PREMIERE: Stylo, Happy Colors & Los Rakas’ Pan-Caribbean Banger “123”
Merengue, dancehall, dembow and trap come together on this pan-Caribbean banger.
Nuevo Merengue: Watch Renzo’s “Perdi El Control” Video
Words by Sabia McCoy-Torres—
Dominican merengue artist Renzo has just dropped an imaginative video for "Perdi El Control," the followup to his debut single "Mi Favorita" (which made it to No. 5 on Billbo... Read More...
Pow Pow Boogie: Maluca “Lola (Ging Danga)”
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent
The big players in Caribbean music are gearing up for their summer releases, when tropical music tends to rule the airwaves in the northern hemisphere as wel... Read More...
Mixtape Mondays: Carnivaaaaaal!!
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
It's that time again. Time to start planning the side-projects with which you can waste time for the rest of the week. Might we suggest, imagining that you are at Carnival ... Read More...
From DR With Love: Free Music!
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent
DJ Paul Devro just posted an extra-size portion of his favorite new selections from the Dominican Republic over at the Mad Decent blog; a generous trans-ship... Read More...
El Juidero: New Rita Indiana LP & Video
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Dutty Artz
Speaking of the Dominican invasion, remember when we put you up on Rita Indiana? Well she just dropped an a new full length album called El Juidero and it is... Read More...
LargeUp TV: Now Things with Maluca
A LargeUp Exclusive Webisode - Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos by Martei Korley. Video by Martei Korley, edited by Noah Workman.
We decided to launch our new Now Things series--focusing on cutting ... Read More...
Ars Dominicana: New Music from Rita Indiana
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
An icon in her native Dominican Republic, a virtual unknown in North America, Rita Indiana is worth learning more about, if only for her improbable bio. A former fashion mod... Read More...
Cari-Pop Worldwide
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
It's true you reap what you sow; a few months back I gave homie and AfroPop Worldwide producer Wills Glasspiegel some game on dub pioneers who were still amongst the living,... Read More...