LargeUp Premiere: Kubiyashi + Walshy Fire’s Chicken and Dumplin Riddim
Catch a Maxi Taxi back to the early '90s on this bashment riddim featuring Shaggy, Sean Paul, Bunji Garlin, Beenie Man + friends.
Toppa Top ’16: The Best Soca Singles of 2016
The year's top Carnival anthems, from around the Caribbean.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Caribbean Menswear Designers To Know Right Now
These labels are taking Caribbean fashion to the next level.
Selector’s Choice: DJ Captain John (St. Vincent)
Here's all of the anthems getting the VIncy massive moving this Carnival season.
Carnival Checklist: Vincy Mas, 101
How to wine, fete and lime your way through St. Vincent's big summertime Carnival.
Vintage Vibes from Vincy: Kubiyashi Pays Tribute to Harry Belafonte
Calypso's crossover king inspires some sweet soca from St. Vincent.
Pop Style Pon The Parkway: Kalique and Jaden
Our street style series heads to Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, where we met Kalique and Jaden, stilt walkers from St. Vincent.
LargeUp Presents Jam Central – It’s A Carnival (2014 Summer Soca Mix)
Jam Central's "It's A Carnival" mix rounds up a sampling of the soca that has been running 2014's summer carnivals, from Vincy Mas to Caribana.
Throwback Thursdays: Kevin Lyttle on “Turn Me On”
Kevin Lyttle shares the story behind the biggest soca crossover tune of the last decade in an oral history of "Turn Me On."
Carnival Soundtrack: Skinny Fabulous + Kubiyashi’s Vincy Mas Anthems
Skinny Fabulous and producer Alex "Kubiyashi" Barnwell are elevating St. Vincent soca to a higher level with tracks like "BTW" and "Like No Tomorrow."
Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Carnivals
Words by Steve Bennett, Erin MacLeod, Jesse Serwer and Jillionaire—
It's officially, unequivocally carnival season. Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Dominica, Martinique and Rio de Janeiro are just a few ... Read More...
Now Things: Exclusive Q+A with De Tropix
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Yesterday we brought you the world premiere of The Skyward EP, a five-song project from the newly reunited De Tropix, the U.K.-based duo consisting of vocalist Cherry B and produ... Read More...