Trini Gladiator: How Phife Dawg Influenced Caribbean MCs From Here to Grenada
Bunji Garlin, Jillionaire + more reflect on how A Tribe Called Quest's Five Footer helped spread rap in the islands.
Toppa Top 9: Kardinal Offishall on the Greatest Jamaican MCs
Words by Kardinal Offishall, as told to Jesse Serwer—
With Jamaica 50 on the horizon and our Trini rappers Toppa Top 10 still stirring debate, we've been thinking about how best to large up Jamaica's gre... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Ten Essential Ninjaman Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer, Sherman Escoffery and Spliffington—
Ninjaman is dancehall music's Edgar Allan Poe: dark, brilliant, curiously articulate... and possibly mad. Two weeks ago, the artist born Desmo... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Ten Trini Rappers Besides Nicki Minaj
Words by Jesse Serwer and Rishi Bonneville—
Without a doubt, Saint James, Trinidad native Nicki Minaj is the most influential and accomplished Caribbean-born rapper to come along in many years. But Nic... Read More...
Heds and Dreds: Annotated Tribe Called Quest for the Unseasoned Patois Interpeter
Words by Jesse Serwer
If you know your Jazz from your Rhime, you're probably aware of Phife Dawg's Caribbean roots. Sometimes thought to to be Jamaican due to his love for reggae and patois inflections, ... Read More...