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El Juidero: New Rita Indiana LP & Video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Dutty Artz Speaking of the Dominican invasion, remember when we put you up on Rita Indiana? Well she just dropped an a new full length album called El Juidero and it is... Read More...

Mas Appeal: Dalton Narine Puts Carnival on the Silver Screen

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you weren't checking for the New York International Film Festival this summer, you probably haven't seen Mas Man, Dalton Narine's documentary on award-winning designer of... Read More...

Corner Stones: New Meta and The Cornerstones Video

Words by DJ Gravy, photo by Abby Ross So you may have seen our last post on the Senegalese reggae singer Meta Dia when we showcased his music video, "Somewhere In Africa." This time he's back with anoth... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Now Things with Maluca

A LargeUp Exclusive Webisode - Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos by Martei Korley. Video by Martei Korley, edited by Noah Workman. We decided to launch our new Now Things series--focusing on cutting ... Read More...

Just For Fun: Trevor Off-Key’s Dancehall Parodies

Words by Martei Korley In the often gritty, serious AND cartoonish dancehall world, Trevor Off-Key takes a somewhat different approach--no less cartoonish, though. Seemingly honing an ambition to become ... Read More...

Good Morn’: John Legend and The Roots Join Forces

Words by J-Rockaz John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew have teamed up on a new project and with a meeting of the musical minds like that, you know the collaboration is sincere. Wake Up! is the name o... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Forever Summer + Weekend Mixtape Roundup

Words by Jesse Serwer Fall has officially set in here in NYC. Trees are going brown, snorkels are being worn and summer is sinking deeper into the rearview mirror of a vehicle headed for an inevitable co... Read More...

Is This Love: Bilal x Bob Marley x VTech

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via VTech Phone and gadget-manufacturer VTech recently premiered this exclusive video of neo-soul veteran Bilal covering Bob Marley's immortal tune "Is This Love" on their ... Read More...

2000Tone: Wayne Lotek x Prince Jammy

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Seen Wayne Lotek--Australia-based rudie, Roots Manuva collaborator, producer of 2009 Mercury prize winner Speech Debelle and the evil genius behind the recent Dead Rast... Read More...

Rock is cool: Miike Snow goes to Jamaica

Words by Martei Korley Swedish rockers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg were childhood friends and grew up playing in bands and working on various projects in studios throughout Göteborg (that’s Goth... Read More...

Media Watch: Musical Youth on TV One’s ‘Unsung’

Words by Jesse Serwer Most everyone knows Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie" (even Homer Simpson's referenced it) but few have any idea what happened to the British-Jamaican kid group after their 1982 sm... Read More...

Top Honors: Alan “Skilly” Cole

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Former Jamaican footballer Alan Cole, better known as Skill or Skilly, was honored by the Jamaican Football Federation last week on the occasion of FIFA president Joseph Sep... Read More...