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PHOTOS: The Next Generation of Marleys
March 6, 2013
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Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo By Mariamma Kambon—
Saturday’s 9 Mile Festival in Miami was a coming of age thing for the grandchildren of Bob Marley. Daniel Bambaata Marley, eldest son of Ziggy, helped warm up the crowd with a well-received early performance at the surprisingly cold and wintery event. Jo Mersa Marley, Stephen’s eldest son, joined his father and uncles Damian and Julian onstage to perform his own material during their headlining set later in the evening. The younger Marleys have performed at the annual Marley family-affiliated festival before but this year saw them take a more prominent place at the proceedings, fresh off their appearances on the new Ghetto Youths International album Set Up Shop. Volume 1.
Mixtape Mondays: Jasmine Solano x MeLo-X, Yaadcore, Pusha T
February 4, 2013
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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.
Fashion Fridays: Bob Marley Shop
October 11, 2012
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Marley merchandise is a big, hundred-millions-dollar-a-year business and, for years, the music legend’s family/estate was seeing very little of that, while bootlegging ran rampant. Recently, however, the family has begun taking this aspect of the late legend’s legacy back into their hands.
Shottas Nuh Miss: Cess Silvera’s Cult Film Becomes A Series
October 26, 2011
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Words by Jesse Serwer
Back when Shottas, director Cess Silvera’s much-bootlegged Jamaican answer to Scarface, got picked up for theatrical release in 2006, a sequel was said to be following immediately on its heels. But when Shottas‘ status as a legendary black-market DVD didn’t translate to box-office success, talk of Shottas 2 seemed to dissipate. Turns out that when your entire audience has already copped your movie for $5 on Canal Street, even if it is a compromised version, they are not going to pay to see it again in a theater, even with all of the intended scenes restored.
Shottas Inna Duane Reade
April 26, 2010
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Words By Jesse Serwer
Five years back, Shottas was on its way to becoming the new millenium Scarface. Jamaican-American filmmaker Cess Silvera‘s low-budget, Ky-mani Marley-starring 2002 crime film was a favorite among both real and wannabe thugs, and a popular reference point in rap lyrics. The fact that you only could get the bootleg-only flick from the African DVD dude on the Ave, and not at Blockbuster, just added to its appeal. Not to mention that the movie was literally stolen, still unfinished, from Silvera. (Missing-scene placeholders like “Mike Tyson Gets The Shottas Guns” are actually more memorable than the proper scenes). But an attempt to release the proper, finished version of Shottas in 2006 failed (it played in a few New York theaters for one week), to a large degree killing its buzz.
