Rockers Hall of Fame: Jimmy Cliff

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Just  a week or two short of his 62nd born-day, Jamaican music and film icon Jimmy Cliff was honored by the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame last month, welcomed aboard by super-fa... Read More...

Mos Dub: the Name Says it All

words by Eddie STATS Houghton How often do 2 syllables speak such volumes? This is exactly what it sounds like, a concept mixtape layering Mos Def raps over slabs of classic rocksteady and rub a dub regg... Read More...

Old Time DJ: African Love on Goldshop

words by Eddie STATS Houghton As promised Gold Shop has dropped part two of their re-issue run of 45s on seminal NY dancehall labels with new 45s originally released on both African Love and Witty's. We'... Read More...

Matzah For I

Words by Martei Korley Synagogue in Bridgeport, Barbados. We at Large Up are by no means the first to recognize the feast of the Passover. However, we definitely wanted to do so, LU-style, with a sele... Read More...

Water Pumping: New Sanchez!

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Touching off in style, a new Sanchez version on the classic Johnny Osbourne vehicle called Water Pumping. Funny,  we were just sitting around the Largeup HQ, arguing about w... Read More...