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Island Exchange: Mr. Vegas Soca Remixes from St. Lucia

Words by Jesse Serwer— Dancehall artists doing soca is such a mixed bag. Sure, Beenie Man and Busy Signal seem to kill every soca rhythm they touch but there's only a handful of other Jamaican deejays wh... Read More...

Boom Wa Dis: Burro Banton Returns

Words by Jesse Serwer— One of the most underrated deejays of the '80s and '90s and even 2000s, Burro Banton hasn't made too many music videos but you can count on the ones he does make to be quite memora... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Spyda the DJ, Stone Love, DJ Maya

Words by Jesse Serwer— The man DJ Theory is sidelined with some symptoms of late winter-itis (look out for him to make a full recovery in time for his gigs at South by Southwest next week, though) this w... Read More...

Impressions: Rasta Queens x Rita Marley x Snoop Dogg

Words by Martei Korley, Photos by BenGee— The granddaughter of the greatest reggae artist, Donisha Prendergast is taking a page out of her granddad's book with her energetic activism. When not busy wor... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Exclusive Premiere of DJ Child & PGM’s “Politrikkks”

Words by DJ Theory— This week for Mixtape Mondays we reconnect with Oakland's DJ Child for another LargeUp exclusive premiere. Child and his Project Groundation Massive brand have been recognized the world... Read More...

Money Changer: Download DJ Theory x Busy Signal’s “Real Spender$” Refix

Words by Jesse Serwer— When he's not holding things down as our Mixtape Mondays columnist, DJ Theory can be found doing some heavyweight mixing of his own, making bigger and bigger moves on the wheels, a... Read More...

Apocalypse Rock: Toppa Top 10 Reggae Armagideon Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer and Sherman Escoffery— The Mayan calendar predicts the world will end this year, or so many people believe, and these fears have inspired at least one forgettable movie. But when ... Read More...

Hi, Rihanna: Federation Sound’s All-Dubplate Rihanna Birthday Mix

Words by Jesse Serwer, via Federation Sound— As you may know, our dude Max Glazer and Rihanna go way back. The Federation Sound boss man was Ms. Fenty's original DJ, playing an instrumental role in the p... Read More...

Redemption Film: “Marley” Trailer + Poster Art

Words by Jesse Serwer— Talk of Academy Award-winning director Kevin MacDonald's Marley documentary has been building for while, and it even had its premiere earlier this month in Berlin. But with its Nor... Read More...

Love Matters: Damian Marley’s “Affairs of the Heart” Video

Words by Nico Simino— Damian Marley dropped a new single (on Valentine's Day) and video (two days later), and never one to be put into a well-defined musical box, this new song has elements of some of his ol... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Reggae Make-Up Songs

Words by Jesse Serwer and Sherman Escoffery Earlier today, we brought you a Toppa Top 10 with some of our favorite reggae/dancehall tunes about breaking up. Well now that you've got all those tears out... Read More...

East of the River Hudson: Tiombe Lockhart x Augustus Pablo

Words by Jesse Serwer— Tiombe Lockhart is smitten. With some lucky fellow, and the music of Augustus Pablo. Or maybe that dude is the departed Augustus himself. Alls we know is that Lockhart, of Brooklyn... Read More...

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