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Visual Culture: Jamaican Dancehall Signs From the Collection of Maxine Walters

Words by Jesse Serwer— For the last 12 plus years, Jamaican film and TV producer Maxine Walters—she's had her hand in most every major movie shot in JA over the last three decades, from The Mighty Quinn ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Classic Reggae Break-Up Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer, DJ Gravy and Sherman Escoffery Valentine's Day is a time for love, but, for many of us, it's also a time for noting the absence of love. With this in mind, we're taking a different... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Jamaican Country Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer Today sees the release of Reggae Gone Country, VP Records' compilation featuring Busy Signal, Beres Hammond, Freddie McGregor and other Jamaican artists covering country and western... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Reggae Samples In Rap Songs

Words by Jesse Serwer Hip-hop's been borrowing from reggae since Jamaican-born Kool Herc updated the soundsystem throwdown for his new home in the Bronx. But the reggae references, both sonic and other... Read More...

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