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LargeUp TV: Tarrus Riley + Johnny Osbourne Nice Up Miss Lily’s

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos and Video by Lucas Alvardo-Farrar — Miss Lily's Variety, the next-door annex of downtown NYC's favorite Jamaican eatery and the home of RadioLily, celebrated its one-yea... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Johnny Osbourne, Red Fox + Screechy Dan Meet The Roots

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by N. Corren Conway Coming into December's Okayplayer Holiday Jam, we had quite the task before us. Last year we brought out Shaggy and Patra, among others, for an all-star s... Read More...

No Ice Cream Video: Watch Major Lazer’s “Jah No Partial” Featuring Johnny Osbourne

Words by Jesse Serwer— When Major Lazer dropped "Jah No Partial" in October, featuring its sample of Johnny Osbourne's "Mr. Marshall," we wondered how this would benefit one of our favorite artists of al... Read More...

Inna Dubstep Style: Major Lazer Meets Johnny Osbourne on “Jah No Partial”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Amidst hyping their upcoming Free the Universe single, Major Lazer has revealed that the tune features vocals from none other than our friend, "Dancehall Godfather" and one of Jama... Read More...

An Exorcism In Dub: Scientist, Roots Radics + Johnny Osbourne Purify BB Kings

Words by Sherman Escoffery, Photos by Richard Rose— "I want blood" was the theme of the evening Friday night at BB King's in NYC, and trust me, it was a bloodfire show. Roots Radics, with Scientist at... Read More...

LargeUp Interview: Talking Dub and Vampires with Scientist

Words by Kieran K. Meadows— As part of the Dub Champions Festival taking place in New York City, dub pioneer and mixing engineer Scientist will reunite tonight with the legendary Roots Radics Band to p... Read More...

GIVEAWAY: Win Tix to See Scientist + Roots Radics In NY

Words by LargeUp Crew— In what is sure to be the highlight of next week's Dub Champions festival in NYC, Scientist and the Roots Radics Band are set to meet on stage Friday, Sept. 21, for what we think m... Read More...

No Ice Cream Tee: Johnny Osbourne Reps LargeUp

Words by LargeUp Crew— Johnny Osbourne, Luciano and the man called Downbeat the Ruler, Tony Screw, stopped by the Sound Liberation Front's fourth and final Coney Island Reggae Beach Party of 2012 on Sund... Read More...

Zeen?: No Ice Cream Sound Issue #3

Words by Jesse Serwer Susannah Webb is the DJ known as The Large (check her latest mix, Neva Soft) and the gyal behind T-shirt line/blog Shimmy Shimmy. She also produces the world's first and only public... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Reggae Make-Up Songs

Words by Jesse Serwer and Sherman Escoffery Earlier today, we brought you a Toppa Top 10 with some of our favorite reggae/dancehall tunes about breaking up. Well now that you've got all those tears out... 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...

Water Pumping: New Sanchez!

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Touching off in style, a new Sanchez version on the classic Johnny Osbourne vehicle called Water Pumping. Funny, we were just sitting around the Largeup HQ, arguing about w... Read More...

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