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Throwback Thursdays: Iron Lyon on Buju Banton’s “Champion (Remix)”
November 8, 2012
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This week’s Throwback Thursdays selector is Miami/NY/Vancouver hip-hop and reggae specialist Iron Lyon. You can catch him each and every Wednesday at One Love Wednesdays at Miami’s Ricochet, or keep up with him here.
Mixed Up: Poirier + Mr. OK’s “Jokma” Video Channels Solange + South Africa
November 6, 2012
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Canadian do-it-all soca/dancehall/hip-hop producer Poirier recently dropped an electric new riddim EP called Kidnap (download it here for free), on which the anthemic “Jokma,” from Haitian-born, Montreal-based MC Mr. OK, is the definite standout. Solange, younger sister of Beyonce, recently visited Cape Town to film a video for her single, “Losing You,” in which he’s flanked by a crew of impeccably dressed and supremely swagged out South African dandies (or “sapeurs“).
Mixtape Mondays: Chip Fu, Moombath Claat, Be Right Bass
October 22, 2012
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LargeUp Editor Jesse Serwer here filling in on Mixtape Mondays, while DJ Theory holds down Beijing, Singapore and more on his tour of Asia this week. Taking a slightly different route than usual, this week we’re highlighting some mixes that blend Caribbean and dancehall flavor with other genres—namely hip-hop and moombahton.
Throwback Thursdays: Resident Alien’s “Mr. Boops”
October 4, 2012
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Prince Paul is known for his work with De La Soul, Gravediggaz, 3rd Bass and Handsome Boy Modeling School but the veteran hip-hop producer is no stranger to Caribbean music, either—or at least parodies of it. As highlighted in our recent rundown of Toppa Top fake reggae tunes, 2005′s ItsTrumental boasted a hilarious faux dancehall tune about a Boston creme donut (“Boston Top”). Baby Elephant, Paul and Don Newkirk’s project with P-Funk’s Bernie Worrell, featured Yellowman on the tongue-in-cheek “Cool Runnings,” from their lone LP.
