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Video: Potential Kidd, “Yah Suh Nice”

Words by Jesse Serwer— The biggest, up-from-nowhere success story in dancehall in recent months has been Potential Kidd and his addictive single "Yah Suh Nice," on Natral Enterprise's riddim of the same ... Read More...

Interview: Diplo On The Politics of Outsider Dancehall

Words by Jesse Serwer, Interview by Eddie STATS Houghton— Okayplayer head honcho Eddie STATS Houghton recently sat down with Diplo and Chief Boima of Dutty Artz and Ghetto Bassquake fame for a wide-rangi... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: High Grade Sound, Safari Sound, 45 Shootout x Jah Warrior Shelter

Words by DJ Theory— While some of the LargeUp team is doing just fine in Miami during the WMC festivities (hopefully some of you got to catch the LU x Rice & Peas jumpoff with Mr Vegas last Wednesday... Read More...

Slack Back: Truckback Records’ Sexxxx Tape Trailer

Words by Jesse Serwer— One of our favorite record labels Truckback Records has been claiming to have in its possession a sex tape involving some major dancehall stars. Natalie Storm, Lady Saw, Mr. Lexx a... Read More...

Impressions: LargeUp x Mr. Vegas x Rice and Peas in Miami

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Tono— On Wednesday night, Large Up brought the bashment to Winter Music Conference with the first ever Miami edition of New York's famed Rice and Peas party, featuring a ... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Rudeboy’s Style

Words by Emily Shapiro— Two years ago, Large Up caught up with Hubert Neal Jr., a talented Belizean visual artist who at the time was exhibiting a series of paintings that chronicled police brutality in ... Read More...

Le Quartier Francais: “Y’a quoi, Gwoka?”

Words by Erin MacLeod— Gwo ka means, quite literally, “big drum” in Guadeloupan Kreyol, but the music that is Gwo ka means that and so much more. It means dancing and singing, but it also means history, ... Read More...

Impressions: Sizzla “Unplugged and Acoustics” in Kingston, JA

Words and Photos by Martei Korley— LargeUp doesn't ordinarily report on stage shows but the event billed as "Sizzla Unplugged and Acoustics" was the artist's first show in Jamaica since his much publiciz... Read More...

LargeUp Interview: Q+A with Walshy Fire

Words by Jesse Serwer— A good friend of the LargeUp family and a behind-the-scenes contributor as well, Kingston-born Leighton Paul Walsh, A/K/A Walshy Fire, has been holding down South Florida for a decad... Read More...

‘Number One’ Hit: Gyptian x Gregory Isaacs

Words by Jesse Serwer Gyptian was among the artists who contributed to VP Records' We Remember Gregory Isaacs compilation last year, offering a suitably smooth cover of the Cool Ruler's classic "My Numbe... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Essential Super Cat Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer, DJ Gravy, Sherman Escoffery and Micro Don— It's been 20 years since Super Cat's Don Dada album and street classics like "Ghetto Red Hot" made him most every hip-hop head's favori... Read More...

Live at the BBQ: Nas Performs “The Don” at South by Southwest

Words by Jesse Serwer— Nas' new, Super Cat-sampling banger "The Don" has created quite an uproar—on the radio, on blogs and definitely in the LargeUp offices. We think it's just about the best rap song o... Read More...

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