Toppa Top 10: Ten ‘Mama’ Tunes For Mother’s Day
Classic tributes to a Mother's love, from Sizzla, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown and more.
Audio: Sizzla Sings “So Lovely” Again
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley—
Sizzla sure likes telling women that they're lovely. The latest single from Mr. Kalonji, "So Lovely," is by our estimation his third song with a variation o... Read More...
Impressions: Sizzla “Unplugged and Acoustics” in Kingston, JA
Words and Photos by Martei Korley—
LargeUp doesn't ordinarily report on stage shows but the event billed as "Sizzla Unplugged and Acoustics" was the artist's first show in Jamaica since his much publiciz... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Albums of 2011
Words by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley
Now that Christmas is over and 2012 is nearly upon us, we've finally gotten around to taking stock of all that's happened this year. For the rest of this week an... Read More...
Speak of Jah: Sizzla Breaks His Silence
Words by Jesse Serwer, via The Listening Party
Sizzla recently welcomed Joshua Chamberlain of radio program The Listening Party (which airs Sundays on New Hampshire's WXGR 101.5 and is rebroadcast at Big... Read More...
Bad Gal Business: A History of Island-Flavored Bashment Bangers From Rihanna
Words by Jesse Serwer
Rihanna has had an interesting career trajectory, as far as her connection to the Caribbean. Released at the tail end of the early-2000s dancehall explosion, her debut album Mus... Read More...
Give Thanks: Toppa Top 10 Reggae Thanksgiving Songs
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley, Sherman Escoffery and Jesse Serwer.
Let's face it, there is probably a top 10 reggae songs for every theme and every day of the calendar year but no occa... Read More...
City of Jah: Sizzla x Bambas Dois “Only Jah Love (Raggatu)”
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
Sometime last year, Sizzla Kalonji linked up with Brazilians Eduardo "Bid" Bidlovski and Gustah Sola while they were in Jamaica voicing riddims from Northeast Brazil for the... Read More...
Heds and Dreds: Uncle Murda, “Warning” Video + More
Words by Jesse Serwer
Can't say I was much of an Uncle Murda fan, or had more than a passing familiarity with any of his songs, until his new single, "Warning" started gaining traction here in NYC recent... Read More...
Chicken Can Cross: Portland Jerk Fest 2011
Words and Photos by Martei Korley
Portland, Jamaica is the home of jerk cooking, site of the world-famous Boston Jerk Centre and the island's top annual food festival. This year's Portland Jerk Fest was... Read More...
Deejay Child: The Post-Sizzla Generation
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via SEEN
There's really not much to be said about this 2005 BBC clip thats floating around the interweb this week except that these UK raggamuffin kids are clearly not afra... Read More...
Mixtape Mondays: DJ Child x Sizzla Kalonji, “It’s A Burning Fire” LargeUp Exclusive
Words By DJ Theory
Instead of our regularly scheduled Mixtape Mondays program, this week we give our full attention to a LargeUp exclusive from Oakland, California's humble boss, DJ Child. Child's independen... Read More...