Listen to LargeUp’s “Original Thief Ting” Playlist on Apple Music
You've heard the new thing, now hear the real ting.
Playlist of the Week: Listen to “Brooklyn in the ’90s” on Apple Music
These classic tracks will bring you back to a time when Jamaican sounds were blending with hip-hop in New York's outer boroughs.
Back to the Future: Fimber Bravo of 20th Century Steel Band’s Striking New Sound
Children grow and women produce and men go work and some do stealing. Everyone's got to make a living...
At some point you've probably heard these words, sung in a starkly high-pitched male voice, often ... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: French Montana x Nicki Minaj, “Freaks (Mr. Vegas Remix)”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Team Mr. Vegas just hit us off with a double dose of remixes featuring the dancehall star on the hip-hop-meets-bashment banger of the moment, the Doug E. Fresh/Lil Vicious-inspired... Read More...
Watch French Montana + Nicki Minaj’s “Freaks” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
French Montana and Nicki Minaj's "Freaks" is turning out to be kind of like what Kanye's "Mercy" was last year; that high profile hip-hop song keeping dancehall on the radio and in... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Caribbean Hip-Hop Pioneers
Words by Jesse Serwer
If you're familiar with the story of how hip-hop came to be, you've surely come across the detail that the man responsible for starting the whole thing in motion, Clive "DJ Kool... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Rapper/Deejay Collabos
By Jesse Serwer
With Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives set to drop on Tuesday, it only seems right at this moment to look back at all of the important reggae artist/rapper summits that have com... Read More...