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Big Playback: Exclusive Collie Buddz Track and New EP!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton FINALLY THE BUDDZ COME AROUND. Just because he is our close personal peoples and gets a lot of love and support here on LARGE UP, Colin "Collie Buddz" Harper has blessed us ... Read More...

Six Foot Seven: MLK, Jr. and Harry Belafonte

Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Caribbean Anthems of the 2000s

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, as determined by the LARGE UP crew Our reg'lar Friday Toppa Top 10 this week also happens to be our tenth and final Top 10 looking back over 2010 and the whole 2000s decade... Read More...

N’ap Boule: Sha Money XL to Release Kreyol Rap EP

Words by Jesse Serwer, via MTV Haitian-American hip-hop producer Sha Money XL discussed his ongoing involvement with relief efforts in Haiti with MTV this week, on the one-year anniversary of the tragic ... Read More...

Warm Up: Classic West Indian Comic Relief

Words by Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford Laughter warms the heart--or at the very least distracts from the beating Old Man Winter has been handing out. Which means its a good time to youtube the Emmy-winning 90... Read More...

Irie FM: Gyptian Gets A Seat at NPR’s Tiny Desk

Words by Jesse Serwer In spite of the huge 2010 that Gyptian had across the Caribban disapora and at urban radio, mainstream media coverage of the phenomenon was quite thin. So it was a pleasant surpris... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave 2010 UK Bashment Update

Words by Gabriel Heatwave with additional reporting by Dan Bean After Notting Hill Carnival post-game breakdown and a successful NYC jaunt, our UK lime experts from the Heatwave crew have graciously agreed... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Dancehall Dances of the Decade

Words by Jesse Serwer, as determined by Kendell "H1st0ry" Hinds The 2000s was the decade when the dancers took over dancehall, and dance steps became, arguably, just as important as the music. Hit after hi... Read More...

Under The Rubble: Haitian Music in 2010

Words by Erin MacLeod and Etienne Côté-Paluck, photo by Jeff Antebi. Without a doubt, the event that drew the world’s attention to the Caribbean in 2010 was not anything that happened in the world of mus... Read More...

Playback: New Collie Buddz EP/Exclusive Behind the Scenes Video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photo by Martei Korley. It's been three long, cold, hard years since Bermudan reggae star Collie Buddz dropped an official release (really, I'm not saying they're related b... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top Trinitech of 2010

Words by Jillionaire Our boy Jillionaire aka Trini Chris has been jetting around the globe in 2010 putting his distinctive stamp on nowadays Caribbean music so we asked him to bless us with his Top 10 Tr... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Soca Jams of 2010

Compiled by Rishi Bonneville, DJ Gravy, Jillionaire and Eddie STATS Houghton It is the end of year that ends in '10, so you can forgive us if we go Toppa Top 10 mad and just post Top 10s from now til 201... Read More...