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Toppa Top 10: Ten Artists You Might Not Know Are Guyanese
February 21, 2013
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Back to Blakkamoore: Snoop Lion Collaborator Jahdan Goes Unplugged
December 19, 2012
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Popcaan and Mavado are billed as featured artists on the latest Snoop Lion single “Lighters Up,” but astute listeners will note an un-billed Jahdan Blakkamoore figures just as prominently as either dancehall star, or Snoop himself for that matter. And Blakkamoore isn’t just “on the song,” he’s the co-writer on “Lighters Up” and several other tracks from the upcoming Snoop Lion album, Reincarnated. What better time to get reacquainted with the Brooklyn-based, Guyana-born vocalist of Smif-n-Wessun’s “Sound Bwoy Bureill” and Noble Society fame, then?
Three The Hard Way: Snoop Lion, Mavado + Popcaan Put Their “Lighters Up”
December 11, 2012
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Just one week after the underwhelming “Here Comes the King,” the guy now calling himself Snoop Lion has unleashed the most interesting track thus far from his Reincarnated project. And he’s brought some notable guests from the dancehall world to “Lighters Up,” namely the Gully Gad Mavado, and Popcaan. Though unbilled, Jahdan Blakkamoore (who co-wrote “Lighters”) also lends his vocals to the track.
Video: Watch Snoop Lion’s “La La La”
November 1, 2012
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Words by DJ Gravy—
As you’ve probably heard, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg recently took his career in a radical new direction, inspired by reggae, Bob Marley and the message of Rastafari. Snoop spent some time in Jamaica last winter to work on his debut reggae album, holding a press conference at Manhattan’s Miss Lily’s (where the pics in this post were shot) to announce his transformation from rapper to reggae artist and trading his canine status in for his new feline moniker, Snoop Lion.
Heds and Dreds, Pt. 2: Exclusive Interview with Smif-n-Wessun
June 28, 2011
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Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Fubz
Yesterday, we launched our new “Heds and Dreds” column by breaking down Smif-n-Wessun’s contributions to the cultural exchange between hip-hop and reggae, from “Sound Bwoy Bureill” to now. Today being the release date of Monumental, the don gorgons‘ long-awaited full-length album with Pete Rock, we’re going even deeper, chopping it up with Tek and Steele about their respective introductions to reggae, the unavoidable influence of Caribbean culture in Brooklyn, the mystery voice on the “Sound Bwoy” intro, and more. Yesterday we also premiered “This One,” a sequel of sorts to “Sound Bwoy Bureil” featuring Steele’s little bro Top Dog (of OGC and “Sound Bwoy Bureil” fame) and LU fam Jahdan Blakkamoore, but it’s so forward-worthy we had to run it again. Stream it below if you haven’t already copped Monumental, read on for the interview and if you’re in NYC, swing by the release party/photo exhibition at Tammany Hall on the Lower East Side.
Heds and Dreds: Smif-n-Wessun and the Caribbean Influence on Hip-Hop
June 27, 2011
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Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Fubz
For as long as I’ve been on the LargeUp team, we’ve discussed launching a column that would highlight Caribbean music’s influence on hip-hop. It’s a topic we’ve touched upon in various ways but which still remains an under-documented phenomenon, despite the huge role reggae played in the formation of hip-hop in the ’70s and in then again in its late ’80s and mid ’90s progressions. The name “Heds and Dreds” comes from a little-known album cut from Youngest In Charge, the classic debut album by Brooklyn-Jamaican MC Special Ed. It’s one of the greatest attempts at deejay chatting by an American MC but it has mostly been forgotten by history, a footnote on an overlooked and very underrated album.
