Throwback Thursdays: Peter Tosh at the One Love Peace Concert, April 22nd 1978
Throwback Thursdays revisits the feverish performance of Peter Tosh at the 1978 One Love Peace Concert.
Throwback Thursdays: Rich Nice on Eddie & The Movements’ “Backbone”
A hip-hop legend remembers a Virgin Islands Carnival classic...
Throwback Thursdays: When Bob Marley Met Michael Jackson
That time MJ and the Jackson 5 hung out on a tree in Bob Marley's yard.
Throwback Thursdays: Watch Bob Marley Open For Marvin Gaye In Jamaica
A.K.A. the greatest R&B show in Jamaican history.
Throwback Thursdays: Bob Marley Meets the Maoris
The incredible story behind Bob's 1979 visit to New Zealand.
Throwback Thursdays: 77Klash on Tiger’s “No Wanga Gut”
Words by Gize "77Klash" Burrowes
LargeUp and Jamaica-born, Brooklyn-based deejay/producer/man-about-town 77Klash go way back. LU founder DJ Gravy has been holding Klash down at live shows for years and e... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Rankin’ Taxi “It Has No Smell”
Words by Selector JD and Eddie STATS Houghton
This Sunday June 5th, Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley and a host of reggae greats from Freddie McGregor to Tanya Stephens will join Mighty Crown Soundsystem and Iri... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Dre Skull on Shelly Thunder’s “Break Up”
Words by Dre Skull
This week we're passing the Throwback Thursdays baton to the first of many guest video selectors we'll be tapping for expert recommendations in this space: Dre Skull. The owner of ecle... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: UB40 “If It Happens Again”
Words by Martei Korley
Hahahaha, UB40??? You mean the guys who did "Red Red Wine"? Yes, absolutely! UB40 was literally the biggest pop group in Europe in the '80s. VH1 will tell ya: They had more top ten... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Michie Mee “Jamaican Funk”
Words by Jesse Serwer
Hiphop from Toronto has always had a strong reggae/dancehall bent, from the Dream Warriors to Drake—not to mention the yardcore stylings of Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, etc. It is ... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: El General “El Maestro”
Words by Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford
We here at LargeUp like posts--like last week's documentary Top 10--that look at Caribbean culture as whole, rather than just island by island. But what we like even bett... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Buju Banton “Wanna Be Loved” / “Murderer”
Words and photo by Martei Korley
Buju Banton and 'Til Shiloh Band holds court at The Madison Square Garden's Theatre in '95
Buju Banton blazed onto the scene in '92, completely obliterating the compet... Read More...