Throwback Thursdays: Shaggy, Back in the Day
Classic clips from Mr. Lover Lover's early days.
AUDIO: Listen to”Ever Ready,” An Unreleased 1984 Song By Super Cat
The Wild Apache toasts to diamond socks and Clarks booty over a vintage Roots Radics riddim.
LargeUp TV: Winter Music Massive 2015 with Assassin + Tifa
Watch Agent Sasco and Tifa shell down our annual Miami bashment party.
R.I.P: Percussionist Uziah “Sticky” Thompson, 78
Remembering the legacy of the deejay pioneer and percussionist for Lee "Scratch" Perry, Black Uhuru, Grace Jones and Stephen and Ziggy Marley.
Throwback Thursdays: Melodic Yoza on Lt. Stitchie’s “Natty Dread”
"Reggaesoulhop" artist Melodic Yoza shares his fondness for dancehall great Lt. Stitchie, and his classic 1987 video for "Natty Dread."
VIDEO: Busy Signal Freestyles Over ’90s Rap Classics in Uganda in “All For One”
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley— While we're on the topic of big tunes we missed, we just have to pull up and rewind back two weeks to New Year's Day, when perennial LargeUp favorite and all-arou... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Cham + O’s “Bend Down” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Cham—he'll always be Baby Cham to us—doesn't release new music as much as his peers, so you know when he does put something new out, it's going to make a splash. His latest tune wi... Read More...
R.I.P.: Watch The Late Prince Jazzbo’s “Black Shadow” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Word came to us late last night that Prince Jazzbo, one of Jamaican music's pioneering deejays, has passed at age 62 following a battle with cancer. Known for '70s-era toasting class... Read More...
Dancehall Rediscovery: Whatever happened to… Predator?
Words by —Tami Tsansai
We’ve all had moments where a random tune pops into our heads, or we turn the radio on just in time to hear a high school favourite coming at us through the speakers, instantly mak... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Beth Lesser’s Most Essential Foundation Dancehall Tunes
Words and Photo by Beth Lesser—
With her latest book Rub A Dub Style, dancehall historian/photographer and Reggae Quarterly founder Beth Lesser is taking a comprehensive look back at dancehall's emergen... Read More...
Number One Deejay: R.I.P. King Stitt, 1940-2012
Words by Jesse Serwer—
The pioneering deejay King Stitt died Tuesday at age 61, his daughter Beverly Spark said. The first deejay to be captured on record, Stitt, born Winston Sparkes, worked under Count... Read More...