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While Beenie Man may profess to be the king of the dancehall, few would argue that Lady Saw is indeed the queen of the subgenre. Being one of the few females in dancehall to consistently make her mark, Marion \"Lady Saw\" Hall continues to do just that on this, her seventh overall set.

What a difference a couple of decades can make! Lady Saw and Tanya Stephens, currently the top female artists in Jamaica, bear scant resemblance to the beaming, backup singing earth mothers who populated the reggae scene a generation ago. In the past six years, Saw has made her reputation as the tough-talking, man-chomping answer to the astonishing misogyny that often characterizes reggae dancehall. With tracks like \"If Him Lef\" and \"Stab Out the Meat,\" Saw established that women can be just as lusty, crude and predatory as the doggiest of men.

Oumano reviews the Reggae Culturama music festival, which took place at Downing Stadium in New York City on July 20, 1997. Musicians at the show included Anthony B, Lady Saw and Beenie Man.

No less riveting was Beenie Man, who has left VP but whose hit singles regularly appear on the label's \"Strictly the Best\" compilation series. His latest crossover hit, \"Dude,\" set to an infectious rhythm track known as \"fiesta,\" is the first cut on \"Strictly the Best 31,\" and is looking to be this summer's jeep anthem. It's already at No. 3 on the playlist of influential New York hip-hop station Hot 97, and is climbing the Billboard charts. Beenie Man's set was all too brief -- he joined Tanto Metro and Devonte at the end of theirs, and was gone just a few short minutes later -- but when he got to \"Dude,\" the roar of the audience nearly drowned out his vocals. \"VP planted the seeds for reggae music, watered it, and it became a plant,\" said Sasha. \"Back in the day, reggae was Bob Marley. Now because of VP Records, reggae is not just Bob Marley anymore. It's Sasha, it's Sizzla -- it's all these artists. Now people can see that we definitely have that crossover potential.\" The evening wasn't strictly dancehall. The program opened with a moment of silence dedicated to legendary producer Clement Dodd, who died last week. (Dodd, known as \"Sir Coxsone,\" presided over the influential Studio One record label, whose roster included Bob Marley.) Marcia Griffiths, one of the original backup singers for Bob Marley and the Wailers, performed a brief set. Also on the bill was Morgan Heritage, consisting of the children of reggae singer Denroy Morgan and favoring the classic \"one-drop\" reggae sound. The band's set, which included a luminous \"Don't Haffi Dread,\" was one of several marred by a sound mix that was so bass- heavy that the vocals were barely audible.