Pepsi celebrates the '90s at Fiction

Garfene Grandison, Gleaner Writer

Pepsi's Best of the '90s was back and in full force. On a night that had several events such as Top Floor at the Quad and Good Times at the Mas Camp Village, the Fiction night Club held its own as the club was packed with patrons who came to revel in the music of the 1990s.

Before midnight, things were a bit slow in terms of patron support inside the venue,but as time passed, more people came.

The music was pumping non-stop inside the club as the deejays gave the patrons hit after hit. The dance floor was filled with gyrating patrons from start until the club's closing time, minutes after 4 a.m. Colin Hines and Renaissance Disco were the deejays who kept the patrons on their feet for its entirety.

The transition between genres from hip hop, to dancehall to reggae was impeccable as the deejays kept the tempo throughout the night.

Ladies clung to the sides of their male counterparts and assumed the position when the timing was right. Bogle, Living Dangerously, God Pickney and the ladies anthem Coca Cola Bokkle Shape were some of the hits that had the patrons dancing the night away and holding a steady but intense vibe. There was a point in the night, during the hardcore dancehall segment, when the patrons were screaming, "Raeee woii," within five-second intervals of each other.

Atmosphere intensified

It was at this point that the club atmosphere had intensified. DJ Liquid's Wifey Walk Out played briefly, and the female patrons in the club were in an uproar until the selector changed the track stating "ah di best ah di '90s dem seh."

Lady Saw It's Raining went over well with the patrons, but shortly after at 2:45 a.m. the selector experienced some technical difficulties, causing him to humour the patrons by encouraging them to sing the national anthem to pass the time. The patrons weren't having it, but some were patient while others were a bit rowdy. When the problem was eventually fixed, the selectors switched to the hip-hop genre with favourites like Scrub and Hardknock Life. The vibe inside the club continued to soar after that until the selector finally announced that, it was time for the party to end and patrons began to make their exit.

Despite having the threat of events on the same night, one of which was of the same nature, Pepsi's Best of the '90s was another sure hit.