( l - r ) Boom Boom, Maestro

This week's clash was arguably one of the most competitive since the start of the Guinness Sounds of Greatness Competition. The Kingston kingpins DJ Boom Boom and Maestro went up against each other in what was one of the most supported and controversial clashes of the series.

The guest judges for the night were veteran producer Mikey Bennett and producer Kirk 'Cool Face' Ford, one representing the new generation of music and the other representing the older generation.

As is customary, the competition started with juggling songs and both DJs represented themselves well, playing popular dancehall and reggae selections.

DJ Boom Boom, who played a dub by Etana and Half Pint's Greetings, among other songs, had an early edge over Maestro with his juggling, as he played a lot of modern songs that went down well with the crowd.

At the end of the first round, Boom Boom was selected as the winner of that round because he interacted with the crowd better, and his selections were on point.

The crowd was completely on Boom Boom's wagon after the first round, and Maestro had to make it clear that he would not be deterred by boos. "Two likkle boo cyaah frighten mi," he said, and proceeded to play a gospel song .

The gospel song seemed to have given Maestro a divine intervention, because, from that point, he seemed to have pulled himself from strength to strength against the prolific Boom Boom.

The second round saw Maestro turning up his fire, playing DJ Khalid's All I Do Is Win. The audience loved it and the pot covers spoke their approval loudly.

However, the climax of Maestro's set was the playing of General Degree's Boom Boom, the crowd erupted as Maestro toyed with the name of his opponent.

The song was a blow to Boom Boom's stride but it only made the DJ go harder and he responded with a series of war songs such as Popcaan's Hear Dem A Talk and Mavado's Touch Di Road.

"Wi deh a shootout and him come a play bay 45 'bout one two a boom, three yu a boom boom, a come mi come fi kill people," he said to massive approval.

The Guinness challenge this week was to play any song that mentioned the name of the title sponsor, Guinness.

DJ Maestro played Jaguar's We Drink Guinness and completed his task well. However, Boom Boom lost favour in the crowd when he played a dub plate by Makka Diamond instead of playing an original song.

The rest of the clash was a ding-dong battle between both selectors until the final round. Both judges were left with mixed reactions, and so they decided to go to sudden death.

Maestro went first and played an Everton Blender dub plate. This went down well with the crowd.

Boom Boom then replied with Bounty Killer and Elephant Man's This Is How We Do It. The majority of the patrons were disappointed because they expected the DJ to reply with a more war-oriented song.

In the aftermath, the judges both decided that Maestro was the winner. According to Cool Face, Boom Boom had an edge but gave it away when he decided to play the Bounty Killer and Elephant Man at that crucial stage.

"Boom Boom yu guh lose with dah song deh," Cool Face said. The next matchup will feature Bredda Hype against Rich Squad.