Posts tagged: Hip Hop

TONIGHT: Los Rakas, New Kingston + The Encyclopedia of Reggae on The LargeUp Sessions

February 7, 2013

Words by LargeUp Crew—

We’ve got a whole heap of guests stopping by the LargeUp Sessions on RadioLily.com tonight: Los Rakas, New Kingston and author Mike Alleyne. Though they come from very different places— New Kingston are a three-piece band from NYC via Jamaica, and Los Rakas are a hip-hop duo from California’s Bay Area, by way of Panama—both groups come to the LargeUp Sessions fresh off the Dark ‘N Stormy Tour with Collie Buddz, which crisscrossed the Western US this fall. Meanwhile, Alleyne, a professor at Middle Tennessee University, will discuss his newly published Encyclopedia of Reggae book with us.

Tags:Collie Buddz, Dark 'N Stormy Tour, DJ Gravy, Hip Hop, Jamaicans, Los Rakas, Miss Lily's, New Kingston, Panamanians, Radio Lily, Reggae, regggae

Mixtape Mondays: Jasmine Solano x MeLo-X, Yaadcore, Pusha T

February 4, 2013

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Words by DJ Theory —

We’re back with your morning-after-the-Super-Bowl edition of Mixtape Mondays on deck. We know Beyonce’s dancehall-infused halftime performance last night has you in a Caribbean frame of mind, so we’re covering all of the bases with roots, rap, dancehall and electro-bashment business. Your Monday soundtrack should be looking a whole lot better right now. And look for our new LargeUp mix series launching this Friday with a mix from Jillionaire. Boom.

Tags:Bob Marley, Cedella Marley, Clipse, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Dancehall, Electric Punany, Electro, Hip Hop, Jasmine Solano, Ky-mani Marley, Marley, Marley family, MeLo-X, Popcaan, Protoje, Pusha T, rap, Reggae, Rita Marley, soca, Stephen Marley, yaadcore, Ziggy Marley

Mixtape Mondays: Wah Wah, So Shifty, The Heatwave

January 28, 2013

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Words by DJ Theory —

Jamaica, Germany and The UK hold things down this week at Mixtape Mondays, with a healthy serving of brand new hip-hop, reggae, dancehall and soca — with some extra irie ites in there as well. Move up to speed with what’s happening in Caribbean music from some of the top deejay’s right here every Monday…

Tags:Bunji Garlin, Gabriel Heatwave, Hip Hop, Mixtape, Mixtape Mondays, rap, Reggae, so shifty, soca, The Heatwave, wasp, zj wah wah

Toppa Top 10: Dip Set x Dancehall

January 23, 2013

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Words by Jesse Serwer—

Tags:40 Cal, Bob Marley, Camron, Cess Silvera, Christopher Martin, Dancehall, Dip Set, Dip Set reggae, Diplomats, Duane Reade, Harlem, Harlem's Diplomats, Hell Rell, Hip Hop, Jim Jones, JR Writer, Juelz Santana, Killa Cam, Sanchez, Shottas, Sister Nancy, The Heatmakerz, Vybz Kartel, Wayne Marshall

Lovin the Crew: Kardinal Offishall Introduces Island Boy Cartel

January 18, 2013

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Words by Jesse Serwer—

When we spoke with Kardinal Offishall last summer, we noted the quantity of fellow West Indian folks in the Jamaican-Canadian MC’s circle, from rapper The Kid Daytona (an Antiguan) to DJ Benny Demus (a Virgin Islander) and Prince and Omar from clothing brand RepJAl—all of whom appeared in his video for “The Invention of Truth”—and inquired as to whether he’d ever entertained a project organizing that talent pool. While Kardinal said he liked the idea, he noted the timing had to be right. “I think it would be good for everybody to come together but we also have to be able to read the times: The Caribbean influence in music comes in waves,” he said. “You have to be sure that if you’re gonna do it, it’s at a time when people are open to it.”

Tags:Akon, Benny Demus, Caribbean hip-hop, Hip Hop, IBC, Island Boy Cartel, Jamaican rappers, Kardinal Offishall, Planet VI, Rock City, Verse Simmonds

No Liad: 2 Chainz Collaborates with Jamaican Producer

January 18, 2013

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Words by Jesse Serwer—

Love him or hate him, you can’t avoid 2 Chainz. The G.O.O.D. Music rapper’s singles “I’m Different” and “No Lie” are inescapable as his features on “Problems’ by A$AP Rocky and Juicy J’s “Banda A Make Her Dance.” Yesterday, we came across a new song, ”2 of Everything” by Boy Wonder a.k.a. Eddy Souza that features Mr. Chainz and some yardie mic chatter. A quick internet investigation reveals that the song was co-produced by RiecesPiec.es, a producer from Tampa by way of Jamaica whose previous work includes an official remix of M.I.A. ft Jay Z – “XXXO” and an EP that saw him mash up recent dancehall tunes by Baby Cham with recent singles by Future and Lil Wayne and TI.

Tags:2 Chainz, free hip hop, G.O.O.D. Music, Hip Hop, Qwond3r, RiecesPiec.es