Bashmentisements: Ten Commercials with Dancehall* Soundtracks
Caribbean sounds are being used to sell everything from Fiats to Nikes right now.
Toppa Top 10: Jay-Z’s Most Jamaican Moments
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Jay-Z is probably not a reggae fanatic. He's definitely never chased the Caribbean market with his music. In fact, he was more than a dozen years into his career before he co-signe... 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...
GIVEAWAY: Win Tix, Be Photographer For A Day At UCLA JazzReggae Fest
Words by LargeUp Crew—
LargeUp and Okayplayer are offering you the chance to win tickets for the 27th Annual UCLA JazzReggae Festival, happening this Memorial Day Weekend on May 26th and 27th. The luck... Read More...
Santi Town: Watch Santigold’s Jamaica-Set “Disparate Youth” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer, via MTV—
As she's explained it, Santigold found the direction for her upcoming sophomore album Master Of My Make-Believe on a sojourn to Jamaica. “I went out on this tiny speedboat... Read More...
Danger! Major Lazer x Santigold x Beastie Boys “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” Refix
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Hold the line! (and ring the Dr. Sample wav-file alarm effect). The gradual leakage of tunes from the forthcoming Major Lazer sequel now includes this ML refix of our favori... Read More...
Jerk Sauce Committee: Beastie Boys x Santigold
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Our Afro-picked overlords at Okayplayer HQ just posted this new Beastie Boys track, "Don't Play No Game I Can't Win," featuring Santigold and we got an auto-alert that is ge... Read More...
LargeUp TV: A Day In The Life with Mr. Lexx
Words by DJ Gravy
Photos by Martei Korley
Take a ride with LargeUp as we tag along with dancehall crossover star, Mr. Lexx. Of Jamaican artists, Lexx has achieved a feat rarely pulled off with such styl... Read More...