Words by Jesse Serwer and DJ Gravy:::Video by Kevin Ornelas:::Photos by Anthony Andrada

This year’s Okayplayer Holiday Jam at Brooklyn Bowl was truly one for the ages: among other highlights, it marked the first time the Roots Crew ever combined their forces with dancehall all-stars like Patra and Shaggy. Well, here we bring you official visual evidence of exactly how mad this truly unique night was. In the first of three videos from the party that we’ll be premiering here the next few days, Rahzel sets things up with a beatbox version of the Bam Bam riddim, leading the audience in a singalong of “Murder She Wrote,” before bringing a dapper, cocktail-toting Shaggy (“Mi under mi liquor and yuh know it have some ice”!) out for a siiickkk combination on the Stalag riddim.