Words by Jesse Serwer—

“Original Don” is the track that kickstarted Major Lazer 2.0, the crew’s first single following their debut album and the start of what we’ll call their badman rave era, wherein they put a reggae/dancehall spin on current EDM trends (i.e. the brostep of “Jah No Partial.”) We’re using the term badman rave partly because that’s the name of a 2012 EP by The Partysquad, the Dutch crew which collaborated with the Major Lazer on “Original Don,” but it’s also a pretty apt description of both outfits’ recent output.