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Heds and Dreds: Slick Rick The Yardie

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Janette Beckman— Slick Rick is easily one of the greatest rappers of Jamaican or Caribbean extraction. Unlike some of his yardie bredren, though, Rick didn't make many ove... Read More...

Viral Video Watch: Belizean James, “No Gold Anything”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Trinidad James leaves himself open to parody in his over-the-top "All Gold Everything" video. Unsurprisingly, as the Trini-born rapper's song and video have blown the hell up these... Read More...

Three The Hard Way: Snoop Lion, Mavado + Popcaan Put Their “Lighters Up”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Just one week after the underwhelming "Here Comes the King," the guy now calling himself Snoop Lion has unleashed the most interesting track thus far from his Reincarnated project.... Read More...

Boricua Beatles: The Ghetto Brothers’ Vintage Puerto Rican Rock

Words by Jesse Serwer— In the South Bronx of the early 1970s, just around the time when Afrika Bambaataa and his Black Spades gang were refocusing their energies into community activism and music, the lead... Read More...

Audio: Hear Pusha T’s Popcaan Collaboration, “Blocka”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Clipse/G.O.O.D. Music rapper Pusha T has been known to spend his Sundays quoting gunman lyrics, drop references to dancehall classics like Nardo Ranks' "Burrup," and generally give... Read More...

Seen: Heavy D Remembered in Photos

Words by Jesse Serwer— A year ago today, the music business lost one of it's all-around good guys and unsung talents in the late Dwight Arrington Myers, a/k/a Heavy D. LargeUp remembered Heavy that day... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Iron Lyon on Buju Banton’s “Champion (Remix)”

Words by Iron Lyon— This week's Throwback Thursdays selector is Miami/NY/Vancouver hip-hop and reggae specialist Iron Lyon. You can catch him each and every Wednesday at One Love Wednesdays at Miami's R... Read More...

Mixed Up: Poirier + Mr. OK’s “Jokma” Video Channels Solange + South Africa

Words by Jesse Serwer— Canadian do-it-all soca/dancehall/hip-hop producer Poirier recently dropped an electric new riddim EP called Kidnap (download it here for free), on which the anthemic "Jokma," from... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Chip Fu, Moombath Claat, Be Right Bass

Words by Jesse Serwer— LargeUp Editor Jesse Serwer here filling in on Mixtape Mondays, while DJ Theory holds down Beijing, Singapore and more on his tour of Asia this week. Taking a slightly different ro... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Pusha T, G.O.O.D. Music’s Top Shotta

Words by Jesse Serwer— Lately, G.O.O.D. Music rapper Pusha T has been quoting torrents of dancehall lyrics on Twitter (from Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel to Chan Dizzy and Demarco) during what he calls... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Resident Alien’s “Mr. Boops”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Prince Paul is known for his work with De La Soul, Gravediggaz, 3rd Bass and Handsome Boy Modeling School but the veteran hip-hop producer is no stranger to Caribbean music, either... Read More...

Hott-Est! Busy Signal’s Toppa Top Tunes

Words by LargeUp Crew— Other artists generate more hype but Busy Signal has, somewhat quietly, been dancehall's most consistent and technically impressive deejay for over a half decade. Whether voicing... Read More...

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