Toppa Top 10: Sly Dunbar Selects 10 Sly + Robbie Classics
Sly ranks the Riddim Twins' most essential sessions.
Toppa Top 10: Sly + Robbie’s Most Deadly Riddims
Words by Midnight Raver
Of reggae’s living legends, few have remained more relevant than Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Tomorrow, the most influential and prolific rhythm section that reggae has ev... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Sizzla Covers Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Bunny Wailer co-starred in this spot-on Jamaican remake of Dylan's original 1965 clip.
Throwback Thursdays: David Morales + The Bad Yard Club
DJ Autograph takes us back to early '90s Brooklyn, when dancehall and house music were fusing in the form of David Morales' Bad Yard Club project with Sly Dunbar
AUDIO: No-Maddz Meet Sly & Robbie on “Romance”
Words by Deejay Theory —
The "World's Fastest Band" take a moment to slow things down with the legendary Taxi gang Sly & Robbie at the boards lacing their signature sweet chops on the track. A melodi... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Reggae’s Ten Greatest Drummers
Words by Kieran Meadows—
With electronic drum programming taking over in rhythm-centric genres like hip-hop, pop, R&B, dance and reggae, drummers have seen their role in modern music shrink in rece... Read More...
Righteous Excursion: Jesse Royal Meets Sly, Robbie and Chinna
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Jesse Royal is one of the key figures bringing reggae into the future, but he's working closely with some of the music's past giants to get there. For "Little Did They Know," a tra... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Lee “Scratch” Perry — “Stand In Love”
Words by Jesse Serwer–
Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with dancehall knows the name XTerminator. The record label and production house of the late Philip "Fattis" Burrell played a pivotal role... Read More...
Visual Culture: The Photographs of Pogus Caesar
Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Pogus Caesar—
St. Kitts-born Pogus Caesar has captured the heartbeat of the Caribbean community in the U.K.—and particularly in his hometown of Birmingham, ... Read More...
AUDIO: Shaggy x Beres Hammond x Sly & Robbie “Fight This Feeling”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
As you may have heard, Shaggy has been in the studio working on a collaborative, back-to-reggae-basics LP with none other than the Riddim Twins, Sly and Robbie. We already were qui... Read More...
Sparks Fly: OMI Sets Off “Fireworks”
Words by Tasha Brown—
After Omar “OMI” Pasley released his smooth, do-right, do-good single "Cheerleader" last year, we warned you to be on the lookout for the Jamaican crooner in the coming months. We e... Read More...
Toppa Top 8: Eight Reggae Albums By Non-Reggae Stars
Words by Jesse Serwer and Raine Martin—
Snoop isn't the first major act from another music genre to suddenly wake up and decide they want to be a reggae artist. Country icons, iconoclastic Irish singer... Read More...