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LEX-I-CON: Mr Lexx’s new mixtape With Federation Sound

Posted by DJ Gravy We're happy to let ya'll know, Mr. Lexx's new mixtape with Federation Sound is available for free download on Largeup, just CLICK HERE for individual tracks CLICK HERE for single tra... Read More...

Untwisted: Jovi Rockwell, Flo Rida and Weezy “Fresh I Stay Pt. 2”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Photo by Martei Korley In case you haven't caught the vapors streaming off the blogosphere, the Flo Rida and Lil Wayne collabo "Fresh I Stay Pt. 2" just leaked, featurin... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Rapper/Deejay Collabos

By Jesse Serwer With Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives set to drop on Tuesday, it only seems right at this moment to look back at all of the important reggae artist/rapper summits that have com... Read More...

Mickey Dread: Disney Goes Reggae

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Yes, you read the headline correctly. In yet another validation of the universal appeal (and selling power) of Caribbean music, entertainment giant Disney recently announced... Read More...

Dark Alliance: Drake and Mavado “Find Your Love” video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Like we told you a few weeks back, rap's most-anticipated artist Drake took a page out of the gully gospel for his latest video, casting Mavado as the sharpest point of a lo... Read More...

Radio La-La: Collie Buddz Launches Bermuda FM Station?

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Bermuda's Royal Gazette reported last week that bermy bashment star Collie Buddz and his brother Matthew Harper have applied for permission to launch a new radio station on ... Read More...

Safe Daggering: Skerrit Bwoy Instructional Video

words by Eddie STATS Houghton My colleagues over at FADER mag just debuted the Major Lazer-branded daggering instructional video hosted by Largeup homie-for-life and everybody's favorite Antiguan madman ... Read More...

Mama Used to Say

Words by Jesse Serwer For my money, British R&B singer Junior Giscombe's "Mama Used to Say" is one of the most crucial—and original—tributes to motherly wisdom, right up there with this and this. Not... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Reggae Samples In Rap Songs

Words by Jesse Serwer Hip-hop's been borrowing from reggae since Jamaican-born Kool Herc updated the soundsystem throwdown for his new home in the Bronx. But the reggae references, both sonic and other... Read More...

Studio Beast: Claude Kelly, Hit Songwriter

Interview by Dwane Rich Words by DJ Gravy In this day and age, being a star isn't quite all it's cracked up to be. However, being behind the scenes can sometimes be the best scene of all (and free o... Read More...

Dancehall, Mass: Boston Ragga Mix

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Library of Vinyl The archivists over at the Library of Vinyl just posted a thing they call the Mastermind Monstamix comprising Boston-area hiphop/reggae fusion released... Read More...

Papalote: Champion Sound meets Champion Burrito

Words and photos by DJ Theory (pic #1 provided by Mr.E) Who's lovers rock mixtape is this playing in this Mexican restaurant? And who brought these out-of this world burritos to the club??? ... Read More...