2012 - Page 46 of 55

Throwback Thursdays: Spliffington on Reel 2 Real’s “Conway”

By Spliffington We're huge fans of Spliffington's artwork and his Out Pon Bail Tumblr (always a great source for rare sound tapes and videos as well as odd photos) so we're glad to have the man on our te... Read More...

Seen and Heard: Protoje’s “Our Time Come” Video + “Who Dem A Program” Audio

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley— Jamaica's Protoje has just dropped a video for one of his best tracks to date "Our Time Will Come," which we're told is not actually a single from his upcom... Read More...

Who Do You Love: Los Rakas x Scheme, “Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero”

Words by Jesse Serwer Oakland's Los Rakas stay getting love from us for consistently throwing dancehall into their eclectic "Panabaynian" rap sound but they've also been known to indulge in the occasiona... Read More...

Impressions: Fi Wi Sinting Culture Festival

Words and Photos by Martei Korley— Impressions is a new regular photo series offering a quick visual snapshot of Caribbean life. Sunday before last, the grounds of Likkle Porty, by beautiful Somerset ... Read More...

Impressions: JARIA’s Reggae Month Clash

Words and Photos by Martei Korley— Impressions is a new regular photo series offering a quick visual snapshot of Caribbean life. The parking lot of Jamaica's National Stadium served as the venue t... Read More...

Ital Snoop: Snoop Dogg’s Top 10 Jamaican Moments

Words by Jesse Serwer— Snoop Dogg has really been soaking up the vibes in Jamaica recently. By now you may have heard that the Doggfather has been recording tracks for his next album, Reincarnated, at ... Read More...

Watch: Heavy D Gets the Documentary Treatment

Words by Jesse Serwer— Heavy D's death in November at age 44 was sudden and surprising, but BET's Centric network has already sprung into action with a documentary celebrating the late MC's life. Be Insp... Read More...

Nature Sounds: Seen and Heard at Dominica Calypso Monarch

Words and Photos by Erin MacLeod— Watching the Calypso Monarch competition in Roseau, Dominica, I couldn't help but think that the antics of a Skerrit Bwoy--what with the role-playing and the dramatics, ... Read More...

Shout-Out: Happy Birthday, Ralph McDaniels

Words by Jesse Serwer— Today we're sending a big birthday shout-out to the man who pioneered the shout-out and one of my personal heroes: "Uncle" Ralph McDaniels. Now, Ralph gets a lot of props for c... 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...

Audio: Trever Off Key and Chedda “Play the Guitar”

Words by Jesse Serwer— B.O.B.'s "Play the Guitar" (featuring Andre 3000) definitely has one of the best beats of any hip-hop song recently and, like a lot of producer Salaam Remi's hip-hop work, the Bo D... Read More...

Real Mas: Costume and Culture at Mas Dominik

Words and Photos by Erin MacLeod— Over the past week, the Eastern Caribbean spent quite a bit of time out in the streets partying. Trinidad and Tobago has, by far, the most famous Carnival, but the islan... Read More...

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