Just in case you never get to make it ‘inna de dance’…check out the photos below…

Radcliffe Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits, photo-journalism and stock photography. A self taught photographer with over ten years of experience, Radcliffe is inspired by the raw and gritty lives of grass-roots people, especially those of his homeland of Jamaica. Radcliffe strives to tell the stories of their victories and ills by bringing their voices to matte fibre paper.

Recently, Radcliffe began experimenting with interpretative photography, preferring to allow the abstract content within the frame to dictate the voice and purpose of the image. His Elements series focuses on the bold, austere, graphic and emotionally raw imagery, that is trapped behind a diffused lens. With painterly abilities, Radcliffe uses this diffused methodology to subtly awake the subconscious and expose the isolated figure or vision painted within a rhetorical frame.

CHECK OUT MORE OF HIS WORK @ royephotography.com.

View more here: The Source – Radcliffe Roye: Dance Hall Collection.

You can help these two German filmmakers get their film finished.

Check out the video and info below…

For the past five years German film directors Noël Dernesch and Moritz Springer have been working on the movie ‘Journey to Jah’ – a picture that tries to show reggae as an intriguing construct of music, politics and spirituality.

They have followed Gentleman and Alborosie as they try to bridge the gap between cultures. They have also talked to artists such as Luciano, the late Gregory Isaacs and Lutan Fyah as well as followed the young, ambitious Terry Lynn around in Waterhouse, one of the numerous ghettos in Kingston.

To give to their KickStarter, click here: JOURNEY TO JAH / THE FILM by Karol Martesko-Fenster — Kickstarter.

The film’s official site can be found here: Journey to Jah Official Site.

Tonight, HBO continues what they started with their documentaries The Black List: Vols. 1 & 2. The Latino List will focus on the lives of Latino-Americans through in-depth interviews with some of the most recognizable names of the culture including Gloria Estefan, America Ferrera, Jose Moreno Hernandez, Eva Longoria, Pitbull, Juan Antonio “Chi-Chi” Rodriguez And Sonia Sotomayor.

Check out the trailer below…

HBO presents a unique glimpse into the vibrant and burgeoning culture of Hispanic America through a series of highly personal video portraits of Latinos who have richly contributed to the fabric of contemporary society. Funny, poignant and irreverent, THE LATINO LIST illuminates the Latino experience today, at a time when the Latino population in the U.S. is booming, when it debuts WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO Latino, and THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) on the main HBO channel in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

For more info on the series, click here: HBO: The Latino List: Home.

Be sure to check it out. Should be a good one.

Here is Sean Paul’s new video “Got To Love You” featuring Alexis Jordan.

A few months ago we told you about the casting call for Vybz Kartel’s new reality show Teacher’s Pet. Basically it’s Vybz Kartel’s version of the bachelor, he is ready to settle down and find a wifey. Here is the sneak peak into the show.

Tonight, our peoples DJ Asho has put together a great events featuring world renowned percussionst Pedrito Martinez. Check out the flier above, and details below…

DJ Asho’s Buena Timba Social Club presents:
The Pedrito Martinez Group.

Live Performance with his 5-piece Timba Band.

Music by DJ Asho playing the best of Cuban Salsa (Timba), Rumba y Reggaeton.

Thursday September 15th.

Doors open at 10PM/ Music starts at 11PM

$15 (includes one drink).

Location: DROM
85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th St) in East Village,
New York, NY 10009
www.dromNYC.com

Subway: F (2nd Ave) 6 (Astor Place) R, W (8th St – NYU)

Find more info on the event here: DJ Asho’s Buena Timba Social Club presents: The Pedrito Martinez Group.

You no longer have to ask “What ever happened to…?” After dominating the scene in the 90′s, Dancehall songstress Patra is back on her grind, releasing new music and telling her story. And, honestly, she looks like she hasn’t aged a bit.

Check the story below…

For years, “What ever happened to Patra?” has been one of the great mysteries of dancehall music. The “Queen of the Pack” had a run of crossover hits in the early and mid ’90s including “Romantic Call,” “Worker Man” and “Pull Up to the Bumper,” but after her sophomore album Scent of Attraction in 1995, she essentially disappeared from the scene. (Though she did release two, very below-the-radar albums in the 2000s— 2003?s The Great Escape and 2005?s Where I’ve Been) Recently, after turning up on the bill for a show at BB King’s Blues Club in New York City, we learned that Patra was back in the studio, working on a new album and plotting a comeback. Last month, Tiffany Rhodes of bad-gyal spandex label Butch Diva invited us to meet the elusive singer, whom she’d landed as a model for her fall line, as they prepped for a catalog shoot at Tiffany’s studio in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. In one of her first interviews in years, Patra spoke with us (wearing the transparent lace shirt you see in these photos) about everything from her iconic braids and her fashion choices to her days as the “female Shabba Ranks,” her departure from the music business and what she’s been up to all these years. Patra isn’t one to give away secrets, though. She might be on Twitter now, but this is one lady who values having an air of mystery about her.

Read the full interview here: Large Up » Long Time Yuh Nuh Call: Exclusive Q+A with Patra (+ Web Exclusive “Bad In A Bed” Stream).

It’s safe to say that Mr. London has been a very busy man lately. Aside from his music and his new album, he’s set to drop a collaboration with fashion brand Cole Hann, The ‘Cole Haan Theophilus Blue Suede Buck,’ and is featured on the cover of the newest issue of Wax Poetics, along with soul + jazz legend Nina Simone.

Check out the details on the Cole Hann collaboration & Wax Poetics issue below…

Theophilus London has teamed up with classic American brand, Cole Haan, on a blue suede hard-bottom shoe. Check out the photos above.

The “Cole Haan Theophilus Blue Suede Buck” looks awesome and is the dress shoe to have this season. The collab comes complete with a 10″ vinyl of London’s cover of Nat King Cole’s “Calypso Blues.”

The navy uppers are made with nubuck suede from American cowhides, which means the shoe, offset with a bright blue outsole, is a quality hard-bottom — complete with gold embellishments to the eyets and cobble nails, and traditonal cobbling techniques like a “Gentleman’s Corner” to keep pant cuffs from catching the heel. The perforated leather lining and foam latex foot bed ensures that you can go sockless comfortably too. Swag.

Nina Simone had no filter. She spoke with candor about civil rights when many in her position didn’t dare. She sang about uncomfortable subjects and made sure her audiences understood what those songs were really about.

Setting the contemporary archetype for a breakthrough artist, Theophilus Lonon dropped three mixtapes before releasing any product for sale. Utilizing a mix of ’80s downtown art/music aesthetics and postmodern viral freedom, he put art ahead of commerce and gained fame without the help of a major label or marketing push.

After the jump, check out the invite for the Cole Hann shoe release event…

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He was a giant of the Jamaican sound system, hiding in plain sight. Hear him tell his story in the video below…

Cyril ‘Count C’ Braithwaite (1926-2011) was an original Jamaican sound system success story. From his yard at 6 Wellington Street in West Kingston, Jamaica Count C helped to shape modern pop culture and personally mentored more than a few international music careers. A contemporary of Tom the Great Sebastian and a rival to Duke Reid, Count C was a trendsetter and tastemaker before dancehall, reggae, rocksteady or ska. Little known outside of West Kingston… inside he was the Wizard of the West.

Read more on Count C in the latest issue of Wax Poetics.

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We let you know about this before the big throw down on the parkway, so it’s only right we give you the full mix.

Download it below.