Playlist of the Week: Listen to “Brooklyn in the ’90s” on Apple Music
These classic tracks will bring you back to a time when Jamaican sounds were blending with hip-hop in New York's outer boroughs.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Caribbean Producers Who Influenced Hip-Hop
The island-rooted beatmakers behind some of rap's greatest classics.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Jamaicans Who Topped the Billboard Hot 100
A history of yardies who conquered the American charts, from Carl Douglas to OMI.
Now Things: Miami Vibes with LunchMoney Lewis
Meet the son of reggae royalty behind the summer's most unlikely pop hit.
Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Riddims of 2014
The year's best rhythm tracks, from Gwaan Bad to Good Book.
Throwback Thursdays: Salaam Remi on Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes The Hotstepper”
The super-producer remembers how a song made for the "jerk chicken spot on Flatbush Avenue" became a global hit sung by the Smurfs in Swedish.
Watch The Nuh Fraid Riddim Video Medley Feat. Mr Vegas
Filmed at Killamanjaro Sound's studio in Jamaica, the Nuh Fraid medley video matches the riddim's old-school vibe from Suku’s mesh marina to Mr. Vegas’ gigantic rope chain to the use of a vinyl dubplate.
LargeUp Premiere: The Red, Gold & Green Machine — “The Look Of Love”
Words by Natalie Weiner—
L.A.-based group The Red, Gold & Green Machine describe themselves as "Native Tongues meets Parliament-Funkadelic at a neighborhood party in Jamaica," which could go down in ... Read More...
Now Things: An Interview with Liam Bailey
Words by Kieran K. Meadows, Photos by Kevin Ornelas—
One of our top artists to watch for 2014, Liam Bailey became a LargeUp favorite last year with his feature on drum-and-bass kingpin Shy FX’s lovers ... Read More...
Toppa Top 14: LargeUp’s Guide to South by Southwest 2014
Words by Kieran Meadows, Natalie Weiner and Jesse Serwer—
It's the time of the year when the music industry decamps to Austin, Texas to spend a week catching up on the best sounds from all around the w... Read More...
Badda Don Dada: Ward 21 Channel Super Cat on “Mic Magician”
Words by DJ Autograph—
I might be a Jamaican but my introduction to Ward 21’s “Mic Magician” is a fortunate and direct result of my current effort to learn Swedish. I was listening to Safari Sound’s show o... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Marky Mark + Prince Ital Joe Chant Down “Babylon”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Credibility in hip-hop didn't always come as easy as it does now. Just ask Vanilla Ice. A pre-Hollywood Mark Wahlberg, then known as Marky Mark, was no exception—even though the na... Read More...