East Coast Fight Club Sound Clash - DC

Solomonic Sound VS. Love People Sound

After losing the crowd’s love in the East Coast Fight Club sound clash against Love People, Solomonic Sound shared with SLAM their feelings on what went wrong. Before speaking about the aftermath, Jahson asked, “This article won’t be biased like they [the crowd] were in there, will it?” It won’t be biased. But it will be honest.
The Philadelphia based sound system battled Love People at Island Café in Northwest D.C., hoping to stretch their fan base and talent to Reggae lovers in the nation’s capital. From the root, Solomonic Sound has sought to be one of the most prominent roots and culture sound systems in the world, combating negative and slack music by promoting the positive and righteous everywhere they play.

Needless to say, Solomonic felt they lost because they came to an event where the crowd already had in mind whom they would support. Maybe it was because they were the only white boys in the room. Maybe Love People already had the people’s love before the clash began. Maybe the roots and culture sound wasn’t enough to keep the crowd going throughout the three hour event. After all, people came to dance. Maybe the people felt they couldn’t move to their sound. Regardless, Solomonic just didn’t bring the sound that could win the people that night.

Round one brought hope to the irie vibe crew, which won the crowd over with music promoting love and positivity. But that vibe couldn’t sustain them through the rest of the competition. As the rounds continued, Love People combated Solomonic with boastful selections, which turned out more to be the crowd’s flavor and exemplified the confidence of the crew. They claimed Solomonic only stole the first round because they cheered loudly for their own crew.
Love People, which started in New York, have expanded their sound south into Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. They describe themselves as a “whatever the occasion sound,” equipped to do it all. They came prepared to give the crowd what Solomonic wouldn’t; a taste of slackness. But after nearly twenty years of serving the people with sound, Love People are more experienced in providing what the crowd wants.

This was proven in the final rounds as they played selections that increased the intensity and livened up the crowd. Gary Famous of Love People took command of the mic, spewing words meant for clashing. It was his aggressive confidence and the crew’s precise timing and choice of tunes that stole the crowd’s affection.
Solomonic attempted to remain humble and cool before finally resorting to a more verbally aggressive approach to combat Famous. But it didn’t match the vibes Love People had the crowd on, nor the vibe of Solomonic’s selections.

Famous grew more confident with each round, going as far as stepping down from the stage and into the faces of the members of Solomonic Sound, as they watched the veteran claim his crew’s victory, “They brought everyone they knew. More than half [the people in] the place already knew Love People,” Jahson later suggested after the winner was announced. “We told people about it, but we didn’t make it a big ‘who’s who,’ like these people are here for Solomonic, and those people are here for Love People,” another member of Solomonic explained.

Overall, Solomonic stayed true to their aim and kept their selections positive and uplifting. Love People gave the crowd a little of everything, but most importantly, they gave the sound that made them move. They plan to do the same at the Heavyweights in Action event held on July 6 at Tri Som in Virginia Beach. As for Solomonic Sound, they plan to keep trodding the states with their positive selections, heading next to Burlington, Vermont to the Second Floor night club, and putting in more work with their label, Worship Records. So, one loss won’t stop the show, but one win can keep the show going.

 

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