Toppa Top 10: Rapper/Deejay Collabos

By Jesse Serwer With Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives set to drop on Tuesday, it only seems right at this moment to look back at all of the important reggae artist/rapper summits that have com... Read More...

Mama Used to Say

Words by Jesse Serwer For my money, British R&B singer Junior Giscombe's "Mama Used to Say" is one of the most crucial—and original—tributes to motherly wisdom, right up there with this and this. Not... Read More...
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Caribbean’s Best Dance Crew?

By Jesse Serwer Photo: Martei Korley Dance crews have played an undeniably massive role in dancehall music for a while now. No Tek Weh Yuh Self, no "Tek Weh Yuh Self," no Gully Creepa, ... Read More...

The Promised Land: From Aswad to Nas

Words by Jesse Serwer As STRONG supporters of the exchange between hip-hop and reggae, we've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives. Proper MC/deejay collabora... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Dancehall Cameos

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Just a little something to start some Friday afternoon office arguments (stop, we know you're not actually working). The main criteria of inclusion on this top 10 is that th... Read More...

Grammy Family?

Words by Jesse Serwer Burning Spear accepting the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2009 Pumped for the Grammy Awards tonight? I'm not. Year after year, Grammy voters continue to prove themselves ou... Read More...

Yabby You, 1946-2010

Words By Jesse Serwer Had it happened any other week, more might have been said about the passing of '70s reggae pioneer Yabby You last Tuesday. But that was the same day the earthquake hit Haiti. News o... Read More...

Samuel Dalembert steps up for Haiti

Words by Jesse Serwer As Large Up's resident basketball head, Gravy asked me to speak a little piece about Samuel Dalembert, the Haitian hoops star who's stepped up MASSIVELY for his homeland these last ... Read More...