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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Over the weekend we received the news about the passing of Jamaican sax great Cedric Im Brooks. Brooks, who was 70, had been in a coma-like state for more than three years, before succumbing to cardiac arrest in New York City Thursday.
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Something slightly different this week on Throwback Thursdays. Toronto turntablist DJ Skratch Bastid traces the roots of Beenie Man’s “Memories” back to soul man Jerry Butler and shows how the Chicago R&B scene of the ’60s and ’70s has had a profound influence on music in Jamaica, and how that same Chicago-inspired reggae has made its way back to the U.S. through some classic samples.
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Phillip Myers and Russell Meghoo (a/k/a Plateface) of Acmatic—maybe you’ve seen them on our site before—produced this track for Jamaican singer/songwriter Machu Ezra. We’d never heard of Ezra before but the Acmatic connection was enough to grab our attention, and we’re glad it did. Driven by Spanish-style acoustic guitar and what we might call Weeknd-esque new-school R&B vocals, “Exposed” offers some more evidence of the growing diversity of sounds coming from young Jamaica right now. It’s a promising start—let’s hope there’s more where this came from. Stream “Exposed” here, and download below.
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Even during his Beastie Boys-assisted revival in the mid ’90s, who would have imagined that in 2012, at age 76, Lee “Scratch” Perry would still be regularly touring the world? Scratch, who performed in NYC as recently as last September, returns to New York for a show at the Gramercy Theatre this Thursday, May 17, with support from our own DJ Gravy and Subatomic Sound System. He can’t do this forever, so if you’re a fan and can make it out, we suggest you do. You can buy your tickets here, but we’ve got two (2) pairs give away, though. To win, follow Largeupdotcom on Twitter and RT our tweet with this post and the correct answer to this question: What Lee Perry tune was used in a commercial for Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut chocolate bar? We’ll see the first two of you to hit us with that answer on Thursday night.
