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Special Techniques: Winston Riley’s Ten Most Essential Tunes

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by David Corio— As you may have heard, hugely influential and prolific Jamaican producer Winston Riley died last week. As both the producer behind the long-running Techniqu... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Year’s Best Dancehall Singles

Words by Jesse Serwer, DJ Theory and Emily Shapiro There was no exact science to compiling this list—it's a mixture of the year's biggest dancehall tunes, and some of our personal favorites. By no one'... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Albums of 2011

Words by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley Now that Christmas is over and 2012 is nearly upon us, we've finally gotten around to taking stock of all that's happened this year. For the rest of this week an... 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: Supa Dups’ Top 10 Jamerican Collaborations

Selections by Supa Dups, Words by LargeUp Not long ago, we premiered a pair of new tunes from Black Chiney Orchestra or, as they're also known, D.A. & the Supa Dups—as in D.A. Wallach of Chester Fr... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Annotated Tribe Called Quest for the Unseasoned Patois Interpeter

Words by Jesse Serwer If you know your Jazz from your Rhime, you're probably aware of Phife Dawg's Caribbean roots. Sometimes thought to to be Jamaican due to his love for reggae and patois inflections, ... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: DJ Autograph on Snow’s “Anything For You (All-Star Cast Remix)”

Words by DJ Autograph We know Brooklyn-based DJ Autograph for holding down the NYC version of Jamaica's Brand New Machine party alongside Max Glazer, Wyteboy Chris and the Deadly Dragon crew, but when we... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Reggae/Dancehall Songs About New York

Words by Jesse Serwer, Selections by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley It's "Caribbean Week" in New York City right now and, with the weather hotting up, the days growing longer, and the clothes on women gr... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Beres Hammond Classics

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley and Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley. Beres at New York Reggae Festival, Coney Island '94 Trying to win a Caribbean woman's heart? You'll probably want ... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Buju Banton “Wanna Be Loved” / “Murderer”

Words and photo by Martei Korley Buju Banton and 'Til Shiloh Band holds court at The Madison Square Garden's Theatre in '95 Buju Banton blazed onto the scene in '92, completely obliterating the compet... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Penthouse Records, Teflon, DJ Arems + More

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you are Trini, Dominican, Haitian, Colombian or just like to get mad you are probably suffering from an extended Carnival hangover this Monday, which means you might need... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Buju, Busta, Vybz, Stone Love and More

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Welcome to our weekly Oscars of mixtape culture: Three nominees, three winners and one category: sound editing! Stone Love Movement, Top Ah Top Buju Banton mix (via Cutla... Read More...

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