There are over 200 sound systems in Jamaica to date, but when the question is asked as to which is the champion and reigning king of them all, without hesitation the response is ‘Stone Love’.

Stone Love made their entry into the dancehall business in 1972 and for the past 25 years it has been the sound systems with the most potent and magnetic force to pull crowds and ‘cork’ any dancehall.

The name Stone Love has become an international household name and it is the most sought after sound system today. Record producers, singers and Djs will do anything to hear tunes being played on the set. The dancehall massive will follow the sound to wherever end of the earth it goes to listen to the voices of their favorite entertainment idols.

Stone Love is the brainchild of Winston ‘WeePow" Powell , a man that thousands of people today, hold in high esteem for his professionalism, credibility, and persistence of excellence.

During his childhood years, WeePow wanted more than anything else in the world to be the owner of his very own sound system. An ardent lover of music and growing up in Molynes Road, an area known for its regular dancehall sessions, no dance ever missed him.

WeePow’s mentor, singer Hopeton Lewis, who lived in the same yard as he, took him to dances everywhere which was what the young sound-inclined lad wanted. his love for sound systems steadily developed into a lifelong fascination and he would enjoy just sitting and admiring the construction of these systems.

He always pictured himself being at the control of his own set and imagined what power it would have been packed with, while the heavy duty boxes pounded away to the likeness of a ‘corked’ session where the patrons were going wild as he selected and reeled off string loads of dubs that would ‘mash up de place’.

WeePow’s dreams started to become a reality at the age of 17 when Denton Henry, a technician who operated an electrical shop in his yard, told Young Pow that he had a component set for sale. For months, WeePow worked relentlessly at his trade in order to come up with the money that he would use to buy the component set.

When he finally made the money on hand, WeePow purchased the set and this was his biggest achievment in life. he continued to add pieces of equipment such as records, amplifiers, racks, and boxes to his component set that would one day become a full scale sound system.

By the late 60’s to early 70’s, WeePow along with his cousin Charlie Ried and his brother Cecil Powell and a friend Winston Rooms, set up a neat little sound system and tried their hands at playing at a few small sessions and parties.

It was 1972, the most unforgettable year for Wee Pow that marked the true birth of the sound and it was the same year that it also got its official and real gig. By this time, Wee Pow was still trying to figure out what he would name the sound and came up with ‘Sir Coxone’ but this never connected.

During the period, owners of sound systems would name their sets off zodic signs. Wee Pow was a Pisces and came up with the name ‘Pisces’ but another sound system had that name already. Because of his undying love for the sound, it clicked to Wee Pow that "Stone in Love’ would be the ideal name.

Thinking to himself , Wee Pow though that ‘Stone in Love’ sounded a bit awkward so he took out the ‘in’ and finally came up with the more ideal name that would become a force to be reckoned with.

Booking for the sound steadily grew as dates came from the rural parishes and uptown.

"During that time we were afraid to venture into the ghetto area and that was why we only used to play uptown and in the country" said Wee Pow

He was introduced to the ghetto in 1983 by SassaFras and the first dance was held in Jones Town. The dance went smoothly and without a hitch and it was after that , that Stone Love started playing frequently in the ghetto areas and became famous at Addams Lane.

At first the sound only played soul music and the selectors only played ballad music. Gradually they started to venture into other aspects of music, playing a mixture of reggae, rap, pop, R&B, old hits and hardcore dancehall music.

This year 1997, marks Stone Love’s 25th year of musical perfection as the untouchable sound system don’ in the music business. Stone Love has become so popular that for the past 11 years, it has bookings every night playing in different parts of the world/

Other achievements of Wee Pow are the setting up of his own studio which is fully operational to help with the spearheading of the upkeep of the sound. He has also added to the Stone Love collection its own recording label .

The sound has to its credit, numerous awards with the greatest accomplishment of still being the indisputable Number One Sound System of the year internationally and locally. Stone Love has been celebrating their 25th Anniversary in all fourteen parishes and in the major cities of several overseas countries.

In the meantime, Stone Love sound system is transporting around in a beautiful designer truck that sports the entire crew along with its official sponsor J Wray and Nephew Rum Cream.

Musically, they continue to mash up the place at Thursday Night Mental at the Asylum, Tuesday Night in Rae Town, Wednesday nights used to be at its headquarters at Torrington Bridge, but because of periodic unstableness in that area it only plays conveniently.

Meanwhile the sound continues to play at several regular dances across the globe, taking the dancehall music through the 20th century and on into the millennium.

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