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LargeUp Premiere: Mr. Vegas feat. Alison Hinds, “Bruk It Down” Soca Remix

Words by Jesse Serwer— Mr. Vegas' "Bruk it Down" has been one of the biggest tunes across the Caribbean this year, and it certainly was a hit with the women of Barbados when Vegas came to visit for the R... Read More...

‘Quiet Anger’: The Bajan Teen Angst of Haleek Maul

Words by Emily Shapiro, via The Fader— Based on his recent interview with The Fader, it appears Haleek Maul has the kind of melodramatic view of the world you can only find in a post-pubescent teen. He t... Read More...

Where deAction Is: Beaches of Barbados Video Series

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Nick Welch— For an island that's only 21 miles long and 14 miles across at its widest point, Barbados has a lot of beautiful beaches, each one a little different from the ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Best Caribbean Street Foods

Words by Jesse Serwer and Jillionaire— Street food has received a trendy makeover over the last few years thanks to the proliferation of boutique food trucks in major US cities, but any seasoned travel... Read More...

Bajan in the Deep: Meet Adele’s Musical Director, Miles Robertson

Words by Emily Shapiro, via News Americas— Among the many mediocre pop performances at the Grammys, the soulful and truly talented Adele stood out with her performance of "Rolling In The Deep." Her first ... Read More...

Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011

Words by Rishi Bonneville— The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...

Good Morning, Barbados: Alison Hinds Shows Matt Lauer How to Wuk Up

Words by Jesse Serwer Matt Lauer from NBC's Today Show recently traveled down to Barbados for the final stop on his annual journey around the globe. In a video currently floating around online, the host ... Read More...

Double Selection: Sean Paul x Alexis Jordan + Rihanna x Wayne Marshall

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Not sure if dancehall is getting more island pop or all pop music is getting now mostly dancehall. Either way Sean Paul seems like he might be back in toppa pop 10 form with... Read More...

S.O.S: Rihanna Is Barbados’ New Tourism Ambassador

Words by Jesse Serwer It's more likely you'll bump into an old high school teacher on the beach in Barbados than one of your bros. It's the mature traveler's Caribbean destination. Which is why its intri... Read More...

Check It Deeply: Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Everybody's talm bout this new video for Rihanna's "Man Down" which debuted on BET last night. Shot in Jamaica--an appropriate backdrop for the pulsing reggae riddim--the vi... Read More...

Q+A with ‘Fire in Babylon’ Director Stevan Riley

Words by Jesse Serwer We've been looking forward for a while to Fire in Babylon, the reggae- and calypso-soundtracked documentary about the history-making West Indies cricket teams of the 1970s and '80s ... Read More...

Bajan Persuasion: Exclusive Interview With Rayvon

Words by Jesse Serwer To the masses, Rayvon is that guy who sang on Shaggy megahits like "Angel" and "In the Summertime." Others may yet confuse him for Rik Rok. Those who followed dancehall in the '90s,... Read More...

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