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.
Throwback Thursdays: Stone Love with Ninjaman + Shabba at Biltmore Ballroom in 1989
Watch a 1989 Stone Love dance at Brooklyn's Biltmore Ballroom featuring Ninjaman, Major Mackerel, Sluggy Ranks and a young Shabba.
Mixtape Mondays: Deadly Dragon, Stereo Steppers x Super Cat, DJ Rory T
Words by DJ Theory and Jesse Serwer—
Deadly Dragon Sound, NYC Vibes Vol.2: At the nucleus of those keeping foundation reggae—and vinyl itself—breathing are proud New Yorkers, avid record collectors, reta... Read More...
R.I.P: Sluggy Ranks, 1968-2012
Words by Jesse Serwer—
From Kingston comes the sad news that iconic '90s dancehall deejay Sluggy Ranks died in a car accident yesterday. Sluggy, for those that don't know the name, was part of the initia... Read More...
Big People Music: Sleepy Wonder, Sluggy Ranks & Roman Stewart
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Deadly Dragon
Always a source of the finest in rub and dub, our good personal people over at Deadly Dragon have just re-pressed classic tunes from NYC badmen Sleepy Won... Read More...
Old Time DJ: African Love on Goldshop
words by Eddie STATS Houghton
As promised Gold Shop has dropped part two of their re-issue run of 45s on seminal NY dancehall labels with new 45s originally released on both African Love and Witty's. We'... Read More...