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Toppa Top 10: The Best Fake Reggae Songs

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jesse Serwer Last year, in one of our first ever Toppa Top 10s, we brought you a list of our favorite "fake reggae" tunes. Not "fake reggae" as in Matisyahu or Eminem ... Read More...

Cross De Stage: Cliff-Twang Live at Reggae Sumfest

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Seen A few of our colleagues have been posting on the runnings at Reggae Sumfest. Briefly: Future Fambo killed it, Nicki Minaj got fined for using cuss words, Konshens ... Read More...

The Punany Monologues Part 4: Natalie Storm Talks Dutty

Words by Natalie Storm It has been a minute and a half since we posted we published our last outburst from dancehall queen Natalie Storm. And since the monthly Dutty-Fridays format was disrupted anyway, ... Read More...

Bus Can Dance: BlackGold Crew Demonstrate the “Nobody Canna Cross It”

Words by DJ Gravy, Photo by Georgia Blake If you go to dancehall parties in New York City, you've surely noticed this dance crew called BlackGold. They're seriously out repping their squad like nobody's ... Read More...

Video: Clifton Brown, “Nobody Canna Cross It (Di Bus Can Swim)”

Words by Matei Korley and Jesse Serwer Clifton Brown has the most talked about tune in Jamaica right now but we doubt his name rings too many bells.Β  You see, Brown isn't actually an artist but a rural w... Read More...

Burning & Looting: Top 10 Actual Pirates Of The Caribbean

Words by Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford and Eddie STATS Houghton If you live anyplace which receives TV signals from Earth, you are probably aware that the new Pirates of The Caribbean movie, On Stranger Ti... Read More...

Visual Culture: Jamaica Reggae Film Festival

Words by Jesse Serwer It's been a big year for the intersection of Caribbean music and movies, from the smart reggae-and-calypso soundtrack in British director Stevan Riley's outstanding West Indies cric... Read More...

Up in The Sky: Ziggy Marley Unveils ‘Marijuanaman’ Comic

Words by Eddie Stats Everybody celebrates 4/20 in their own way. You might catch a Collie Buddz show or download a paranoid rap EP and listen to it a hotel room with the shades drawn. Ziggy Marley decide... Read More...

Bare Puppetry: Roger Alexis’ Trini Soap Pupperas Gone Viral

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Whether it takes the form of Vybz Kartel virtual piano-duels or Slap-Chop face-offs, it seems YouTube is where Caribbean diasporic culture lives these days. The latest craze... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Mad Cobra, “Flex”, “Cobrastyle” + More

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Will probably be starting a lot of Throwback Thursday posts off with this phrase, but...remember this joint!? I do. I was in college when it dropped and my West African room... Read More...

The Punany Monologues: Natalie Storm Talks About Sex

Words by Natalie Storm We have been going with this Fashion Fridays thing lately, but today we are going say fuck it and go Dutty Fridayz on you as well. From henceforth on one Friday a month we will be ... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Shimmy Shimmy x Shabba Ranks

Pixels cross the Atlantic at the speed of light (or at least the speed of dial-up) while physical package tek the slow boat. Which is why even though dancehall-friendly Shimmy Shimmy blog launched itself as... Read More...
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