to Fire Links.

For the challenge round, both DJs were instructed to play three songs from any Portmore recording artiste. The Uncontainables was first and they played Frisco Kid's, Juvenile Run Downtown as well as Mad Cobra's Press Trigga and Baddest.

Fire Links responded with songs from Vybz Kartel, Mad Cobra and I Wayne. He also borrowed Pashon Minott's Rastafarian flag while playing the I Wayne record and proceeded to wave it onstage while the audience erupted.

This round also went to Fire Links, with judge Cool Face expressing that The Uncontainables played well, however, their exclusion of Vybz Kartel from their three selections did not work in their favour.

For the 45 round, The Uncontainables played hardcore dancehall songs from the 90s in an attempt to match Fire Links' selections pound for pound. However, valiant Fire Links still managed to survive their effort and won the round with songs from Junior Deemus, Niko Deemus, among others. He also stated that he was not clashing The Uncontainables anymore, but was instead schooling them on musical warfare.

By this time the clash was already one sided and to make matters worse The Uncontainables started their dub-for-dub round by playing a Demarco dubplate for Good Book, a song which was already played by Fire Links in his juggling round.

The veteran wasn't going to let that slide and he made sure to inform the judges and patrons that he already played the song. He then played Gregory Isaacs' number one dubplate and patrons responded well. The Uncontainables responded with Lucky Day by Cutty Corn.

What followed next was a battle between Fire Links' strong catalogue of classic dub plates and The Uncontainables catalogue of new dub plates.

"Mi a young, young youth wey mi fi get dem deh old song deh weh Fire Links a play?," The Uncontainables selector conceded. However, that did not seem to matter to the audience who roared in favour of Fire Links' classics.

"This round mi a guh kill unno with dead artistes," Fire Links said and played Sugar Minott, among other deceased reggae greats. The judges once again ruled in Fire Links's favour, which saw him walking away as the overall winner.

This Thursdays' celebrity clash will feature Oral Tracey vs Boasy Boy Floyd, while The Uncontainables will try to improve their luck when they take on Bass Odessy. Live streaming outside Jamaica can be viewed at www.jamaica-star.com.