November 2011 - Page 4 of 5

Seen: Zoe Saldana X Gucci at the LACMA Gala

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Prima Dominicana Zoe Saldana turned a lot of heads earlier this week with her red carpet wears at the LACMA film + art gala, sponsored by Gucci and held in honor of Clint Ea... Read More...

Hard Drugs: Gregory Isaacs Talks Coke Addiction In PSA

Words by Jesse Serwer November is Drug Awareness Month in Jamaica, and the campaign has what some may consider a surprising spokesman: the late Gregory Isaacs. The Cool Ruler, who passed away last Octobe... Read More...

Free Cuba: Preview Gilles Peterson’s New Havana Cultura Comp + Free MP3 Download

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Havana Cultura: The Search Continues The new 2-disc sequel to Gilles Peterson's original Havana Cultura compilation of Cuban sounds from --is now ready for insertion in your... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: DJ Autograph on Colin Lucas’ “Dollar Wine”

Words by DJ Autograph The year was 1991. A pre-pubescent DJ Autograph, thinking it would be fun, convinced his mom to let him participate in Jamaica Junior Carnival. All my friends were doing it so, na... Read More...

Now Things: Talking Global Caribbean Sounds with Chicago’s MC Zulu

Words by Erin MacLeod Photo by Jessica Flavin Chicago is not really known as a hotbed of Caribbean music, but the Windy City’s MC Zulu has been pumping out some of the most interesting tropical tunes fo... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Remembering The Big Belly Gorgon, Heavy D

Words by Jesse Serwer Yesterday came the sad word that Dwight Errington Myers—Heavy D—died suddenly at the young age of 44. The news stings on several levels. Coming up on hip-hop in New York in the la... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Fake Reggae Songs

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jesse Serwer Last year, in one of our first ever Toppa Top 10s, we brought you a list of our favorite "fake reggae" tunes. Not "fake reggae" as in Matisyahu or Eminem ... Read More...

Open The Door!

Photo and post by Martei Korley As Richie Spice sang in his Bobby Digital produced song from his hit album, "In the Streets to Africa" we found these doors in Upper St. Andrew; loved them for their beauty,... Read More...

Seen and Heard: Jimmy Cliff in GQ’s Music Issue

Words by Jesse Serwer, via GQ If you've thumbed your way through GQ's music issue currently on newsstands, you might have noticed Jimmy Cliff included among a section devoted to music industry "survivors... Read More...

British Bonnet: Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Sauce Goes Home to Jamaica

Words by Jesse Serwer, via the Jamaica Observer If you've been to England recently and were surprised to find Jamaican-style jerk sauce on your table at the pub or prominently displayed at the supermarke... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Tribe Of Kings, DJ Stakz Hi-Profyle, Zulu

Words by DJ Theory Alright, I'm back on land and back to work here, ready to drop on you another breezy chapter of Mixtape Mondays. This week we have some big mixes and global heat from San Diego, London and... Read More...

Cinema Antilles: The Flatbush Film Fest Goes Francophone

Words by Jesse Serwer CariBBeing's Fl@tbush Film Festival, a month-long series of weekend screenings which launched last Friday at MoCADA in Brooklyn (in Fort Greene, however, not Flatbush), switches loc... Read More...

Monthly Archives November 11, 2011