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Heds and Dreds: Sterling Simms, Nas, Kanye + ’80s Dancehall Samples

Words by Jesse Serwer— This week we're reviving our long-dormant hip-hop x reggae column Heds and Dreds to discuss the growing trend of '80s dancehall samples in rap songs. Remember a few years back w... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Albums

Words by Jesse Serwer, Sherman Escoffery and Edwin STATS Houghton— Dancehall has always been, and always will be, a singles genre. Over the last two decades, only a handful of dancehall artists have op... Read More...

More ‘Culture’: Spragga Benz’s ‘Get that Dough’ Video

Words by Jesse Serwer— Spragga Benz's Shotta Culture album from 2010 was one of the best dancehall albums in recent memory, and it's still bearing fruits. Nearly after two years after the Salaam Remi-pro... Read More...

Video: Nas Brings “The Don” To Life

Words by Jesse Serwer— Nas has been on a roll leading up to his upcoming Life is Good LP, beginning with last summer's invigorating "Nasty" and, most recently, the highly personal "Daughters." It's the S... Read More...

Live at the BBQ: Nas Performs “The Don” at South by Southwest

Words by Jesse Serwer— Nas' new, Super Cat-sampling banger "The Don" has created quite an uproar—on the radio, on blogs and definitely in the LargeUp offices. We think it's just about the best rap song o... Read More...

Audio: Trever Off Key and Chedda “Play the Guitar”

Words by Jesse Serwer— B.O.B.'s "Play the Guitar" (featuring Andre 3000) definitely has one of the best beats of any hip-hop song recently and, like a lot of producer Salaam Remi's hip-hop work, the Bo D... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Max Glazer on Mikey Jarrett’s “Mack Daddy” + Burro Banton’s “Boom Wa Dis”

Words by Max Glazer— For a decade and then some, Federation Sound's Max Glazer has been known all over the world as a great dancehall DJ. But back before that he was a hip-hop journalist, penning memorab... 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...

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...

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...

Throwback Thursdays: DJ Autograph on Grace Jones and Patra’s “Pull Up To The Bumper” + Video Mix

Words by DJ Autograph After Brooklyn's DJ Autograph broke down Snow's "Anything For You" video so eloquently a few weeks back, we brought him on as a regular, monthly contributor to Throwback Thursdays. ... Read More...

Amy In The Sun: The Other (Caribbean) Side of Amy Winehouse

Words by Jesse Serwer Amy Winehouse, who died Saturday at age 27, left as her musical legacy a distinctively modern take on the timeless sound of vintage soul music. Lesser known is that the troubled sin... Read More...

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