Posts tagged: free reggae

Free Reggae: Marley’s Mellow Mood “Tune In Tuesdays” Presents Jo Mersa

November 6, 2012

Words by Large Up Crew—

Marley’s Mellow Mood has come up with a new way to “free the people with music,” launching a weekly free music download series dubbed Tune in Tuesdays. Each Tuesday, this link will feature a download of a new single from a different emerging artist. This week the featured artist is Jo Mersa, grandson of Bob Marley and the eldest son of Stephen Marley. Available for free download is “Bad So,” a recent Ghetto Youths International single with an up-to-di-time dancehall flavor. Go here to download “Bad So,” and read a brief interview with Mersa below.

Tags:Bob Marley, Dancehall, free dancehall, free reggae, Jo Mersa Marley, Marley's Mellow Mood, Reggae

Free Reggae: Marley’s Mellow Mood “Tune In Tuesdays” Series

October 23, 2012

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Words by LargeUp Crew—

Marley’s Mellow Mood has come up with a new way to “free the people with music,” launching a weekly free music download series dubbed Tune in Tuesdays. Each Tuesday, this link will feature a download of a new single from a different emerging artist. Kicking off last week with “2 Feet” by Daniel Bambaata Marley, son of Ziggy Marley, this week the focus moves to another of Bob’s grandkids: Biggz General, son of Sharon. Stream Biggz’ “13 Months of Sunshine” below, and go here to download (Note: the download is only activated after you tweet) then read a brief interview with him after—and stay tuned to LargeUp for upcoming installments in the series featuring Christopher Ellis, Jo Mersa, Chronix, Kabaka Pyramid and our own Martei Korley.

Tags:Biggz General, Bob Marley, Dancehall, Daniel Bambaata Marley, free dancehall, free downloads, free music, free reggae, Jamaica, Marley clan, Marley family, Marley's Mellow Mood, Marleys, Reggae, Sharon Marley, Ziggy Marley

Retro Rules the Area: Face-T x Mikey Dangerous x Poirier

September 11, 2012

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Words by Erin MacLeod —

From the bass drop at the beginning of “We Rule the Area” with Face-T featuring Mikey Dangerous, it’s clear that this Poirier production is playing with the sound of sleng teng. King Jammy’s most famous riddim, the one that started the avalanche of “computerized” or “digital” dancehall in the 1980s, has an unmistakable sound as well as feel. Poirier’s riff on the riddim is rooted in the 80s, but, as he says, “It’s the mid-eighties digital era in 2012. I have a great reaction when I play it–It was obvious that it would become a single.” As it stands, it’s the second single from Face-T’s strong solo album Tuff Like Stone.

Tags:Canada, Dancehall, Face T, free reggae, Mikey Dangerous, Montreal, online music for free, Poirier

Tweng Teng: Mykal Rose on Autotune, Black Uhuru and ‘The Cosby Show’

July 11, 2012

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Words by Jesse Serwer, via Broward-Palm Beach New Times

Tags:Autotune, Bill Cosby, Black Uhuru, free reggae, la reggae, music on the internet, Mykal Rose, online music for free, reggae and dancehall, reggae reggae, the reggae, What is reggae

You Rate It: Nicki Minaj x Beenie Man, “Gun Shot”

March 30, 2012

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Words by Jesse Serwer—

Here at LargeUp we try to carefully curate all of our musical selections so you don’t have to. There’s plenty of other sites where you can sift through all the junk that gets thrown onto the Internet on a daily basis. But every now and then something drops that’s just too notable to ignore even if it’s not exactly our cup of tea. Such is the case with Nicki Minaj’s “Gun Shot” featuring Beenie Man.

Tags:2011 dancehall, Beenie Man, Caribbean, free reggae, Hip Hop, Jamaica, la reggae, Music, music on the internet, Nicki Minaj, online music for free, Reggae, reggae and dancehall, reggae reggae, the reggae, Trinidad, What is reggae

Inna New Style: Fashion Records Returns

March 27, 2012

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Words by Jesse Serwer, via Shimmy Shimmy—

Fashion Records, the U.K. record label which helped put British dancehall on the map with Smiley Culture’s “Cockney Translation” and “Police Officer” and later released hits from Cutty Ranks and Frankie Paul among others, has risen from the ashes. Fashion in Fine Style: Significant Hits, Vol. 1, a 20-track compilation featuring Cutty Ranks’ “The Stopper,” Dee Sharp’s “Dub It Up” is now available on iTunes.

Tags:2011 dancehall, Cutty Ranks, Dancehall, Fashion Records, Frankie Paul, free reggae, la reggae, music on the internet, online music for free, Poison Chang, reggae and dancehall, reggae reggae, Smiley Culture, the reggae, What is reggae