For OkayAfrica's latest Player Xchange, our channel partners linked up Brooklyn-based dancehall producer extraordinaire Dre Skull— the man behind numerous Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, and Snoop Lion joints, and th... Read More...
Words by The Large—
With Deejay Theory out in the wilds of Mendocino, California, at the Northern Nights Festival, we tapped London-based selectress The Large (of music website/clothing brand Shimmy Shim... Read More...
In dancehall, there is a dance for pretty much every word, action and emotion in existence. You've got "difficult," "sufferer," "confused," even "shovel." One could probably speak in full sentences using on... Read More...
Words by Jesse Serwer, via The Fader—
Last week, we brought you the world premiere of the first tune from Dre Skull's Loudspeaker riddim, Machel Montano's "Go Down." A few days on and we now have Popcaan... Read More...
Words by Jesse Serwer—
For his new Loudspeaker riddim, Dre Skull of Mixpak Records and Vybz Kartel's Kingston Story fame has connected with none other than the reigning Groovy and Power Soca monarch, Mac... Read More...
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Dre Skull and Mixpak Records have an excellent new riddim called Loudspeaker on the way May 22, and they've just released this clip hosted by our bredrin Walshy Fire as a preview o... Read More...
Words by DJ Theory
Monday comes around every week and just as sure as the sun will shine, we're back with some new mixes to nice up your week from the depths of Brooklyn, Jamaica and London. Brighten up.... Read More...
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Vybz Kartel's new Dre Skull-produced LP Kingston Story drops tomorrow and LargeUp got the greenlight from Dre and his Mixpak records crew to premiere the first track from t... Read More...
Words by Dre Skull
This week we're passing the Throwback Thursdays baton to the first of many guest video selectors we'll be tapping for expert recommendations in this space: Dre Skull. The owner of ecle... Read More...
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mixpak
I don't want to boast (much) but I was just in Jamaica, parring with Vybz Kartel and Brooklyn producer Dre Skull as they prepared to release their summer album p... Read More...