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Double Agent: 77Klash Meets Ari Up and James Bond

Words by Jesse Serwer 77Klash has just offered a little taste of what his upcoming EP Kill Joy will sound like, and... it sounds good! "Kill Them With Love," also prominently featured in the movie short... Read More...

LargeUp TV: The Jolly Boys Cover Amy Winehouse in NY

Words by Jesse Serwer, Video and Photo by Georgia Blake We've been on one of our regular Amy Winehouse kicks ever since we first heard her reggae version of "Our Day Will Come" (Go here for our story, "A... Read More...

Don Dadaism: Watch Major Lazer’s “Original Don” Video

Words by Jesse Serwer Now, here's an entertaining video that is sure to inspire all sorts of conflicting responses. "Original Don," the first single from Major Lazer's upcoming sophomore LP, is based aro... Read More...

Double Trouble: Watch KRS-One’s Video for the Mad Lion-Produced “Aztechnical”

Words by Jesse Serwer In the early '90s, KRS-ONE introduced us to Mad Lion, producing his classic "Take It Easy" and bringing the gruff deejay into the fold of Boogie Down Productions. The pair would con... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Ini Kamoze’s “Hot Stepper” x 2 (RIP Fattis)

Words by Jesse Serwer We've decided to bust out the ORIGINAL video for Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper" (not that fancy-pants later video with with all of the scenes from Pret-a-Porter) but we're... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Obama Rockin’ with Ikon Tyquan

Words, Photos and Video by Martei Korley I first met "Tyquan Di Girl Dem Ikon" when he was just a skinny youth hanging out at the Sandhurst Hotel in Kingston's Barbican neighborhood, Summer 2006. I pass... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Jimmy Cliff at Miss Lily’s Variety, Pt. 2

Words by Jesse Serwer:::Photo by Kevin Ornelas:::Video by Martei Korley and Kevin Ornelas In the second in our series of clips from Jimmy Cliff's performance inaugurating the "Radio Lily" series at Miss ... Read More...

Video: Watch Kreyol MC Bennchoumy’s “Nou Sou Wout (We’re on the Road)”

Words By Nico Simino Haitian emcee Bennchoumy, who is fairly new on the scene, recently dropped a video for his single "No Sou Wout" (On the Road). The video, which looks like it might of been filmed amo... Read More...

Jimmy Cliff and Salman Rushdie at Miss Lily's Variety

LargeUp TV: Jimmy Cliff at Miss Lily’s Variety

Words by Jesse Serwer:::Photo by Kevin Ornelas:::Video by Martei Korley and Kevin Ornelas As we informed you earlier this week, our favorite downtown restaurant Miss Lily's held a little party Monday nig... Read More...

Creation Story: ‘The First Rasta’ Sails to America

By DJ Gravy French reggae historian Hélène Lee's documentary The First Rasta (or Le Premier Rasta) tells the story of Leonard Howell, the well-travelled Jamaican activist who founded the original Rasta s... Read More...

Roots Reggae: Jimmy Cliff X The Roots Live at Highline Ballroom

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you enjoyed Jimmy Cliff's appearance with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, then your head would surely have exploded had you been in the house... Read More...

Video: Watch I-Octane’s “Informer A Work”

Words by Jesse Serwer Arguably the most consistent and certainly one of the most prolific new reggae/dancehall artists to emerge from Jamaica recently, I-Octane is having a big year. Having built up a so... Read More...