This past April, seven of Reggae's biggest soundsystems from around the world came together for the 7th and final installment of the UK Cup Clash. In this battle royale soundclash, soundsystems are voted out round by round based upon crowd reactions as they try to win over the crowd with exclusive riddims and dubplates. After the 4th Round, soundsystems are no longer allowed to play dubplates, and must only spin released 45s until a winner is decided. The final battle, the top two systems battle back to back, tune for tune and spin 10 tracks each until there is a winner.

This year the competition was comprised of:

Jamaica's Bass Odyssey
Japan's Mighty Crown
UK's David Rodigan
Jamaica's Black Kat
Jamaica's Tony Matterhorn
Germany's Sentinel
Jamaica's Killamanjaro

with Jamaica's Bass Oddysey taking out David Rodigan in the final round, and winning the UK Cup Clash for the third consecutive year.

BBCRadio: UK Cup Clash 2008 [part1]



BBCRadio: UK Cup Clash 2008 [part2]