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Fashion Fridays: Popcaan x Mixpak Records Tees

Words by Emily Shapiro— In 2011, dancehall artist Popcaan supplied us with a ton of hits and proved he was a solo artist with staying power. And he's hit the ground running in 2012, releasing both a video ... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Assassin, Murlo, The Heatwave, Blessed Coast

Words by DJ Theory— As we get deeper into winter, Mixtape Mondays is bringing more fire to keep your home, office and iPod nice and warmed up. With a Showtime-heavy mix from JA, a "clean" one from London... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Top Dancehall Riddims of 2011

Words by DJ Autograph and Hanna Herbertson— For our last countdown looking back at the highlights of 2011, we had LargeUp contributor/Brooklyn selector DJ Autograph and choreographer (and now a DJ, too... Read More...

Hot This Year: Watch Popcaan’s “Only Man She Want” Video + Stream “Get Gyal Easy”

Words by Emily Shapiro— In 2011, Portmore native Popcaan went from Vybz Kartel sidekick on “Clarks” to dancehall superstar. He released hits like “Raving” and “Clean” and now in the first week of 2012, he... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Year’s Best Dancehall Singles

Words by Jesse Serwer, DJ Theory and Emily Shapiro There was no exact science to compiling this list—it's a mixture of the year's biggest dancehall tunes, and some of our personal favorites. By no one'... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Runnings, November 2011

Words by Gabriel Heatwave Where to start this month? How about with the artist who is leading the way for UK bashment as we approach 2012: Stylo G. Stylo joined The Heatwave on our radio show last mon... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Ma’ting x Popcaan

Words by Erin Hansen European and Jamaican creative unions seem to be a recurring theme these days. In the latest example, Swiss culture brand Ma’ting has drawn the affections of dancehall’s Portmore Emp... Read More...

To The World: CNN Discovers Dancehall

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Not long ago we put you up on the Vybz & Popcaan-inspired dance routine on Canada's answer to So You Think You Can Dance. Well come to find out, we weren't the only ones... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Pan-Caribbean Anthems of 2010

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos via FADER This started out as a list of the biggest Caribbean jams of the year--like the top dancehall, soca, merengue, et cetera songs all thrown in a bag together.... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Reggae Singles of 2010

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Vybz Kartel x Clarks, Round II

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via The Guardian Intrepid Large Up contributing editor Jesse Serwer just ran some financials on the Vybz/PopCaan/Clarks phenomenon we recently reported on, and then ran dow... Read More...

Wah Gwaan, Popcaan: Download “Hot Skull Fry Yiy Boil Brainz”

Words by Jesse Serwer Vybz Kartel protege Popcaan—looking more and more like the breakout star of the season in Jamaica as "Clarks" continues to gain legs—dropped his first mixtape, Hot Skull Fry Yiy Boil ... Read More...

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