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Toppa Top 10: The Ten Best Bob Marley Covers

Words by Raine Martin and Jesse Serwer— As we celebrate Bob Marley's 68th birthday today, here's a look at some of the best cover versions of Bob's songs. Many have tried, and few have succeeded but he... Read More...

LargeUp Premiere: Beenie Man + Kantana’s “Hustlas” Video

Words by Jesse Serwer— Producer Khabir "Kabs" Bonner of Grillaras Productions just sent over the new video for "Hustlas (Redzilla Remix)," featuring the King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, and the conside... Read More...

Bomb A Drop: Watch Busy Signal’s “Everybody Turn Artiste” Video

Words By Sherman Escoffery-- Maybe it was the five months that Busy Signal spent incarcerated outside of Jamaica which made him reflect on how many waste individuals he had to coexist with in the music f... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Skratch Bastid on Beenie Man’s “Memories”

Words by DJ Skratch Bastid— Something slightly different this week on Throwback Thursdays. Toronto turntablist DJ Skratch Bastid traces the roots of Beenie Man's "Memories" back to soul man Jerry Butler an... Read More...

Toppa Top 15: Edward Seaga Selects 15 Jamaican Music Classics

Words by Edward Seaga, Daddy Lion Chandell, Donald Clive Davidson and Roy Black— Whatever your views of Edward Seaga's politics, his contributions to Jamaica's dynamic music industry are indisputable. ... Read More...

King Back: Watch Beenie Man’s “Dweet Again” Video

Words by Emily Shapiro, Photo by Martei Korley— For many of us, Labor Day weekend is full of excitement and stimulation. There’s parties and parades and then Tuesday hits and we are forced to face the re... Read More...

Zagga Zow: Happy Birthday, Beenie Man

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley— Thirty-nine years ago today in Kingston, Anthony Moses Davis was born. To mark the occasion, we've dug out this never-before-seen image of Beenie, with his ... Read More...

You Rate It: Kgnston feat. Beenie Man, “5 Cent”

Words by Jesse Serwer— You never know who you'll run into at the mall in Kingston— perhaps Kingston herself. Wait, we mean Kgnston. LargeUp was getting a meal at the food court in the Sovereign Mall in L... 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...

Rum Wars, Pt. 2: The World’s Most Expensive Rum

Words by Jesse Serwer— A couple weeks ago we brought you word of Appleton Estate's Jamaica Independence Reserve, a 50-year, $5,000 bottle of rum produced to commemorate next month's 50th anniversary of J... Read More...

Video: Beenie Man, “Hot Like Fire”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Dre Skull and Mixpak Records aren't playing around when it comes to hyping this summer's Loudspeaker riddim. Just a week after releasing the first video, for Popcaan's "The System,... Read More...

Reggae Noir: Colin Channer Selects 10 Dark Reggae Classics

Words by Colin Channer— Author of books such as Waiting In Vain and the founder of Jamaica's renowned Calabash Literary Festival, Colin Channer's latest act was curating and editing Akashic Books' Kingst... Read More...

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