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Beenie Man shows how it’s done on the video set of “Rock the World”, his new track on Brukkout Production’s “Sewage Breath” riddim. Among the cameos in the video: One of his sons and a bottle of the Doctor’s own medicine – Yaad Swag rum…
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
‘Round here, we know Martei Korley as our creative director (not to mention co-founder and chief photographer) but he’s also a crooner who—when he’s not shooting Beres album covers or taking flicks for Rolling Stone—has recorded with some of Jamaica’s top musicians and producers.
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Video by Martei Korley—
Is L.A. Lewis a deejay? Is he a “conceptual artist”? It’s not exactly clear what Jamaica’s most baffling semi-celebrity does, or is, but whatever you call the self-professed “Jamaican Damien Hirst,” (check out his recent art show in Nottingham, England!) he certainly is entertaining. Take this for example: our cameras caught an immaculately attired Lewis accomplishing the unusual feat of drinking a glass of water through his nose at Barbican Football Field in Kingston, Jamaica, where he was announcing at a celebrity soccer match. Watch and, uh, enjoy:
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Words by Jesse Serwer, Images by Martei Korley—
Jamaica’s greatest living singer has a new album, and it is one of his strongest records in years.
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Words by Sherman Escoffery, Cover Photo by Martei Korley—
There is no need to wonder why Beres Hammond is the King of Jamaican Lover Rock. It is because Beres’s music deals with reality: the reality of love, life, joy, pain, heartbreak and acceptance, all sung in a voice that speaks directly to you like your conscience. Last month, we gave you a slice of Beres Hammond’s soon to be released double CD, One Life One Love, due out on November 13. But we can’t get enough of Beres Hammond over at LargeUp, so we have another treat for you, in the form of two more songs.
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Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley—
On a windy afternoon this August, LargeUp creative director/co-founder/chief photographer Martei Korley and myself traveled to the New Kingston apartment of Tommy Lee—or, as he’s now 100% officially known, Tommy Lee Sparta—to interview dancehall’s most talked-about new artist, for The Fader. We watched Jamaica’s 1-2-3 finish in the men’s 200-meter final at the Olympics (after which Usain Bolt gave TV cameras the Gaza salute while boasting “Man, psycho!”) in the artist’s living room, and talked about why his music is so dark (he’s got some pretty compelling reasons), his plans to make conscious tunes (sample his first one, “No Love” over at MissGaza.com), and his desire to be a role model for di youth dem. Read the full story, which appears in the magazine’s upcoming Issue #82, out on newsstands next week, here.
