LargeUp Premiere: Watch Blakkamoore + Snoop Dogg ‘Get Down Tonight’
An animtated video from the artist formerly known as Jahdan.
LargeUp Premiere: Tour De Force feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore, “Pool Party”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
It's safe to assume that producers and deejays will still be re-cutting and voicing Sleng Teng in 2085. King Jammy's game-changing 1985 digital dancehall riddim, as primal and basic ... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Jahdan Blakkamoore + Illuminati Congo, “Queen of the Forest”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
It's been three years since he dropped his last album Babylon Nightmare but Jahdan Blakkamoore has been keeping real busy. The frequent Major Lazer collaborator was one of the princi... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Ten Artists You Might Not Know Are Guyanese
These acts are repping the #GT massive, from the U.K. to Canada and Barbados.
Back to Blakkamoore: Snoop Lion Collaborator Jahdan Goes Unplugged
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Popcaan and Mavado are billed as featured artists on the latest Snoop Lion single "Lighters Up," but astute listeners will note an un-billed Jahdan Blakkamoore figures just as prom... Read More...
Three The Hard Way: Snoop Lion, Mavado + Popcaan Put Their “Lighters Up”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Just one week after the underwhelming "Here Comes the King," the guy now calling himself Snoop Lion has unleashed the most interesting track thus far from his Reincarnated project.... Read More...
Video: Watch Snoop Lion’s “La La La”
Words by DJ Gravy—
As you've probably heard, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg recently took his career in a radical new direction, inspired by reggae, Bob Marley and the message of Rastafari. Snoop spent some tim... Read More...
Heds and Dreds, Pt. 2: Exclusive Interview with Smif-n-Wessun
Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Fubz
Yesterday, we launched our new "Heds and Dreds" column by breaking down Smif-n-Wessun's contributions to the cultural exchange between hip-hop and regg... Read More...
Heds and Dreds: Smif-n-Wessun and the Caribbean Influence on Hip-Hop
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Fubz
For as long as I've been on the LargeUp team, we've discussed launching a column that would highlight Caribbean music's influence on hip-hop. It's a topic we've touc... Read More...
New Video for Jahdan “All Comes Back to One” Bobos Remix
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Label/Production crew the Lustre Kings wisely dropped a stand-alone video for this Bobos remix of Jahdan's "All Comes Back to One," our favorite off the remix EP that also f... Read More...
LargeUp TV: Diplo in Kingston, Jamaica
A LargeUp Exclusive Webisode - Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Photos and Video by Martei Korley.
Unless you been living under an internet-sized rock, you’re probably already aware of Wesley “Diplo” Pentz... Read More...
Rockamoore: New Jahdan Video “All Comes Back to One”
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via FADER
Jahdan Blakkamoore, easily the hottest artist making reggae outside Jamaica right now--and one of the hottest, period--just premiered his new video "All Comes Bac... Read More...