PREMIERE: Stylo, Happy Colors & Los Rakas’ Pan-Caribbean Banger “123”
Merengue, dancehall, dembow and trap come together on this pan-Caribbean banger.
Throwback Thursdays: Faybiene Miranda’s “Prophecy”
Words by Martei Korley—
About two weeks ago the weeks ago, the reggae community lost a very significant contributor in Sister Faybiene Miranda. Renowned in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn as one of the ... Read More...
Top Honors: Mariano Rivera Does Panama Proud
Words by Jesse Serwer—
With the regular season of Major League Baseball coming to an end, we just had to LargeUp the greatest closer in baseball history, Mariano Rivera, as he heads into retirement follo... Read More...
TONIGHT: Los Rakas, New Kingston + The Encyclopedia of Reggae on The LargeUp Sessions
Words by LargeUp Crew—
We've got a whole heap of guests stopping by the LargeUp Sessions on RadioLily.com tonight: Los Rakas, New Kingston and author Mike Alleyne. Though they come from very different pl... Read More...
Ground Provisions: Jamaican and Panamanian Food Meet in Vermont?
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Matthew Thorsen—
If you're going to open a Jamaican spot in an area best known for winter sports and ski slopes, you've got to call it Cool Runnings, right? That's just ob... Read More...
Brown is Beautiful: Los Rakas Large Up Las Morenas On “Africana”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
"Si las mujeres mas buenas son las morena," Los Rakas' Raka Rich suggests on "Africana," the latest single from the Panamanian duo from out of California's Bay Area. Non-Spanish sp... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Los Rakas Rep JA + Oscar Grant with “Hablemos Del Amor”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
You might be asking yourself right now: Los Rakas rep JA? Ain't they those Panamanian dudes from the Bay? Yes, but they've just hopped on the brand-new riddim called Rep JA, from t... Read More...
Video: Ski Beatz feat. Los Rakas, “Mr. Miyagi”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
We've been doing our part to spread the Panabaynian gospel of Los Rakas for a while now and it seems that more and more people are catching on to what the duo of Rakas Dun and Rico... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: El Chombo’s “El Gato Volador”
Words by Wayne Marshall—
While Panama is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of dancehall reggae en español, Puerto Rico gets credit for eating up the faithful versions of Panamanian artists like Na... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Albums of 2011
Words by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley
Now that Christmas is over and 2012 is nearly upon us, we've finally gotten around to taking stock of all that's happened this year. For the rest of this week an... Read More...
Now Things: Talking Global Caribbean Sounds with Chicago’s MC Zulu
Words by Erin MacLeod
Photo by Jessica Flavin
Chicago is not really known as a hotbed of Caribbean music, but the Windy City’s MC Zulu has been pumping out some of the most interesting tropical tunes fo... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Caribbean Baseball Players
Words by Jesse Serwer
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is set for tonight in Phoenix and--no shocker to anyone--the Dominican Republic is well-represented on both the American and National League ... Read More...