Toppa Top 10: Ten Caribbean Producers Who Influenced Hip-Hop
The island-rooted beatmakers behind some of rap's greatest classics.
Double Barrel: Reggae Samples and Hip Hop Classics with DJ Gravy + Corey Chase (Mixtape)
The history of hip-hop is deep with sounds borrowed from Jamaica.
Toppa Top 10: Dip Set x Dancehall
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Jim Jones' latest video features the Diposet-capo-turned-reality-TV-curiosity freestyling over reggae star Christopher Martin's "Cheater's Prayer." Unexpected? Sure. Surprising? ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Reggae Samples In Rap Songs
Words by Jesse Serwer
Hip-hop's been borrowing from reggae since Jamaican-born Kool Herc updated the soundsystem throwdown for his new home in the Bronx. But the reggae references, both sonic and other... Read More...