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LargeUp Premiere: Ricky Blaze’s New Single “Lightaz”

Brooklyn's own Fresh Prince, Ricky Blaze has been a player in New York's dancehall scene from a young age. He was making a name for himself at clubs in his teenage years and his hard work and early start ha... Read More...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Ricky Blaze x Talib Kweli, “Down Ass Girl”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Talib Kweli and Ricky Blaze are about as Brooklyn as it gets. But, despite hailing from same neighborhood—Flatbush— the two occupy such different corners of the music spectrum (mat... Read More...

Impressions: Ramajay Mas Band at Mas Camp and Carnival

Photos by Reid Van Renesse— The heart of the annual West Indian American Day Carnival held every Labor Day on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn are the Masquerade, or Mas, bands that take to the road to perf... Read More...

Ital Tune: Tarrus Riley’s Veggie Castle Dubplate

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Brian Derballa— If you're a New Yorker who moves through places like Flatbush and Richmond Hill or a vegetarian who doesn't mind trekking for their Ital fix, you're probab... Read More...

How We Roll: Watch Old Money’s “Dolla Van” Video

Words by Jesse Serwer Mos Def and Talib Kweli made a video in one, but, really and truly, the dollar van doesn't get repped nearly enough in song lyrics, considering its status as the definitive and pref... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: The Flatbush Flavors of Special Ed

Words by Jesse Serwer When Odd Future burst onto the scene last year, journalists and bloggers seemed amazed that kids not yet old enough to get into a club could make sophisticated rap records that were... 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...

Haitian V Makes A Doritos Commercial

Words by Jesse Serwer and J-RockaZ Central Brooklyn, and Flatbush in particular, is probably the only place in the world where at any given moment you can find people from every Caribbean island— Haitian... Read More...

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