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'Final Warr' was a 2010 installment of the long-running Death Before Dishonour sound-clash series, won by Manchester Parish sound Black Kat and its operator Pink Panther, who took the Squingy Cup.

One of dancehall's marquee sound rivalries (Squingy's Bass Odyssey vs Killamanjaro), clashing repeatedly from 1994-95 (St Ann, Miami) into the 2000s and a 2013 Trinidad rematch; outcome accounts vary by tape and territory..

Bass Odyssey against Ricky Trooper's Sound Trooper, clashing in multi-sound cards including Bounty Hall, Trelawny (27 Jan 2006, with Black Kat) and the Guinness Sounds of Greatness 2010 finals..

The long-running lyrical rivalry between deejays Bounty Killer and Beenie Man, contested across records and stage shows including Sting, and later marked by public reconciliation.

A Jamaican event or festival associated with the clash era. Starter record pending editorial verification.

A Jamaican event or festival associated with the clash era. Starter record pending editorial verification.

The early-1980s clashes and transatlantic radio link-ups between British selector David Rodigan and Jamaican broadcaster Barrington "Barry G" Gordon, remembered as a landmark of selector rivalry across the UK and Jamaica.

David Rodigan met Killamanjaro (with Ricky Trooper) in London on 12 December 1997, a rematch following a controversial New York encounter earlier that year; considered a landmark UK clash, with the winner still debated..

2005 edition of the Death B4 Dishonor clash series featuring Bass Odyssey, Black Kat, Mighty Crown, Tony Matterhorn and others; part of the mid-2000s peak of international clash cards..

A Jamaican event or festival associated with the clash era. Starter record pending editorial verification.

1974 sound-system session at the UWI Mona Students' Union pitting Emperor Faith Hi-Fi against Arrows Hi-Fi, preserved on what tape collectors describe as the oldest known recording of a dancehall sound clash.

Guinness-sponsored Jamaican sound clash competition and TV series running in the 2010s-2020s, staging elimination clashes and finals; the 2023 edition featured an international dub-fi-dub with Warrior Sound (Germany) beating Dynamq (South Sudan) in downtown Kingston..

Killamanjaro against Maxie's Black Scorpio, documented in a 1987 three-way with Stereo One and in a noted 2007 Queens, NY three-way alongside King Jammys; results contested in community recollection..

Foundation-era Skateland clash in which Killamanjaro, powered by MCs Super Cat and Early B and selector's specials, is widely recalled as defeating Gemini Disco; details survive mainly through tapes and oral history, so accounts vary..

A widely remembered series of international sound-system clashes between Jamaica's Killamanjaro and the New York-based King Addies through the late 1980s and 1990s; accounts of individual results vary.