May 20, 2013
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Posts tagged: John Legend

Video: Stacy Barthe Wants to “Keep It Like It Is”

Words by Jesse Serwer—

Big week over here for tunes about being over it. First Tarrus Riley told his ex-flame he’s “Not Missing You” with an exclusive LargeUp premiere of his song by that name, and now we have the video for “Keep It Like It Is” from Stacy Barthe, the Haitian/Dominican songwriter for Rihanna/Britney Spears/Katy Perry turned John Legend-affiliated artist. The Supa Dups-produced reggae joint from Barthe’s In the InBetween EP, which we featured in purely audio form back in February, is an ice-cold sayonara to an ex who just won’t take the hint. Barthe, on the other hand, shows just how past him (note singer Luke James‘ image in the burning photo) she is by tooling around the islands on a motorboat and liming with her band. Stacy looks like she’s having the time of her life—no wonder dude is trying to creep back into it.

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Toppa Top 10: Supa Dups’ Top 10 Jamerican Collaborations


Selections by Supa Dups, Words by LargeUp

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Soundwave: Heatwave x Adele x Jamie XX

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Heatwave

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Our good brethren over at the UK’s premier dancehall blog/party/underground radio show just unveiled their bashment-ready “Rolling in the Deep” refix of Adele’s sublime 21st century blues “Rolling in the Deep” (if you’re not up on her check the original here and John Legend’s amazing acapella version here). With Jamie XX, Mr Lexx, Timberlee and Cecile it’s like a whole damn issue of FADER magazine on here. Hell, they even threw in parta that Belle Stars joint! Bare club madness.

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Toppa Top 10: Pop Music Catches Reggae-itis 2000-2010

Words by Jason “J-Rockaz” Orford

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Reggaeitus–it’s contagious! In the last decade there has been a growing pattern of songs that included (or attempted to include) elements of reggae. A slice of reggae pie with your bubblegum, if you will. There have been horrible tracks that blended about as well as you would expect the flavors of rumcake and bubblegum to compliment each other. But still–we’ve been blessed with some cool tunes as well.

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Good Morn’: John Legend and The Roots Join Forces

Words by J-Rockaz

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John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew have teamed up on a new project and with a meeting of the musical minds like that, you know the collaboration is sincere. Wake Up! is the name of their new album and it definitely speaks to you. It’s a soulful body of work, of course, but a nice surprise is the little splash of reggae that dropped in on the project. Don’t miss track number 8, “Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be).” You’ll have to cop the LP to hear it in all it’s glory but you can get catch the vibe and some insight into the tune’s significance from John and ?uestlove on this track by track breakdown:

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