I’m Okay: Red Bull x Jamaica

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Seen Just read Seen quoting the Jamaica Observer quoting Red Bull spokesmon William Mahfood about the new $25 million (JA, I'm assuming) studio-and-loft complex that the ... Read More...

Vado x Mavado = “M.O.V.A.D.O.”

Words by Jesse Serwer Image jacked from The Fader "Vado!" "Huhhhhhhhh" "No, I mean Mavado." We can only imagine how confusing the session for "M.O.V.A.D.O.," Harlem rapper Vado's new collaboration wi... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Diwali Rhythms!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Rishi Bonneville That's right. We are hitting you with a one-two Indo-Caribbean combination of boomshots, in recognition of the fact that today millions (billions?) of p... Read More...

Reggae Rajahs: Future Sound of India

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton   When I interviewed Beenie Man for the first time around 2004 I asked him about where he’d traveled to do shows on his recent tours and he answered “to the world an... Read More...
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2000Tone: Punky Reggae Lives!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton In the recent Shabba issue of FADER I described dancehall like this: " It’s as if the countervailing forces of punk and reggae, which famously clashed on the streets of l... Read More...

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...

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...