LargeUp TV: 40 Years of Greensleeves Records with Alborosie
Tour the Greensleeves Records archives with Alborosie in this webisode spotlighting the influential English reggae label.
Mixtape Mondays: David Rodigan x Barry G, DJ Yonnie, Thee Mike B
Wrap up 2014 with some historic moments from dancehall history and some tuff new dancehall.
LargeUp Interview: Cocoa Tea on ‘In A Di Red,’ Payola + Being a ‘Slow Leak’ Artist
Words by Sherman Escoffery, Photos by Niketa Thomas—
Calvin Scott, known simply as Cocoa Tea, is a humble singer who once worked as a fisherman. In order to understand his latest album, In A Di Red (ou... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Barrington Levy’s Biggest Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer and Eddie STATS Houghton—
Trouble-double, doooeeeeuuble...sweeng. Shuddally wop, shuddally whoop, whoah-oh-oh...Oooweoo, oooweoo, oowoeeoo-ooweoo, shuddally waddly diddly diddly, ... 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...