Toppa Top ’14: The Most Essential Dancehall Singles of 2014
Spice and Popcaan top our list of the year's biggest and baddest dancehall tunes.
Frequent Flyer: Ricky Blaze teams up with Kranium & Shaggy on “Overrated”
Ricky Blaze combines with the veteran Shaggy and new star Kranium for one of the biggest tunes we've been pulling up at the LargeUp headquarters lately
LargeUp Premiere: Watch Gyptian’s “Stunta” Video
Gyptian unveils the video for his tune on Ricky Blaze's summer-epitomizing Uptown Julie riddim.
LargeUp Premiere: Ricky Blaze’s “N3xt Lin3”
The Brooklyn producer/singer's latest features a stripped-down reggae sound with a dash of R&B.
LargeUp Premiere: OMI + Ricky Blaze’s “Cheerleader (Remix)” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
We featured OMI's original "Cheerleader" video back in 2012—the impeccably catchy pop-reggae track came out of nowhere and captured enough of our collective attention to land OMI a... Read More...
Island Pop Redux: Watch Gyptian’s “Stuck” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
We're not ready to call it the next "Hold Yuh" just yet, but Gyptian definitely has another one on his hands with "Stuck." Produced by Brooklyn's Ricky Blaze, the maestro behind Gy... Read More...
AUDIO: Gyptian + Ricky Blaze Reconnect on “Stuck”
Words by Natalie Weiner—
Gyptian, Jamaican dancehall crooner and all-around ladies man, has a new single with Brooklyn producer Ricky Blaze. What happened the last time these two got in the studio together... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Ding Dong’s “Syvah” Video Feat. Ricky Blaze
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Dancer-turned-deejay Ding Dong and producer/artist Ricky Blaze have been joined since the beginning of the careers. For both, their music debut came with "Bad Man Forward, Bad Man ... Read More...
Don Status: Mr. Easy’s Ricky Blaze-Produced “The Don”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
It's Friday night, and we'd rather not be typing away at our laptop, but we just had to break our weekend silence early and put you on to one of the best new reggae/dancehall recor... Read More...
PHOTOS: Reggae Sunday Sunset Session with Sister Nancy
Words by LargeUp Crew, Photos by Mark Dixon—
This past Sunday, LargeUp celebrated the rising of the "Supermoon" with a special Reggae Sunday Sunset Session at an NYC location so top secret, we can't even... Read More...
The LargeUp Interview: A Q+A with Ricky Blaze
Words by Emily Shapiro, Photos by Martei Korley—
At age 17, Ricky Blaze, produced Ding Dong's "Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull Up," a dancehall track that, eight years later, is still in rotation at club... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Ricky Blaze’s New Single “Lightaz”
Brooklyn's own Fresh Prince, Ricky Blaze has been a player in New York's dancehall scene from a young age. He was making a name for himself at clubs in his teenage years and his hard work and early start ha... Read More...