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Toppa Top 10: The Year’s Best Dancehall Singles

Words by Jesse Serwer, DJ Theory and Emily Shapiro There was no exact science to compiling this list—it's a mixture of the year's biggest dancehall tunes, and some of our personal favorites. By no one'... Read More...

Thanksgiving Throwback: DJ Gravy on Shabba Ranks’ “Trailer Load A Girls”

Words by DJ Gravy This tune—and trailer-filled video—put Shabba on a whole other level, it's one of my favorite records to spin and it's one of Shabba's biggest hooks that's easy to sing along to for yan... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Fake Reggae Songs

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jesse Serwer Last year, in one of our first ever Toppa Top 10s, we brought you a list of our favorite "fake reggae" tunes. Not "fake reggae" as in Matisyahu or Eminem ... Read More...

The LargeUp Interview: Patra Is Still Dancehall’s “Queen of the Pack”

Words by Jesse Serwer Photos by Kevin Ornelas For years, fans of dancehall music have been asking, 'What happened to Patra?' The "Queen of the Pack" was an icon of the early-to-mid '90s with hits li... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Annotated Tribe Called Quest for the Unseasoned Patois Interpeter

Words by Jesse Serwer If you know your Jazz from your Rhime, you're probably aware of Phife Dawg's Caribbean roots. Sometimes thought to to be Jamaican due to his love for reggae and patois inflections, ... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Shimmy Shimmy x Shabba Ranks

Pixels cross the Atlantic at the speed of light (or at least the speed of dial-up) while physical package tek the slow boat. Which is why even though dancehall-friendly Shimmy Shimmy blog launched itself as... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top 10 UK Dub & Reggae Anthems

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford, Gabriel Heatwave and DJ Gravy. All this talk about Gappy Ranks, Reggae Britannia and Rastamouse has got us thinking about how much sterling-quality... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Shabba Ranks “Ting-A-Ling”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, illustration by Jenny Mortsell via FADER From here on out we are dedicating Thursday afternoons to posting throwback videos from your favorite Caribbean artists on LargeUp,... Read More...

Red, Gold & Green: Exclusive Kevin Lyons Interview

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Kevin Lyons is an artist, designer and typographer who's been among the top rankings in New York's visual culture for decades now, blessing Giant Step, 555Soul, Spike Jon... Read More...

Watch Me Now: Ranks & Grotesk

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Seems like everybody is getting inspired by the look and sound of classic dancehall these days and as any graphic designer knows the purest form of flattery is to slap your ... Read More...

Spragga Benz and Friends: “Red Dot Special” x “More Life”

Words By Jesse Serwer We've been telling you about Spragga Benz's upcoming Shotta Culture for a minute; now the LP, Spragga's first since 2000's Fully Loaded, has a release date attached to it: Aug. 31. ... Read More...

2000Tone: Punky Reggae Lives!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton In the recent Shabba issue of FADER I described dancehall like this: " It’s as if the countervailing forces of punk and reggae, which famously clashed on the streets of l... Read More...

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