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Toppa Top 10: The Best Reggae Tunes of 2013

Words by LargeUp Crew, Photo by Martei Korley— Reggae returned in a big way in 2013, dominating the musical conversation out of Jamaica right from the first week of the year. That was when we named Chr... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Riddims of 2013

Words by DJ Shirkhan and DJ Autograph— Another year has passed with a ton of new riddims being released. As we continue with Toppa Top 10 week (see our dancehall and mixtapes countdowns here and here, ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Singles of 2013

The LargeUp crew breaks down the year's Top 10 dancehall tunes, plus a few more, in our annual singles roundup

Fashion Fridays: Designing Dancehall Deejays

Words by Tami Tsansai— Our LargeUp crew couldn’t help noticing a new phenomenon in dancehall. It seems the business bug has bitten, with a growing number of Jamaican deejays taking charge of their career... Read More...

Wild Apache Rides Again: Watch Supercat’s Surprise Appearance at On Da Reggae Tip

Words by DJ Gravy, Photo by Johnny Nunez (Via Max Glazer's Instagram)— Every year as New York City gears up for Labor Day Weekend, Massive B's Bobby Konders and Jabba along with the Tri State's leading urba... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Jay-Z’s Most Jamaican Moments

Words by Jesse Serwer— Jay-Z is probably not a reggae fanatic. He's definitely never chased the Caribbean market with his music. In fact, he was more than a dozen years into his career before he co-signe... Read More...

‘Money’ Move: Watch Future Soul Diva Tecla’s New Jamaica-Set Video

Words by Tasha Brown— You may be tempted to put Italian-Haitian New Yorker Tecla in a box, associate her with a specific genre, or even call her a Caribbean version of M.I.A. But you’ll need to stop while yo... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Ten Summertime Festivals

Words by LargeUp Crew, Photo by Nicolas LÊ— It's about that time of year when the Caribbean's biggest music acts leave home and hit the road for festival dates around the world. As usual, things kick o... Read More...

Heds & Dreds: A History of Funkmaster Flex + Dancehall

Words by Jesse Serwer— New York radio don Funkmaster Flex recently dropped his first mixtape in a decade, Who You Mad At? Me or Yourself? and he saved the best for last, unleashing a pair of new danceh... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Singles of 2012

Words by LargeUp Crew— For our Top 10 dancehall singles of 2012, we've put together a cross-section of the biggest, most undeniable and ubiquitous tunes of the year, along with some gems we just genu... Read More...

Your Last-Night Soundtrack: The Heatwave’s End-of-the-World Mix

Words by Jesse Serwer— So, we hear there's one night before we all die in a cataclysmic, earth-terminating event predicated thousands of years ago by the Mayan calendar. If you're like this dude, you're ... 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...

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