May 20, 2013
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Posts tagged: Barrington Levy

GIVEAWAY: Win Tix, Be Photographer For A Day At UCLA JazzReggae Fest

Words by LargeUp Crew—

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LargeUp TV: The Toppa Top 20 Weed Anthems, Pt. 2 (Hosted by Carlton Livingston)

Words by LargeUp Crew, Photo and Video by Jason Zucker—

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Sure, hip-hop has The Chronic, “I Got 5 On It,” and Meth and Red’s entire catalog, but when it comes to weed-smoking anthems, reggae is king. With literally tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of reggae weed anthems to choose from, we selected some of our favorites and tapped the artist behind one of ‘em, Carlton “100 Weight of Collie Weed” Livingston, to run down the best of the best. Earlier this week, we rolled out numbers 20-11 in our first video. With 4/20 upon us, here’s the Toppa Top 10.

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Heds and Dreds: Sterling Simms, Nas, Kanye + ’80s Dancehall Samples

Words by Jesse Serwer—

This week we’re reviving our long-dormant hip-hop x reggae column Heds and Dreds to discuss the growing trend of ’80s dancehall samples in rap songs.

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Audio: Jamaican MC Saydis Deserves a “Round of Applause”

Words By Nico Simino—

It would seem that Jamaica-based hip-hop artists are on the rise—we’ve covered at least two in the past month. The newest on the scene is MC Saydis, the self-described “Jamaican rapper who wants to be an American legend.” His newest tune “Round of Applause” is definitely one of the better dancehall/hip-hop hybrids from the islands in a while, boasting some straightforward raps over a Bob Marley Max Romeo-sampling “Chipmunk soul”-style beat.

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Top of the World Again: DJ Tanner, Theory + More Remix the Rascalz + Barrington Levy

Words by Nico Simino—

Vancouver rap trio the Rascalz dropped their single “Top of the World,” featuring the legendary Barrington Levy and Trini-born Toronto MC K-OS, back in 1999. While the tune was something of a hit north of the border, if you’re not a Canadian yourself, chances are this might be you’re first time hearing of it. Fortunately, this interesting collaboration has been given some new life, reworked four different times and packaged into the Top of the World Remix EP, a project of DJ Tanner, of Canadian selectors Faction Sound Crew. While you can listen to and download the whole EP here and judge for yourself, we thought we’d bring your attention to our favorite remix of the bunch, from Large Up’s very own DJ Theory. Check out Theory’s moombahsoul “Top of the World” remix below:

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Toppa Top 10: Beth Lesser’s Most Essential Foundation Dancehall Tunes


Words and Photo by Beth Lesser

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