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Throwback Thursdays: Ras Kwame on Eddy Grant’s “Living on the Frontline”

Words by Ras Kwame— Ras Kwame is a legend in Britain's black music scene, one of the original DJs for BBC1Xtra and a pioneer when it comes to the blending of reggae and dancehall with garage and other U.... Read More...

Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011

Words by Rishi Bonneville— The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Books of 2011

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Rishi Bonneville and Erin MacLeod. This list began life as a sort of fall study list, a hand-picked selection of LargeUp-approved assigned reading comprising 2011 titles ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Rum, Part Two

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton I have actually been meaning to put together a follow up to my Top 10 Caribbean rums post almost since it went up. I have been quietly collecting and noting more premium r... Read More...

Area of Brownness: An Indian writer encounters Indian-ness in Guyana

Words by Rishi Bonneville A young English-speaking Indian writer travels halfway across the world to write about another group of English-speaking Indians. In 1964, it was Trinidadian V.S. Naipaul’s pas... Read More...

Heartical: Melanie Fiona, “Like I Love You”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our colleague Shamz over at Okayplayer put us up on this new Melanie Fiona tune. The Guyanese beauty takes a break from her soul (and jazz) grind and gets in touch with her ... Read More...

Northern Soul: Melanie Fiona x Rocawear x Reggae

Words by Jesse Serwer We've been following our girl Melanie Fiona since back when she was voicing Supa Dups-produced one-drop riddims under the name Syren Hall. It's been two years since the lovely, soul... Read More...

Call Me Shams: Slap-Chop and Sham-Wow, Flatbush Style

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford, photo via The Smoking Gun Quite possibly you have seen the Sham-Wow or Slap-Chop promo spots starring motormouth pitchman Vince Schlomi--picture... Read More...

Astro-Guyanese: Eddie Hooper’s Caribbean Space Disco

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Ghetto Bassquake The tropical scientists over at Ghetto Bassquake just put us up on this brilliant reissue from Guyanese soca and soul giant Eddie Hooper, getting space... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Diwali Rhythms!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Rishi Bonneville That's right. We are hitting you with a one-two Indo-Caribbean combination of boomshots, in recognition of the fact that today millions (billions?) of p... Read More...

Good Morn’: John Legend and The Roots Join Forces

Words by J-Rockaz John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew have teamed up on a new project and with a meeting of the musical minds like that, you know the collaboration is sincere. Wake Up! is the name o... Read More...

LARGEUP EXCLUSIVE! Jahdan Blakkamoore’s new mixtape: GLOBAL WARNING!

Posted by DJ Gravy We at Largeup are pleased to present the exclusive stream to Jahdan's new thunderous mixtape, "Global Warning". Check back soon for the free download! WARNING: THIS MIXTAPE IS... Read More...

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