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Special Techniques: Winston Riley’s Ten Most Essential Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by David Corio— As you may have heard, hugely influential and prolific Jamaican producer Winston Riley died last week. As both the producer behind the long-running Techniqu... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Top Dancehall Riddims of 2011

Words by DJ Autograph and Hanna Herbertson— For our last countdown looking back at the highlights of 2011, we had LargeUp contributor/Brooklyn selector DJ Autograph and choreographer (and now a DJ, too... Read More...

LargeUpTV: 2011’s Toppa Top 10 Dancehall Dances

Words by Emily Shapiro:::Photos and Video by Kevin Ornelas:::Choreography Direction by Korie Genius— Here at Large Up, we wanted to make sure that you hit the New Year’s Eve Bashment parties in style.... Read More...

Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011

Words by Rishi Bonneville— The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...

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...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Albums of 2011

Words by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley Now that Christmas is over and 2012 is nearly upon us, we've finally gotten around to taking stock of all that's happened this year. For the rest of this week an... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The LargeUp Last-Minute Gift Guide, Holiday 2011

Words by Jesse Serwer If you're anything like us, you save your holiday gift shopping for the last minute. Like on-the-way-to-the-folks-Christmas-Eve last minute. Although if you're anything like the m... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten NBA Ballers From The Caribbean

Words by Jesse Serwer Finally... it's basketball season. After nearly two months of cancelled games, the NBA lockout is over. The end couldn't have come soon enough—this winter was starting to look l... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Books of 2011

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Rishi Bonneville and Erin MacLeod. This list began life as a sort of fall study list, a hand-picked selection of LargeUp-approved assigned reading comprising 2011 titles ... Read More...

Bad Gal Business: A History of Island-Flavored Bashment Bangers From Rihanna

Words by Jesse Serwer Rihanna has had an interesting career trajectory, as far as her connection to the Caribbean. Released at the tail end of the early-2000s dancehall explosion, her debut album Mus... Read More...

Give Thanks: Toppa Top 10 Reggae Thanksgiving Songs

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley, Sherman Escoffery and Jesse Serwer. Let's face it, there is probably a top 10 reggae songs for every theme and every day of the calendar year but no occa... 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...