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Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by N. Corren Conway
Coming into December’s Okayplayer Holiday Jam, we had quite the task before us. Last year we brought out Shaggy and Patra, among others, for an all-star session with The Roots that turned out to be the hip-hop legends’ first-ever dancehall jam. How could we possibly outdo that?
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Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
LargeUp and Okayplayer are offering you the chance to win a free pair of tickets to the 25th Annual edition of the legendary JazzReggae Fest at UCLA (No. 4 on our Toppa Top 10 list of best summertime reggae festivals), which takes place this coming Sunday May 29th and Monday May 30th (don’t worry, it’s Memorial Day–school’s out). The line-up on “Jam Day” includes Lupe Fiasco, Little Dragon, Bilal, Talib Kweli, and Pharoahe Monch. “Reggae Day” (Monday) features Gyptian, Steel Pulse, Tanya Stephens, Los Rakas, J Boog and Wailing Souls. Whew.
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Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via VTech
Phone and gadget-manufacturer VTech recently premiered this exclusive video of neo-soul veteran Bilal covering Bob Marley’s immortal tune “Is This Love” on their Sounds of VTech site:
