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Vybz Kartel and Russian, "The Cure Fi Badmind"

LargeUp Premiere: Vybz Kartel and Russian Have “The Cure Fi Badmind”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Badmind is the worsest disease, according to Vybz Kartel and Russian, and who cures diseases? Doctors! Hence the cover art for Kartel and producer/artist Russian's new single "The ... Read More...

Audio: Stream Konshens’ New Single “Liad” (Prod. by Russian)

Words by Jesse Serwer— Just the other day we brought you Russian's new Dynamite riddim—featuring the title track from Vybz Kartel, plus tunes from Elephant Man, Aidonia and more—in full, or so we thought... Read More...

LargeUp Interview: Orange Hill Talk “Electro Bashy”

Words by Marvin Sparks, Photos by Amit & Naroop Orange Hill Productions are a fresh production outfit from the UK poised to explode on the world with a funky fusion they dub "Electro Bashy." The duo ... Read More...

Audio: Russian x Vybz Kartel = “Dynamite”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Our friend Russian just sent us over his new Dynamite riddim featuring a brand-new single (also called "Dynamite") from Vybz Kartel. Russian made his breakthrough with his production... Read More...

Right “Pon Time”: Orange Hill Productions Meet Vybz Kartel and Sneakbo

Words by Jesse Serwer— We've been running Orange Hill Productions' Electro Bashy: Welcome to Our Sound mix non stop since it made its debut on Mixtape Mondays a few weeks back. As the title of their mix ... Read More...

Audio: Popcaan x Dre Skull, “The System”

Words by Jesse Serwer, via The Fader— Last week, we brought you the world premiere of the first tune from Dre Skull's Loudspeaker riddim, Machel Montano's "Go Down." A few days on and we now have Popcaan... Read More...

Gaza Some More: Busta Rhymes x Vybz Kartel, “Wine & Go Down”

Words by Jesse Serwer— We like Busta when he's on his New York shit, we don't even mind Busta when he's on his global domination superhero/villain shit, but we really love him when he's on his Jamaican s... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Orange Hill Presents “Electro Bashy—Welcome to Our Sound” Premiere

Words by Jesse Serwer— We're interrupting our regularly scheduled Mixtape Mondays programming this week to bring you a very special world premiere slash public service announcement. England's Orange H... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Slept-On Weed Anthems For 4/20

Words by Jesse Serwer and Herbert Spliffington— On this very day one year ago, we brought you our Toppa Top 10 weed tunes for 4/20. We missed some sure, but this was our countdown of the classics, those ... Read More...

Interview: Diplo On The Politics of Outsider Dancehall

Words by Jesse Serwer, Interview by Eddie STATS Houghton— Okayplayer head honcho Eddie STATS Houghton recently sat down with Diplo and Chief Boima of Dutty Artz and Ghetto Bassquake fame for a wide-rangi... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Spyda the DJ, Stone Love, DJ Maya

Words by Jesse Serwer— The man DJ Theory is sidelined with some symptoms of late winter-itis (look out for him to make a full recovery in time for his gigs at South by Southwest next week, though) this w... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Top Dancehall Riddims of 2011

Words by DJ Autograph and Hanna Herbertson— For our last countdown looking back at the highlights of 2011, we had LargeUp contributor/Brooklyn selector DJ Autograph and choreographer (and now a DJ, too... Read More...

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