Toppa Top 10: The Best Dancehall Riddims of 2014
The year's best rhythm tracks, from Gwaan Bad to Good Book.
Toppa Top 8: Don Corleon Selects His Favorite Dub Records + Exclusive Interview
Words by Jesse Serwer
Donovan "Don Corleon" Bennett's Dub in HD, out today on iTunes, Amazon and other online music retailers, is the first dub album by a major Jamaican producer that we've heard of ... Read More...
Bless Up, Mi Dads: Ten Current Caribbean Artists and Their Musical Fathers
Words by Jesse Serwer
When you think of kids carrying on their father's musical legacy, the Marley family is, rightfully, probably the first to come to mind. And if you're talking about current regga... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Biggie’s 10 Best Jamaican References
A little Biggie 101, so those that don't know... now you know.
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Summertime Reggae Festivals
Words by DJ Gravy and Jesse Serwer
Summertime only means one thing for many music fans: mammoth outdoor festivals. These events are particularly important in the world of reggae, considering the associat... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Barrington Levy’s Biggest Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer and Eddie STATS Houghton—
Trouble-double, doooeeeeuuble...sweeng. Shuddally wop, shuddally whoop, whoah-oh-oh...Oooweoo, oooweoo, oowoeeoo-ooweoo, shuddally waddly diddly diddly, ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Beres Hammond Classics
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley and Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley.
Beres at New York Reggae Festival, Coney Island '94
Trying to win a Caribbean woman's heart? You'll probably want ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top Caribbean Culture Documentaries
Words by DJ Gravy, Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley, Jason "J-RockaZ" Orford and Jesse Serwer
It seems like we're hearing about another new documentary film training its lens on Caribbean culture ever... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top Gunslinger-Inspired Deejays
Words by Jesse Serwer
The Wild West has been a major influence on reggae music since its beginnings in the late '60s, when Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, The Bad and the Ugly were all the rage in Ja... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Garnet Silk Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer
This past Saturday, April 2, would have been the 45th birthday of one of reggae/dancehall's golden voices: Garnet Silk. A supremely righteous, one-man antidote to the slackful '90s,... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: South x Southwest Edition
Words by Jesse Serwer and Eddie STATS Houghton
This time every year the US music industry shuts itself down and heads to Austin, Texas for the annual orgy of live music, informal politicking and drink-... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 UK Dub & Reggae Anthems
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford, Gabriel Heatwave and DJ Gravy.
All this talk about Gappy Ranks, Reggae Britannia and Rastamouse has got us thinking about how much sterling-quality... Read More...