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Foot Soldiers: Mighty Crown x Nike

Words by Emily Shapiro Top-ranking Japanese sound system/musical empire Mighty Crown is celebrating its 20th anniversary with two pairs of new shoes: their fourth and fifth special edition sneakers for N... Read More...

NYC: Win Tickets to See Los Rakas Live at SOBs Saturday (11/19)

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Y'all know we are Los Rakas stans around here. Hell, we are actually naturalized citizens of West Rakastan (henceforth I would like to be referred to as 'Raka Stats.' Not re... Read More...

Beer Sound Nice: A Sound System Made From Recycled Red Stripe Bottles

Words by Jesse Serwer Red Stripe recently contracted artist Yuri Suzuki to create a unique, 8-foot-plus-tall sound sculpture made from thousands of recycled Red Stripe beer cans, many of which were colle... Read More...

The Harder They Fall: Sunshowah Films Makes Its 1st Feature in Jamaica

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Cuccessful Brooklyn-based filmmakers (and friends of LargeUp) Daoud Abeid and Dahkil Hausif--collectively known as Sunshowah Films--recently announced the production of thei... Read More...

Demarco in Maverly

Photo and post by Martei Korley This image is from a session in Marverly, St.Andrew w/ the hit maker Demarco. A completely kicked back afternoon vibe permeated the air; smiles all around. Daddy G.T., the l... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Reggae/Dancehall’s Greatest One-Hit Wonders

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jesse Serwer As with any other nation or genre, the last-half century of Jamaican music, from ska and rocksteady to reggae and dancehall, is littered with hit records ... Read More...

Sweet Deal: Watch Common’s New Video, Support Haitian Relief

Words by Jesse Serwer Common premiered the video for his new single "Sweet" last night on Ustream, as part of a fundraising effort to support Haiti’s recovery from last year’s devastating earthquake. Th... Read More...

Back to the Future: Stream Ward 21’s “Hello Again”

Words by Jesse Serwer What better way to start off the week than with one of the freshest sounding dancehall tunes we've heard all year. "Hello Again," a multi-layered don't-call-it-a-comeback track from... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Poirier, Favi x DJ Santero, Claire Darrow Mosier

Words by DJ Theory Big league business meets up-and-coming talent, East meets West, worlds and genres collide—it must be Mixtape Mondays. This week, Canada, NYC, the Bay and beyond find their way into the m... Read More...

Watch Dem Roll: Sean Paul Bikes Through NYC

Words by Jesse Serwer, via Maxim You may already be aware of Sean Paul's background in competitive water polo (if not, let us tell you) but the deejay is something of an all-around athlete, too. On a rec... Read More...

Seen, Too: Naomi Campbell x Duran Duran in “Girl Panic”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Caribbean beauty often seems to come in a one-two punch to the eye-parts these days and today the coup de grace is delivered by the finisher of all runway finishers; Naomi C... Read More...

Yacht, Club: Stream Rihanna’s “You Da One”

Words by Jesse Serwer Somehow, in between modeling endless bathing suits aboard a yacht during her recent Italian vacation, Rihanna has put the finishing touches on her album Talk That Talk. The advance ... Read More...

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